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WCDT: 2006-2010 (5-9 Sep 2011)
Sorflakne:
I could so see Pintsize uploading himself into Momo's old chassis to mess with everyone.
And apparently an AI within a chassis makes it brighter, as 'dead' Momo is less pink in the hair and eyes, so apparently those areas glow or light up or something.
DSL:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 07 Sep 2011, 09:36 ---What happens if you copy an AnthroPC personality from one chassis to another without deleting the old copy?
Imagine two copies of Pintsize running around. If you dare.
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... Each thinking it's the original.
Arancaytar:
--- Quote from: Doctor Vendetta on 07 Sep 2011, 11:36 ---
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I'm also wondering how the transfer itself works, and the implications. If they simply copy the personality and then delete the old version, is it still the same Momo philosophically? And what about cloning personalities into multiple chassis?
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I thought they just swapped her hard drive (or equivalent) into the new chassis?
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#2000 implies the transfer is by wire.
Heliphyneau:
OK, first: EEEEEEEeeeee Winslow! :-D Now that that's out of the way . . . I'm really liking the nuMomo arc so far, her journey and growth as an individual in a new chassis that alters others' perceptions of her. I think the library will be a good fit for her. Momo may still be naive, but she does have that social protocol database in her, so she's not without any clue on interactions. Odds are her experiences will enable her to add some footnotes to that.
I noticed the faded hair color of her old chassis in this strip too -- probably just Jeph's way of signalling to us "nobody home" -- though I'm not sure if there's an equivalent of that for Pintsize and Winslow. I suppose in the context of the strip it could be handwaved as "the hairs are fibers connected to LEDs" or something.
And while Momo lives in a different building from Winslow and Pintsize, there may be other ways of bridging the distance. Maybe Winslow rode a flying Roomba there, or used clotheslines as ziplines, or used a secret underground tunnel, or thumbed (pseudopodded? appendaged?) a ride from someone.
I . . . am very curious about what the hell the "samples" were, but I hav a feeling we'll never find out. Unless the couch dissolves, or becomes sentient, or emits a steady stream of hyper-intelligent ant-men . . . or just has sort of a pine scent for awhile.
Arancaytar:
--- Quote ---the hairs are fibers connected to LEDs
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In reality, that would probably look so freaky it might actually trigger uncanny valley.
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