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WCDT: 2281-85 (24-28 September 2012) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Skewbrow:
Hmm. Momo's own perception of her relation with Marigold has changed over the course of the comic. In 1298 she was still talking about "my owner's interests". Granted, she was just reciting a Sony ad text at that time and had just moved in to live with Marigold, but even so...
Is it cold in here?:
668 is a great catch. It was clearly before the AIERA but shows that the topic was under discussion.
"My AnthroPC" doesn't necessarily imply ownership: consider "my husband", "my country", "my God".
Pilchard123:
Somewhat related (not TVTropes links, don't worry):
http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,27713.0.html - AI Rights thread
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 26 Sep 2012, 13:57 ---Granted, she was just reciting a Sony ad text at that time and had just moved in to live with Marigold, but even so...
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You know, I hadn't even considered that she'd just moved in with Marigold, I assumed Marbear had just moved into that apartment and that she'd had Momo for years.
Exar_Kun:
There was something else that I was wondering, and thank you to Skewbrow for reminding me of it. Momo was expressly made by Sony. Sony does not strike me as a company to make AI just for the hell of it. They presumably started making AI to sell to people, which means that somewhere down the line, Sony made money FROM CREATING A THINKING BEING. Now maybe I'm just being a prude or misunderstanding the situation in a critical way, but that strikes me as being pretty unethical. Sure, other fictional universes have AI being created for profit (Tyrell Corp. and Weyland-Yutani, just off the top of my head), but those were clearly dystopian futures whereas QC is clearly not.
So I'm wondering how the AIERA affected the creation of AI? Are only AI allowed to create other AI now? I honestly can't see how anyone would be able to create AI for profit with the AIERA in place, as the underlying assumption on creating AI for profit is that they are indeed property.
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