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WCDT: 2151-55 (26-30 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week TEN!?!
WAYF:
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--- Quote from: WAYF on 30 Mar 2012, 04:15 ---Well, we know from Pintsize that human-robot makeouts are legal, so logically Station would indeed be the perfect first boyfriend for her.
Logically.
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http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=611
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Good God, the mental image.
:psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
Ok, so I don't think this is creepy. My point is that it's legal, and we know that Hannelore's dad endorses robot boyfriends in some form or another. And as I say, it might not even be a romantic sort of date (maybe).
But thank you for successfully convincing me of how little I would want to watch that happen. All I can think of in terms of romantic human/AI relations right now is gargling a 9-volt battery.
Overkillengine:
Gives the phrase "battery operated boyfriend" an entirely new meaning. :roll:
FunkyTuba:
--- Quote from: calmcalamity on 30 Mar 2012, 15:16 ---I've already posted this once when reporting on the spoiler comic earlier this week, but here it is again, my reasons for why i felt slightly creeped out by this comic.
1. (Hit as I was half way through) He's of an entirely different format, i.e. different lifeform
2. (Hit just as I was finished reading) They talk about Hanners naming Station at a young age. This would suggest that he was fully cognitive when she was still a child.
3. (Hit as I was beginning to write the summary for Is it cold in here?) They've indicated that Station was the closest thing Hanners had to a friend growing up, i.e. Best. This may somewhat explain Stations feelings.
4. (Hit as I was on the toilet a few minutes ago thinking about it some more and freaked me the fuck out) John Ellicott-Catham created Station, some would infer this could be considered a parental relationship, depending on who you talk to.
Four levels of uncomfortable, going from awkward to semi-creepy awkward to less creepy but more awkward to just creepy and very awkward.
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Addictive, huh?
I'm glad Jeph's finally going here, he's been feeling around the edges of human-AI interactions with oblique references (Pintsize wanting to make out Tai(?), was it? Momo's friendly relationship with Samantha, Hanners and her drunken romp with whichever anthroPC) and deliberate exposition.
It's such a fertile place of interesting things for him to examine and to comment on--looking forward to the conclusions Jeph will come to and the resulting new questions we'll be asking.
Is it cold in here?:
Yes, Tai.
Kugai:
I wonder if he'll Download himself into Boyfriend Bot.
On the other hand, if it all goes pear shaped, that might be a bad idea .........
Oh dear
Space Lazer.
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