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WCDT: 2156-60 (2-6 April 2012) Questionable Content Discussion
Ghanima Atreides:
I'm probably reading too much into it, but I'm sensing a touch of emotional blackmail too, on Station's part: "Remember how I sat with you through your psychoses, cared for you and helped you improve, how I was your only friend? Won't you find it in your heart to come back and stay with me now that I'm the one who needs you?"
Also: Part of loving someone is doing things that benefit them without benefits to yourself. For all his affection for Hannelore, Station has been and is still motivated by his own needs: at first she was a pet project, then she became a friend, someone he liked. Then she was gone, and now he wants her back. For himself.
gopher:
A rejected Station could go all HAL on people.
marsman57:
--- Quote from: gopher on 04 Apr 2012, 06:10 ---A rejected Station could go all HAL on people.
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I really want this to happen, but it's not Jeph's style. I feel he typically presents the AIs as ultimately human and rarely as cold and calculating. I also feel they are typically shown with a high level of prefection with their flaws being just humorous annoyances, even with Pintsize.
I'd love to be proven wrong though. Some real drama as they try to escape, etc. :)
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: akronnick on 04 Apr 2012, 02:09 ---
--- 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.
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Clash quote FTW.
EDIT: And I'm gonna put it down right now - Marigold is going to be the reason why she goes back to Earth.
Friday, she's going to come in and say/do something that's gonna remind her of how far she's come, and politely give Station a "I've got to pay it forward"-like speech.
Throg:
This comic made me admire Jeph as a writer: a sense of the fine line that AI's can be human and compassionate, but-not-quite-there. "the greatest puzzle I was ever presented with", "logical next step in your development" vs. "a kind heart, an endless capacity for joy". And there was real pathos in being, literally, Station, hovering over the world, and becoming lonely.
Nowhere, however, does Station imply that he wants Hannelore to regress or become dependent on him again. He wants to enjoy her company, that's all. Doesn't make it any less selfish, though: Station's gain would be Hannelore's loss. And it seems like Station can't just download/split off his consciousness to follow Hannelore down planetside.
In a weird way this comic reminds me of one of the guest strips.
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