Now imagine cloning this intelligent human so he can work on more and more different projects at the same time with his super speed and lack of aging,...and you might begin to understand what Alpha could do. Except that Alpha was now the AI equivalent of Einstein.For reference, I'd estimate HAL from 2001 at somewhere around 60 AIQ and the god-like Eschaton (from the Singularity Sky books) at somewhere around 5000 AIQ.Before the summer arrived, our front company was in place: Alpha Advanced. "Cindy took the skimpy outfit and headed for the dressing room. She dropped her skirt and peeled off her top in the narrow room, then slid the baby doll on. But she had to take it back off because her bra and panties showed ridiculously beneath it, so she slid them off as well, then slithered back into the seductive outfit. She felt a little embarrassed to go back out into the store wearing only this tiny outfit, but knew her mother was waiting for her, so she took a deep breath, twisted the. "That's better," she said, "Would you like to try a little makeup?" I had clumsily tried a little lipstick before, but nothing else. Wewent back to her dressing table, and Gran had me take off the wig whileshe showed me all about makeup. Gran showed me how to apply a lightcoat of moisturizer, then foundation and powder. "That's alright fornow, but we may need to find something a little closer to your shade."How much dressing was Gran expecting me to do? Next, she appliedeyeshadow, then. Tristan's face started to burn. There should be Guardian DNA present.How? ... Oh! One moment. No there is no Guardian DNA.Then set the self-destruct. We can't afford that technology falling into the wrong hands.Yes, Guardian, self-destruct is activated.As soon as my ship is in range activate the transport please.Several hours later after cursing the slowness of the black ship and pacing the deck in frustration, Tristan's stomach lurched. Bright lights of the AI hanger replaced the blackness of.