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WCDT 15-19 August 2011 (1991-95)
Is it cold in here?:
Robots in the QC universe seem to be unreliable once they get past a certain level of capability. Remember that robot 18-wheeler have gone crazy.
Pintsize has wireless Internet, and he's a pretty basic model.
stoutfiles:
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--- 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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Who said anything about sentient? They're programmed to be that way.
The difference between QC and reality is that they have the technology to have robots do jobs that do what they're told in QC. They don't have to build robots with personalities and stubby arms. They could build ones with no personality and advanced mechanics for jobs. Ones that make coffee and take cofee orders, with over 100,000 insults, for instance.
DonInKansas:
--- Quote from: ElvisRevenge on 20 Aug 2011, 05:34 ---97 TERABYTES?! HOLY COW!
That is all.
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This was my exact thought as well.
purple.platypus:
--- Quote from: cesariojpn on 19 Aug 2011, 17:41 ---Wait, she references "a model number" (HDC-4100X) in her first appearance, yet her "resume states another "model number" (Sony KawaiiPC). Am I missing something here?
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Yes, that "Sony KawaiiPC" is not a model number but a brand name. "Dell Inspiron" is not the model number of my laptop, "PP41L" is, but both are equally legitimate things to call it (and neither is the same thing as the serial number, of course).
FunkyTuba:
Seems to me that an Anthro's serial number should be as private as their social security number in the US... it'd be how they get their support.
Or maybe asking an anthropc for their serial number would be like asking their age? i.e. not polite
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