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WCDT: 2465-2469 (10-14 June, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Method of Madness:
One of the most interesting things in the comic, I think, is how Momo says that some AIs "choose" to believe. What a strange concept.
techkid:
--- Quote from: CompSarge on 10 Jun 2013, 02:51 ---Maybe it's the beat face she makes; I almost always hear Eric Idle's "eh, eh?" whenever she makes it.
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That face usually gets me laughing more than the actual pun. I love it :)
Lostdreams:
Given Emily's reaction last time, I was expecting a segue.
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Panel 1: From distance, a large cluster of what appears to be tiny aircraft are seen amongst clouds.
Panel 2: The heads of Pintsize, Winslow, and Momo in the foreground with propellers, jets, derigible style balloons, airfoils, etc. lounging about in the clouds. Other bot heads float in the background and the Roombas are seen blasting by. Momo and Winslow have a discussion about faith.
Panel 3: Momo and Winslow continue their discussion while Pintsize is now seen calibrating a telescope.
Panel 4: Momo turns to ask Pintsize if he has found anything. (implying the telescope)
Panel 5: Pintsize infoms her of the improved view of nude beaches from their current altitude (as he turns the now calibrated telescope downward)
This should totally be a thing.
DSL:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 10 Jun 2013, 04:49 ---One of the most interesting things in the comic, I think, is how Momo says that some AIs "choose" to believe. What a strange concept.
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Sounds quite human to me.
JRDelirio:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 10 Jun 2013, 01:31 ---It is fascinating that the sense of mystery humans feel about how they came to be is also felt by beings who know how they were invented and by whom.
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Momo states the AI sentience seems to be an "emergent" phenomenon, like the human: they know how, when and under whose supervision they were physically created (like we have a pretty good idea of how we physically evolved) but can't point out one specific assembly or coding step or runtime subroutine (or finite, defined, sets thereof) that leads to the prsesence of sentience, it's "just there" -- so AIs may feel there must be some inherent universal intelligence that is manifested though an indwelling among individual beings. Not necessarily supernatural but a "greater power" nonetheless.
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