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WCDT: 2338-2342 (10-14 December 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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Carl-E:

--- Quote from: Westrim on 14 Dec 2012, 01:16 ---
--- Quote from: Akima on 14 Dec 2012, 00:40 ---and dream of electric sheep.

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Momo might, since she's an android now, but Pintsize is still just a robot so he can't yet.

Or maybe I'm over thinking this.

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I think you're underthinking it, actually. 

They're both running the "AI sentience" program, admittedly on different chipsets.  But you're distinguishing them based on their chassis... and that's a little bit racist! 

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=RovF1zsDoeM

Carl-E:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 14 Dec 2012, 01:34 ---Momo does not need sleep.

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To be fair, she's an unreliable narrator there.  I've heard the same thing from college students...

westrim:

--- Quote from: Carl-E on 14 Dec 2012, 01:36 ---I think you're underthinking it, actually. 

They're both running the "AI sentience" program, admittedly on different chipsets.  But you're distinguishing them based on their chassis... and that's a little bit racist! 

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Yay for Avenue Q references!

But android is just a descriptor - a robot made to both look and act human - and Pintsize doesn't meet the definition because he doesn't look human (whether he acts human is a question for a criminal psychologist.)

pwhodges:
So what are the two callbacks that Jeph mentions on Twitter?  One is obviously the duct tape; but I can't think of what the other is, at least specifically enough to separate it out from among several possibilities.

westrim:

--- Quote from: pwhodges on 14 Dec 2012, 03:13 ---So what are the two callbacks that Jeph mentions on Twitter?  One is obviously the duct tape; but I can't think of what the other is, at least specifically enough to separate it out from among several possibilities.

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Bunkbeds perhaps? Marigolds last encounter with them didn't go very well

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