I've noticed a rather complete absence of AIs on the site, to the point that I suspect it may be a taboo plot-element. Still, I'd like to ask where we are placing our capabilities in this regard. I think many of the races have cyborgs and gene-manipulation, but where do we draw the line?
In the thread discussing Empire Sizes, Xaxl voiced his objection to there being empires numbering in the millions of star systems. I agree with this purely from a logistical standpoint (both in character and out of it). One COULD assume hyper advanced machine minds could manage empires of this size and complexity, but I know a good deal of the members here are against that sort of pseudo-God-like AIs.