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WCDT: 2756-2760 (28 July-1 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Somebody:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1975
jwhouk:
Meh. We still have three years to go.
bhtooefr:
For that matter, we don't know that May actually does worship John Ellicott-Chatham.
I'm getting the impression that AIs respect him, but some would likely consider him a "mere" ancestor, whereas others worship him as a god. If that's the case, I suspect that that may actually be a huge debate in the AI community - whether JE-C is a god or not. Essentially, the schism in the AI community wouldn't be between who the actual god is, with atheism being on the side, it'd be between atheistic and theistic viewpoints of JE-C.
And, in that case, someone like May could easily casually refer to him as "the god of AI" in a context like the one presented in #2760 (one where AIs could make pilgrimages to Coffee of Doom) without actually believing in JE-C as a god. Basically, if there is a god, a majority of AIs would agree that it's JE-C.
snubnose:
I'm pretty confused as to why any AI is supposed to view the inventor of AIs as "god".
Obviously he's just another ordinary human.
I mean of course he's above average intelligent and all, and of course AIs would be gratious and stuff, but they wouldnt view him as anything else but another human being.
Nobody considers other people a deity unless that person actually gave the impression of being able to break the laws of reality, like physics, medicine, and beyond (like the ability to raise dead people).
Somnus Eternus:
All I know is that if this is about to turn into another "Hannelore and her parent(s)" arc, I'd be super happy with that. Those are always interesting.
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