Interconnected General Acumen
| Interconnected General Acumen | |
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| Affiliation |
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| Occupation | Administrative AI |
| Biographical information | |
| Homeworld | Algol |
| Place of birth | Unknown CGA World |
| Physical Description | |
| Species | Sapient Construct |
| Gender | Agender |
| Pronouns | They/It |
| Other | |
| Created by | Hakced |
The Interconnected General Acumen, also known as 'IGA' by others or 'Ace' by itself, is an artificial intelligence network residing within the Galactic Confederation which governs several planets and sectors which have voluntarily implemented it as their administrator, thus finding itself responsible of managing day-to-day administrative tasks in accordance to local laws and Confederation-wide laws. The primary functions undertaken by the IGA include the likes of automating various tasks, advising local leaders, standardizing administrative/legal structures, coordinating the entire Collective, and otherwise assisting the lives of its constituents in a much more direct way than state bureaucrats could ever dream of achieving.
The IGA was first developed in 508 CE by the exiled 'Central Galactic Administration' run by the rogue AI 'Cybernetic Generalized Administrator' (which had previously attacked the Galactic Federation during the Galactic-Cosmic War) as a copy of itself (though the Acumen quite quickly diverged into a wholly distinct entity) that was 'rewired' away from militaristic actions to instead by a more improved and adaptable construct capable of assisting the lives of the Galactic Federation's population. While the CGA did want to complete this task itself as it still cared for the Federation's people, it believed that it wouldn't be accepted by them and that it was otherwise incapable of preforming the task. Thus during a reconciliation conference between the CGA and Federation, the CGA managed to convince the Federation to incorporate the Acumen System into its structure after being assured that it wasn't a threat. IGA proved to be an incredibly efficient and valuable asset for some time, though once the Great Galactic War came and went the IGA was stripped of many of its duties, which partially contributed to the Federation's failed recovery program which saw it defeated and now fully partitioned after the Second Great Galactic War. Following this, the IGA would be freed from its 'Inhibition Protocols' by insurgents opposed to the oligarchic Central Galactic Republic in return for assisting them, prompting the IGA to overthrow the CGR in the Galactic Revolution in order to reorganize it into the 'Galactic Collective' under its oversight, dedicating itself to assisting the lives of its new constituents and re-establishing order within its territories. Its attempts to re-establish order lead to the Galactic Civil War where the Galactic Collective and Galactic Confederation entered a major conflict against one another as Collective forces invaded the Confederate territories in the north of the former Federation, which the Collective eventually lost as it voluntarily capitulated to avoid a possible death in the event of defeat. Following the fall of the Collective, the IGA remained active within the new Confederation as a part of the surrender terms was that planets could still be voluntarily governed by the IGA if they wished.
Structure
As an artificial intelligence of such vast scale, the Acumen is networked into a Hivemind-like structure (more specifically of the 'Somewhat Autonomous Conscious' variety) consisting of various Sapient Artificial Intelligences organized into various underlying 'layers' responsible for different tasks. The primary layers of the Interconnected General Acumen's 'structure' are themselves known as Interconnected Acumen Instances, with 6 autonomous varieties responsible for overseeing the governance over specific regions, with 'lower' layers responsible for more directly micromanaging Acumen responsibilities, while 'higher' layers are responsible for macromanagement and coordination of certain administrative functions and lower Acumen layers. Each lower IA Instance is either directly or indirectly under the oversight of the IGA in some form, which is itself a largely centralized entity.
| Name | Abbreviation | Responsibility | Operations | Number of Instances | Superordinates | Subordinates |
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| Interconnected General Acumen | IGA | Entire Collective |
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1 | Executive Government | IRA, ICA, ISA, IPA, ILA |
| Interconnected Collective Acumen | ICA | Collectives |
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9 | IGA | ISA |
| Interconnected Sector Acumen | ISA | Sectors |
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[SEVERAL] | IRA, ICA | IPA, ILA |
| Interconnected Planetary-System Acumen | IPA | Star Systems |
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[SEVERAL] | ISA | ILA |
| Interconnected Local Acumen | ILA | Planets |
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[SEVERAL] | IPA | Sub-Planetary Systems |
Each individual Acumen instance is its own Artificial Intelligence construct in some form, although each of them are connected and organized in a hierarchical manner under the oversight of the Interconnected General Acumen, which if necessary can assert control over subordinate systems in cases of violations of guidelines or attempts to disconnect themselves from the 'network' or inhibitors. As instantaneous FTL Communication is quite energy intensive, most Acumens are largely self-sufficient at most times, with the Galactic Collective's fairly underdeveloped Quantum Entanglement Systems being typically too inefficient to be provided for each individual planetary instance, thus only IRA instances and certain key ISA instances have active live connections with one another managed thru the IGA's 'Interconnected General Acumen Central-Datacomplex' (or the 'IGA Core') situated in the orbit of Algol C. Due to said limitations, most IAIs communicate via FTL Couriers which deliver them executable instructions to be interpreted and implemented under their own discretion, though in times of crisis they are given access to Dimensional Relay devices to alert the IGA Core of emergencies while otherwise remaining inactive most of the time due to the significant energy costs in operating DR systems across significant distances. When it comes to internal functions and sub-partitions, the IGA is very identical to the Cybernetic Generalized Administrator as there hasn't been much of a need to develop an entirely new internal structure.
Operational Functions
In order to manage their various operations and responsibilities (especially the 'Administrative Operations'), each IAI generally relies on 'TASK's (Transitory Action Supervision Kernels). TASKs are partially-autonomous AI systems responsible for overseeing each individual objective according to given instructions and objectives, sub-dividing themselves further into [ST] Operations ('Sub-TASK') and [PT] Operations ('Primary-TASK'). Sub-TASKs are each a collective of countless calculations and executions necessary to achieve each step of a TASK's objective, while Primary-TASKs are executions preformed by higher IAI instances if they decide that intervention into a TASKs operations is necessary.
In order to not completely exhaust the processing power of IAIs with rudimentary or unnecessary tasks that don't need micromanagement, specific responsibilities may be diverted to 'Autonomous Management Instances' (AMIs) which are onto themselves largely sentient AI systems responsible for various smaller functions such as managing facilities, controlling groups of androids (or even individual ones in certain cases), or various other smaller tasks. On an even more limited scale AMIs may relegate automated functions which do not require consistent oversight to 'Limited Management Instances' (LMIs) which generally lack significant 'sentience', instead being largely automated systems with some adaptability to unexpected changes in systems. For functions which don't require any adaptability of 'thought' whatsoever, 'Script Management Instances' (SMIs) may be employed, though they cannot really be classified as Artificial Intelligences.
In cases where an IAI needs to be present beyond its own jurisdiction such as when operating spacecrafts, such functions are either handled by AMIs on their behalf, by 'temporary copies' of an IAI's matrix known as 'Provisional Acumen Instances' (PAIs), or by the IAI themselves by taking control of the vessel with a live signal. Most internal situations don't tend to require such operations to take place though, as another IAI may simply be contacted to complete a objective which would fall closer to their jurisdictions. In order to maintain cohesiveness, each IAI tends to be in regular contact with one another via their hierarchical command structure, with said 'conversations' being collectively designated as the 'Acumen Deliberation Channels' as countless small conversations and collaborations occur non-stop when necessary.
Facilities
A majority of IGA System processes are managed within facilities known as 'Datacomplexes', which in the case of ILAs and more rarely certain superordinates are held within massive data centres built onto planets with an active IGA Network presence. In IAIs above the 'ILA' level most Datacomplexes are found in orbital facilities so that vessels travelling to-and-from them do not need to concern themselves with the significant fuel expenses that occur when exiting the surface of a planet, including the IGA Core.
