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On the origin of species (AI)
FunkyTuba:
It seemed to me as though the major component of that was the ability to deliver empathy and care without getting in the way of her phobia of hugs and germs and other people. It was his lack of a body that was primarily important.
That said, I think he might also have an advantage over a human therapist in that his thought processes or approach to sentience was more like hers? So he could also sympathize with her in ways the normal therapists couldn't?
FunkyTuba:
Just noticed something else...
Station: big computer to operate in, lots of duties, lots of capability
Momo: Seemed (to me) to take on more when she moved to the new bigger more capable chassis
Pintsize/Winslow: still companions but we kind of haven't seen the same depth of character from them as the others.
Toaster: "I make bread FUN!"
Questions: Does processing power have an effect on that Fluid Intelligence I was describing earlier? If you put the toaster AI in station, would it be able to do the same things as Station?
T:
Another thing to point out is that just because someone is intelligent doesn't means that this person is productive. One could be a genius and spend al his time playing games.
Also Pintsize might be way smarter than he sounds most of the time.
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2332
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: FunkyTuba on 23 Jun 2014, 17:18 ---It seemed to me as though the major component of that was the ability to deliver empathy and care without getting in the way of her phobia of hugs and germs and other people. It was his lack of a body that was primarily important.
That said, I think he might also have an advantage over a human therapist in that his thought processes or approach to sentience was more like hers? So he could also sympathize with her in ways the normal therapists couldn't?
--- End quote ---
Wow, hadn't thought of that.
Simply being available 24/7 must have been a huge help. Not even a dog can be that steady a presence.
This strip was my starting point for thinking about why AIs spend processing power on non-human activities rather than upgrading their human-interface subroutines: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2285
Sidhekin:
Also relevant: How Pintsize and Winslow react to memory upgrades. (Too lazy to hunt down the specific comic, but you'll remember when Hanners had some spare MB :roll: for Pintsize ...)
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