Servitor Swarm Synergy
Of late
I have been studying the phenomenon of distributed processing of function over
networks, and the emergence of a superorganism which can result from the collective
efforts of numerous components which are themselves quite simplistic. In biological systems, such as ant colonies,
a hive mind emerges which coordinates the efforts of all its parts in a
non-hierarchical yet efficient way. It
is this effect which has inspired engineers to create swarming machines.
I began
to contemplate whether or not a similar effect would occur if an interconnected
swarm of servitors were created which were not individually invested with a
great deal of intent, and were collectively charged with a broad statement of
purpose
The
result was that I decided to create a cluster of 12 identical servitors, which
I refer to as nodes, each charged
with the task of gathering information that would be of interest or benefit to
me, and funneling such information back to me by any convenient or available
communication channel.
Collectively,
the construct is designated as “Nexus 0xC”, roughly meaning “the connected 12.”
I chose Hexadecimal, or base 16 to
represent the numeric portion of the name in order to avoid the commonality of
the everyday decimal numbering system.
The individual component servitors are identically created from the same
visualized seed which divides instantaneously into 12 equal parts. Upon the creation of the 12, each is intended
to be self-aware, but is not yet connected to the others.
The
symbol of the ultimate manifestation of Nexus 0xC is a dodecagon with an empty
circle at each vertex. Each vertex is
connected to every other in order to symbolize the network which exists between
these servitors. In the center of the
network is another empty circle which represents me. Twelve identical tokens were also created to
represent the nodes of the nexus, and to be the foci for the individual
servitors. By design, these tokens are
indistinguishable from one another, to emphasize the uniformity of the members
of the swarm.
These
tokens were deployed in various locations around the city to symbolize the wide
scope of this information gathering system.
As this was done, the servitors were visualized to emerge from the
tokens as coherent, invisible wave forms, and to begin gathering
information. This was to be stored until
all nodes had been distributed and connected.
The
physical components of this operation are accompanied by a corresponding set of
visualized counterparts. The virtual seed
form of the cluster was visualized as liquid silver-white light coalescing from
the void, accumulating into a mirrored, mercury-like sphere. Just as a larger glob of mercury accumulates
smaller amounts into itself, increasing the volume of the sphere, the seed was
allowed to develop in imaginal space. As
each of the node servitors was released from its token, a portion of this
energy was visualized to detach and emerge as the wave form of the servitor.
After the
final token was distributed, the act of connecting them into the nexus was
performed. The original dodecagon symbol
was used as the focus for this operation.
While focusing on the symbol, a state of excitatory gnosis was entered
via a combination of sensory overload, mind-altering substances, and orgasm. At the moment immediately prior to white-out,
I visualized a projection as emerging from the symbol as silver-white light,
and spreading out to connect the individual nodes. At this moment, all of the nodes became
joined through the myriad pathways into Nexus 0xC.
When I
meditate and focus my thought on the Nexus symbol, I visualize myself as being
within the center hub of the network. If
the swarm of node servitors has any information to relay to me, they can then
do so through the pathways. I have only
recently completed this operation, so I cannot yet report any demonstrable
results.
The
possibility of a hyper-implementation of this network has also occurred to me,
either as a group working, or in further iterations on my own. Additional clusters could be created, and
then linked to the original in order to attain an even wider sensory array.
Vargr
February
16, 2006
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