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[MasterGwydion]

Yeah, but given how much stuff they left behind, like the things in Makergod, it seems like the Imperium either doesn't care, or has a more nauanced view on AI that more or less sticks to its own planet.

Since it is outside of their territory, it might be a case of not caring. No idea though.

 

[Vormaerin]

Sindal, Tech World, and Oghma are outside the Imperium. So I doubt they are policing those spaces. Now if those places actually made a TL 16+ Intelligence, that might provoke a response if the Imperium found out about it.

 

[Endie]

Sindal, Tech World, and Oghma are outside the Imperium. So I doubt they are policing those spaces. Now if those places actually made a TL 16+ Intelligence, that might provoke a response if the Imperium found out about it.

See: Neumann.

 

[Morgoth99]

Sindal, Tech World, and Oghma are outside the Imperium. So I doubt they are policing those spaces. Now if those places actually made a TL 16+ Intelligence, that might provoke a response if the Imperium found out about it.

The makergod ai might be a tl16 prototype. Granted the Imperium may have different attitudes regarding AIS that either just try to make their own way as opposed to AI should decide that we're going to fill the world with the Neumann swarms and start disassembling worlds. Come to think of it the Imperium might actually be more afraid of subsapient AI that do the paper clip maximizer thing then they are full AI that presumably have wants and urges that are not always just mindlessly reproduce.

 

[Vormaerin]

See: Neumann.

Yes. That gets back to the Nobles argument. If there are Imperial nobles and infrastructure on every planet, they'll be a lot more pesky about that kind of thing. If the old school "Imperial government starts at the subsector" theory is applied, it's a lot easier to have planets doing sekret nasties.

You can still do sekret nasties even with intrusive Imperial government, but it's harder and the kind of things going on at Neumann pre-disaster would be next to impossible.

 

[Morgoth99]

Yes. That gets back to the Nobles argument. If there are Imperial nobles and infrastructure on every planet, they'll be a lot more pesky about that kind of thing. If the old school "Imperial government starts at the subsector" theory is applied, it's a lot easier to have planets doing sekret nasties.

You can still do sekret nasties even with intrusive Imperial government, but it's harder and the kind of things going on at Neumann pre-disaster would be next to impossible.

Though if you want to run with the civil war theme, it could be that we're in the process of the Imperium trying to establish an infrastructure more capable of exerting direct control, which irritates the nobility, leading to things that we will ultimately crack the Imperium open. (It's not robot infiltrators seeking to destroy the government for their AI overlords. you are incorrect Citizen--Function call error--there is nothing to see here, click, buzz.)

On another note, I love that

Spoiler: The AI

Isn't an Ancient AI. It may be from before, or the period between the Ancients and the modern era, but I like the fact that we don't just have absolutely everything old and weird bieng "oh yeah, that was an Ancient project."