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WCDT: 2495-2499 (22-26 July, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Mlle Germain:
--- Quote from: KOK on 26 Jul 2013, 01:48 ---She is not dead. She is running in a data center somewhere.
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--- Quote from: mtmerrick on 26 Jul 2013, 00:30 ----Hasn't it been confirmed that May is just remote connecting into Dale's Glasses? So turning them off turns off her connection to him, not May herself.
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Yes, I'm sure that's true. She says so in http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2495. So I don't think there is a moral problem in turning of the glasses. Probably it's a little boring just to be in some server without any visual input, but it's really her own fault that she's in that situation. However, I think Dale won't keep her turned off. He will at least check on her one more time before the testing period runs out.
(This "putting AI into coma" discussion reminds me of how in the early QC strips Pintsize was repeatedly turned off when he was being annoying. The awareness and strength of AI rights has certainly grown in the QC universe since then.)
Edit: Just realised that what I wrote above might seem like I think it's ok to just let a sentient being sit in a server without much contact to the external world (although she has the internet to socialise). I didn't mean it like that. I pity May for being in that situation, since she is clearly unsatisfied with it - though I suppose not all AIs would be. I hope we will find out how she got there or if it's common for an AI to have to earn money till he/she gets a body.
But I really don't blame Dale. I probably would have turned of the glasses as well. And it's not his fault that she's in a situation where she's unhappy.
J:
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--- Quote from: Kugai on 25 Jul 2013, 14:35 ---Either that. or it's Microsoft.
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That's IT! "May" is WINDOWS 8!!!!!
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More likely a forgotten subroutine of Vista
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Considering how annoying she is, I'd say more like Clippy. With a female version of Gilbert Gottfried's voice.
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clippy was annoying because he was trying to be helpful. deliberately vulgar and belligerent would have been a step up.
and speaking of gilbert gottfried
maxh:
--- Quote from: zmeiat_joro on 25 Jul 2013, 06:16 ---[Chiropractors] are not legally subject to licensing.
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Where's that?
Mr. Doctor:
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 26 Jul 2013, 01:58 ---It's more like he put her in time-out.
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That's exactly what I was thinking... The whole idea of "killing her" never even occured to me until I read some posts. :psyduck:
Also... by looking at her expressions right before being put in "time-out", I don't think she'll be mad... Maybe she just discovered what a *bleep* she has been towards him.
Border Reiver:
Personally, I thought that the last panel was perfect - and Dale has definitely moved up more than a few notches on the "respect meter" as a result .
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