Greetings from Darth Mencken

[Matterplay1]

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So, an interesting speculative idea but not at all likely in the present day. This is not to say that in the OA setting there might not be any number of internet-like arrangements that result in an an 'organism' of some sort. Anything from plant-like to transapient level in overall 'intelligence', in fact. It would have to have been designed that way, though.

Weellll - Maybe. Given OA tech (even relatively early in the timeline) it is probably possible to set up an 'internet' (or perhaps several) in which the different elements act something like an ecosystem, with different elements both cooperating and competing with each other.
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I think we're having a violent agreement here that it's quite easy given OA tech if someone wants it that way and sets it up, but not even remotely likely 'just by accident' in anything that resembles the present internet.