Do I hear the librarian going "Ook"? Sir Terry must be turning in his grave.
Edit: Note -- I confused Ringworld with Discworld, as pointed out by rowyourboat below.
I think you are confusing rings with discs. Larry Niven is the one doing the spinning
My apologies. You are correct indeed.
to bring this full circle, terry pratchett's early science fiction novel "strata" was largely a parody of "ringworld". not as good as his post-stride-hitting discworld books, but worth a read anyway
But the "AI" recommendation does sound like it came from a Discworld book.
On that note, I really wish someone would name their AI after Bergholt Stuttley a.k.a Bloody Stupid Johnson.