Comunication & travel: AI robotics?

> At 02:32 PM 6/15/98 +1000, you wrote:

> Why do the couriers need crews.? We know AI exists in the FT universe,

I like this idea. Makes the information transmission easier to explain and
seems very much possible. Just have the worries of burnout on the transporting
ships. And there'd have to be a constant stream of them to make it effective.
It would also make an interesting idea for a scenario in trying to cut lines
of information.

> You wrote:

> I like this idea. Makes the information transmission easier to explain

FWIW, I'm under the impression jumping hits computors much harder than
it does humans--if you can catch them just after a jump they'll be a
sitting duck.

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> Becasue they have no human crews, they could jump

Given the multitude of smaller jumps involved to getting from point A to point
B, and the need to be very sure of your AI's triangulation (which means more
time in between jumps), I'd revise the estimate for rim to rim travel upwards.