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WCDT 15-19 August 2011 (1991-95)
HiFranc:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 20 Aug 2011, 01:10 ---Pintsize and Winslow managed cables OK when testing to see if Hanners was a Cyborg.
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They had a bed to stand on when to do that. Furthermore, we don't know if the cables had to be unpluded from anything.
TinPenguin:
One of the skills Momo lists in her introduction is 'heuristic internet trawling'. This is exactly the first thing I thought of in answer to the question 'what use is an AnthroPC?' Think about it. You want to know something? No need to type it into Google, no need to try hundreds of different combinations of keywords. Just call over to your sentient little computer and ask it to search the web for that information. If you look at science fiction, one of the most common functions of any sentient computer is to give its owners information.
Mr. Doctor:
--- Quote from: Andy147 on 19 Aug 2011, 16:04 ---
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 19 Aug 2011, 05:45 ---Seriously.. what is she going to do with the poor eels? put them on down her skirt like on that alternative version of one of the strips?? Ugh... :psyduck:
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It's a reference back to her first appearance.
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I know about that strip... It doesn't make it more confortable at all.
ElvisRevenge:
97 TERABYTES?! HOLY COW!
That is all.
wrwight:
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 19 Aug 2011, 21:53 ---Who said anything about only AnthroPC's? Different, more efficient robots would be built for certain jobs; they would work 24/7 and never complain or want money, because they would be programmed that way. Just like a robot on a car assembly line in our world. Any human that does a simple labor job would have to worry about being replaced.
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Um, that sounds more like the robots we have in the real world that do real jobs that people used to do. I find it hard to believe any sentient being would "work 24/7 and never complain or want money," if they were truly self-aware. In fact, that seems like the exact sort of thing in a lot of sci-fi media that leads to a robot rebellion.
In the real world though, robotics could indeed take over some of the jobs that people do now. I'm fairly convinced they won't any time soon though, because people need to work to eat, and taking away more jobs would be a terribly unpopular idea. Now, if we could get off this rock, I think there would be plenty of jobs people would be happy to let robots do since spreading out would mean a huge expansion of jobs, and automation would be incredibly helpful.
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