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WCDT: 2156-60 (2-6 April 2012) Questionable Content Discussion
WAYF:
I think if Asimov's Laws of Robotics applied to the AIs in Questionable Content, they wouldn't be enough like humans, and they'd rapidly become dissatisfied with being an inferior species by default (since they have these arbitrary limitations built into them). I'm sure that anyone who was building a truly sentient AI would consider something like that.
On the subject of the most recent comic:
It's nice to see that AIs can get so genuinely emotional. We had Momo's tearful Christmas-time inspirational speech, and now we have Station trying to convince Hannelore to stay. I'm still convinced that Hannelore should leave, particularly because a life in space is so isolated, but Station makes his argument as convincing as reasonably possible.
(Fixed the link - Method)
CrowFairy:
Jeph said somewhere that he won't consider a spin-off until after the comic is done--and possibly not even then. I tried to find it but had no luck. :/
But what I'm getting at is that it's doubtful that such an integral part of the comic will leave permanently.
Anyway...
If Hanners stays, she'll keep in touch, and we can focus on other characters. She'll miss her friends too much and be sad and probably get sent back for her own health. Plus, it would waste a lot of fuel, because I bet powering a space ship twice can't be cheap. It would be extravagant at best. Yes, I know her family has money, but that would be wasteful.
If she leaves for Earth with everybody else, we have to see her be all depressed for letting Station down. But cuteness, because all the other characters will cheer her up. And maybe cute chats between her and Station so they'll keep in touch.
Honestly, IMHO, I think she'd go crazy staying on the station. She needs that human interaction--people her own age who don't expect anything of her except to be herself. I'm sure the scientists are great and all, but hardly anyone but Station has reached out to her or seems like they would be good friends to her. They are too busy and don't have a lot in common as people (even though they do to some degree in academics). She needs her Earth friends (and they need her). They keep her sane. A station like that is sterile. On Earth, she can force herself into situations that challenge her and her OCD. And Hannelore knows this. As much as she loves Station and her father and everything and everyone else up there, she has to know that it's not the right decision for her. There will be conflict and alternating emotions because she has a big heart and doesn't want to abandon Station, but in the end, she just can't stay. It's illogical, not to mention harmful to her well-being. There are reasons why she went to Earth. The station just isn't where she needs to be.
TL;DR: Hannelore probably won't stay with Station because it would be detrimental to her mental and emotional health. It would be very out of character to stay because she knows that Earth provides her with what she needs to conquer her fears and grow as a person.
Akima:
--- Quote from: ysth on 03 Apr 2012, 21:50 ---I always thought it was either "in regard to" or "with respect to", not "with regard to".
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Don't blame me; take it up with my English teachers.
--- Quote from: WAYF on 04 Apr 2012, 01:27 ---I'm still convinced that Hannelore should leave, particularly because a life in space is so isolated, but Station makes his argument as convincing as reasonably possible.
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Station's "argument" seems selfish to me. It's all about him, isn't it? Hannelore's needs don't really come into it.
akronnick:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 03 Apr 2012, 06:02 ---So... what would happen if Jeph decided to keep Hannelore up on the station?
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If she goes there will be trouble,
But if she stays it will be double.
TinPenguin:
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 04 Apr 2012, 00:53 ---Like...I dunno. His backstory with Hanners here was sweet? But he seems too fawning. Too eager to get back to when she depended on him, despite professing to approve of her independence.
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Exactly. Essentially, Station is asking her to throw all her progress out of the window and return to a dependent state. It's like a mother whose child has become successful and independent, begging the child to move back in so she can tuck them up in bed every night again. Sure, it's understandable, it's sweet, but it's completely illogical, irresponsible, and counter-productive to the emotional well-being of your former charge.
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