Sorry to nitpick. AI is one of my favorite subjects. And this
story seems to be one of the better ones. For a similar type
story line, try "Wyrm" by Mark Fabi, 608 pages (May 1998)

This was copied from Amazon.com Reviews:
Wyrm
"The year is 1999. Michael Arcangelo's business is detecting and 
eliminating viruses, worms, and other computer-nasties from corporate 
files and operating systems. While attempting to cleanse a cutting-edge 
chess-playing program, he encounters a worm-- ``Wyrm''--that not only 
eats other viruses, but reconfigures other programs for greater speed 
and efficiency!"
...
"tries--not always successfully--to meld the latest speculations in 
artificial intelligence with computer games, Monty Python, mythology, 
Lewis Carroll, and whatnot. Grab those wizard privileges and beware 
of hostile frobnules."

Great stuff. Lots of fun and some neat programming ideas.
Steve Martin wrote:
> 
> "mr.art" wrote:
> >
> > P1 was never designed to gain control of banking computers,
> > it just could. P1 stands for "Priority 1". P1 could
> > de-compile, analyze, and re-compile for efficiency, the
> > programs that were running on the system. P1 rewrote itself.
> > And the story goes on from there.
> 
> Okay, I guess I'll give you that one. I remembered that Gregory
> turned his project loose in a series of banking computers in
> Chicago, I guess I short-circuited from there to the idea that
> he wrote it to take over those computers specifically.

-- 
Mr. Art

"Often the appearance of reality is more important 
than the reality of the appearance."
Bill DeWitt 2000

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