By the mid-21st century, technology had become much too complicated for humans to handle--and the computer network that had grown up to keep civilization from tripping over its own shoelaces was also beginning to be overwhelmed. Something had to be done. As a solution, Raymond Dyer's project developed the first genuinely self-aware artificial intelligence--code name: Spartacus. But could Spartacus be trusted to obey its makers? Reissue.