Berlin, the City of AI

Write a story set in an alternate timeline where artificial intelligence was invented during the Cold War by the East Germans.

Imagine that the Berlin Wall never fell because East Germany used AI to consolidate their power. How does this affect the balance of power during the Cold War era? What consequences would this have on the information age? Would personal computers even exist? This gives an opportunity to examine the role of technology in societies and how it affects geopolitics.