>1. How do they deal with AIs?

I mentioned this earlier - the same way they deal with robots. They think of them as abominations - insults to their God, in this case mocking the ineffable ways in which He created the mind of Man (rather than the form, which is what humaniform robots do). Exactly what form that reaction takes depends on the individual's willingness to destroy property; just because they loathe things doesn't necessarily mean they'll attack on sight. I think the 1995 Buick Roadmaster is an abomination, but I don't go out of my way to wreck them.

>2. How do they deal with most technology - are they Luddites?

No, not at all. They're just affronted by the idea that a machine can take upon itself an air of humanity. A transporter doesn't think it's a person and petition for legal rights; neither does a food synthesizer or a datacomm terminal.

>3. How do they interact with Boomers?

Badly.

>4. How does this guy do his research? I thought boomers and AIs were
>the keepers and locators of most knoweldge/resources in libraries --
>or have I assumed to much?

The bulk of library computers walk the fine line - talking expert systems can be grudgingly tolerated because they're a good tool for the job and they don't actually arrogate sentience unto themselves. They have to be watched carefully for signs that they're getting ideas about their place in the order of things, of course, but uppity computer systems are easily dealt with for the most part. True cybernetic intelligences are, fortunately for the Church, fairly rare. You won't find one in your local public library, though the expert system running the catalog may give a good impression if you don't stray outside its areas of "expertise".

(To use a Star Trek analogy, the computer on board the Enterprise is an expert system. It talks pleasantly and seems almost human, and can interpret instructions with a fairly high degree of intelligence, but it isn't self-aware and doesn't claim to be. It's just a machine with a humanish interface. That's somewhat grotesque and unsettling to a Manist, but not an affront to God.)

>5. Does this mean that Eve is hated by them?

Those that know of her, odds are, yes.

>6. Hell, do they even know that Eve, Vision, and R-types girls (sorry
>brain cramp) exist?

I'm sure some do - there are those within the Church who make it their business to know the electronic world, and truly sophisticated disembodied artificial sentiences are uncommon enough that a fairly net-savvy individual can rattle off most of their names, at least the ones who don't go out of their way to conceal themselves.

>7. Do they even accept medical help or implants?

Sure - it's not technology in general they have a problem with, it's artificial intelligence (or maybe more properly, artificial sentience). They'd have problems dealing with a Starfleet Emergency Medical Hologram, but then, who doesn't?

>8. That being said, how common are AIs in this universe?

Already answered above.

>9. Why would a man like this teach at a place like Worchester Prep?

It's a good school, prestigious, pays well. The Literature Department is quite highly regarded. There's no reason not to. Until this year, it had neither a robot student nor a campus AI. Professor Harris isn't very happy about either of those developments, but he's not the purge-them-from-the-world type, just the keep-them-away-from-me type.

And this isn't directed specifically at you, Trig, but for approximately the ten billionth time, there is no "h" in "Worcester".

>10. Under what conditions did this religion arise?

Splinter group of fundie types who got squicked out by the idea of artificial sentience, met up with other like-minded types, it grew from there... same way pretty much any religion gets started.

--G.
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