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Los Alamos gained fame after World War II as the place where the first atomic bombs were built. It helped to change the world, and then spent the Cold War designing newer and more powerful bombs that would never be used to destroy the Soviet Union and her allies. Los Alamos branched off into more peaceful pursuits after the Berlin Wall fell, including the medical sciences, renewable energy, and nanotechnology. It was a leading researcher into artificial intelligence during the early decades of the Twenty First Century, and hosted one of the largest data storage facilities on the planet. It should be no surprise that such a high tech installation became the birthplace to one of the first awakened AIs on Earth. Few places on Earth have had as much of an effect on our way of life than Los Alamos. It birthed the Atomic Age that helped us slip the bonds of Earth, and then helped guide the growth of the Cybernetic Age that brought us to the stars.
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