gnu@sri-unix (09/03/82)
I seem to recall an article by Larry Niven and/or Jerry Pournelle a year or so ago about remote mining on the moon, using artificial intelligence techniques on the remote end to avoid the robot's breaking things (or itself) during the round-trip delay. It wouldn't have to be able to run itself -- just stop itself. Maybe JEP or someone can provide the reference? (It could have been the space advisory board report.)