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WCDT: 2151-55 (26-30 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week TEN!?!
WAYF:
Honestly, if I could just get the image of gargling a 9-volt battery out of my head (thank you Somebody), I wouldn't really have a problem with this. It's entirely possible that Station wasn't even a therapist for her; remember, Station was always there, but they went to humans who were practising therapists anyway. Perhaps Station was simply there for her as a friend.
Besides which, as they have both got older, they have matured: Hannelore has learned how to socially interact with people and knows basic things like flirting (except when it's happening to her) and how best to treat people when they are in a bad mood. Station, being an artificial intelligence, will also no doubt have the learning capacity to expand his knowledge of the human experience, thereby "maturing" in his own sense as well.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that they're both mature enough to at least consider having a relationship. Whether it actually will happen is another matter, because Jeph writes people, and people are complicated.
mustang6172:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 30 Mar 2012, 01:05 ---Even for QC, a hologram setting up a dinner date is pushing it, I feel. At least it can be physically explained away when robots eat or drink, but a hologram and a glass of wine? Will this lead into another discursion on the minds of AIs, I wonder.
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I felt this way at first. Then I thought about it. Hannelore can't handle germs, but a hologram is perfectly sterile. He's the perfect man-bot for her.
squab:
--- Quote from: WAYF on 31 Mar 2012, 22:10 ---Honestly, if I could just get the image of gargling a 9-volt battery out of my head (thank you Somebody), I wouldn't really have a problem with this. It's entirely possible that Station wasn't even a therapist for her; remember, Station was always there, but they went to humans who were practising therapists anyway. Perhaps Station was simply there for her as a friend.
Besides which, as they have both got older, they have matured: Hannelore has learned how to socially interact with people and knows basic things like flirting (except when it's happening to her) and how best to treat people when they are in a bad mood. Station, being an artificial intelligence, will also no doubt have the learning capacity to expand his knowledge of the human experience, thereby "maturing" in his own sense as well.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that they're both mature enough to at least consider having a relationship. Whether it actually will happen is another matter, because Jeph writes people, and people are complicated.
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Yeah, although station played a therapist type role with her, I don't think he was officially there just to be the therapist. More of a friend she opened up to. In fact, think Marten + Faye. Faye was able to open up to Marten about her dad and he helped her grow emotionally - and had Dora (or someone) not snatched Marten up, Marten + Faye might have hooked up. (But Marten's mom say they would've been horrible for each other... anyhoo, not what I'm trying to discuss.)
There's still the aspect of knowing her at a young age. [Most] humans are hardwired to be completely turned off by the thought of a romantic/sexual relationship with people they grew up with (essentially spent a lot of time around before the age of, say, 12 - 13.) Which makes me wonder when Hanners/Station got to know each other.
no one special:
Speaking of human-AI relations... don't forget that Momo has quite the active libido!
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1658
So hey, if we already know that AI's have sexy-thoughts, maybe the Station-Hanners thing isn't so out-of-left-field as we thought...
Is it cold in here?:
The newspost for that comic is our best single source of information about AnthroPC libidos.
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