Creo que este texto de 1996 sobre de dónde sacó William Gibson el nombre de Wintermute es totalmente inventado:
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.sf.written/c/gpE47zOae4Q/m/uTLBE2wNpNAJ
, pero:
> Gibson decided to use the name Wintermute for his AI as an ironic commentary on the dangers of mistaking a mere calculative ability, however subtle and accomplished, for one of genuine transcendence.