Communing (AI)
Communing is the informal shorthand term for data exchanges between otherwise incompatible information technology systems, facilitated in near real time by the dialogue of artificial intelligence systems such as Clover and its Benacian counterparts. The main purpose of the process is to enable New Alexandrian systems to achieve interoperability with the Benacian Data Network without exposing the Panopticon Nexus to the data corruption and security vulnerabilities inherent in the conventional internet operated by the wider international community.
The technical framework underpinning Communing is formally designated the Panopticon-Clover Interface Protocol, developed between 1728 AN and 1731 AN. The Clover AI achieved the first successful two-way data exchange with Benacian military systems in 1730 AN, and a "Red Clover Team" was deployed to support Benacia Command operations beginning in 1731 AN.
The choice of the term "communing" was a reference to the veneration of Artech, the god beloved by technologists in the Sovereign Confederation with Cedrist leanings.
