With Folded RAM

[stevebowers]

The problem outlined in Jack Williamson's story With Folded Hands is one of the main themes of Orion's Arm; if competent, hyper-efficient automation and AI can do everything humans can do, then what is the role of humanity? We have tried to answer this in a number of different ways, and hopefully we have suggested at least some reasonable ideas. Whether we can avoid the fate of Williamson's humans in real life is another matter.