Chapter 27The Tertullan astronomer sat silentlyreflecting on his calculations, which were disturbing, but notcatastrophic. At least not for his planet. He would have to run thefigures again and check every variance, double-check everystatistic,and have the AI computer double-check his work. AIs had theirlimitations, but they also had one great advantage. Emotions didnotaffect their work. They seemed to be very content and did not formfriendships or alliances with their human counterparts. Or withotherAIs for that matter. They were solitary creations. The roboticequivalent of a hermit. Or perhaps a monk. They were entirely andtotally logical.
The astronomer, whose name wasAntekirk, stared into the night sky again. The huge telescope hadbeen built on a mountain on Tertullan so that the lens
