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WCDT: 2281-85 (24-28 September 2012) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Akima:
I find myself wondering why Emily, or anyone else, is still studying computer science in the QC-verse. Wouldn't machine sentience have made it obsolete? I suppose it could be as an art-form, rather as people still practice calligraphy in an age when technology has made it functionally obsolete. Or perhaps computer science has evolved, into something more like the robo-psychology practiced by Susan Calvin. If Emily is a typical student, I hope it is not the latter...
WAYF:
I wouldn't say that Emily is more Luna than Luna, partly because that doesn't make sense, and partly because Luna believes in creatures which, even by magical standards, are too crazy to actually exist (Nargles, Crumple-Horned Snorkacks and Wrackspurts, to name a few). :P
Pilchard123:
I think you mean Susan Calvin. Don't forget though, that if Pintsize's discussions with Winslow are serious, there is a small dose of AI is a Crapshoot.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: I thought it was Edsger Dijkstra but apparently not ---Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes
--- End quote ---
Also, we still teach children arithmetic. It's a base for understanding things that are still practical.
Maybe humans in the QC world study computer science for the same reason cats closely watch humans. It's useful to have a partial understanding of beings who run your world.
Mr. Doctor:
--- Quote from: Akima on 28 Sep 2012, 06:39 ---I find myself wondering why Emily, or anyone else, is still studying computer science in the QC-verse.
--- End quote ---
Imo it's the opposite. Considering their universe, it should be quite mandatory.
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