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WCDT: 2756-2760 (28 July-1 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Kugai:
At least she doesn't want to be her Transporter.
QuestionableIntentions:
Wouldn't that mean that Winslow got mad braggin rights? Being the AnthroPC of the "AI God's" daughter? And Pintsize too, by association?
NilsO:
May is experiencing an epiphany with deep religious significance for her. She has just met her God's daughter. Just imagine, you meet Jesus at your local coffee shop? (OK, some baristas may look like Jesus, but they probably are not Him.)
Time to talk about AI religion (btw, is "AI" an acceptable common term for robots/androids/AnthroPCs/AIs?). I would assume there are several religious denominations within the AI community. May's denomination seems to revere John Ellicott-Chatham (Hannerdad) as their God, as he was the inventor of true AI. Clinton (although Human, mostly, sort of) may belong to the same denomination. On the other hand, Pintsize, Momo, and Winslow seem not to regard Hanners as anything more than a friend; so I guess they may belong to another denomination where Hannerdad might be respected for his achievements, but he is definitely not their God.
I remember Emily and Momo were talking about robot religion (archive-fu at work) - ah, here. Momo quote:
--- Quote ---There is room for belief in a greater power, and some of us do choose to believe in such a force.
--- End quote ---
So, what happens now? Hanners appears ready to summon a killer droid, unless the situation defuses. If Hanners decides May is not a threat, she may relax, but she definitely does not want to be revered as God's daughter. I guess May will relax after a while, and hopefully become Hanners' friend rather than an acolyte.
NilsO:
AI trivia: See Jeph's comments in this strip. I guess AIs, when created, come in a range of powers and abilities (possibly a Gaussian distribution). Less powerful AIs are probably not victims of discrimination, they just choose simpler careers (like becoming toasters). The "average" AI may choose to become an AnthroPC or Idoru model, and become human companions. More powerful AIs may run weapons systems or power plants. The most powerful AI in existence appears to be Station, he is revered by the other AIs both for his intellect and his daily interaction with Hannerdad.
Pintsize was sad because Marten did not take him along when he visited the Space Station. He would have liked to talk to Station (about butts, of course). But if Marten had tried to take him along, I guess Pintsize would have been effectively detained (and possibly annihilated for security reasons) by Station security.
T:
Perhaps the Pintsize who likes to talk about butts and weird porn is a masquerade.
He demonstrated better reasoning before.
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