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WCDT: 2801-2805 (29th September - 3rd October) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
aphanisis81:
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--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 01 Oct 2014, 03:22 ---Her aptitude for creative cursing aside ("fuckbarn" is just a beautiful swear, somehow), I humbly disagree. I know the AI stuff is something Jeph wants to explore in the comic, but for me it just KILLS the momentum of what I'm actually interested in. Momo was one thing, but the May storylines are just heavy-handed as hell.
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I disagree. May shows us some of the darker sides of AI in the QC universe. There is crime, jail, intelligent weaponry, advanced stealth technology, and AI's that might consider harming or exterminating humanity. Until now, we have only seen glimpses of this. Let us hope Jeph is not planning a war of extermination between humans and AI.
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I guess it's not that I think the storytelling is poor; Jeph always has excellent narrative control and pacing (the latter provided you like your pacing glacial and deliberate). I think it's just an issue of taste in subject matter.
Veloso:
--- Quote from: NilsO on 01 Oct 2014, 03:58 ---I disagree. May shows us some of the darker sides of AI in the QC universe.
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Yeah, but not really. "Sociopathic AI" might be an interesting area to explore, but May has been positioned as a "sociopath with a heart of gold," which lowers the stakes and really doesn't make sense.
A new sympathetic character who constantly hurls insults, if that's indeed where this is going, is not breaking new ground in this strip.
Barmymoo:
My take on it is that Jeph's approach to characterisation of all characters, human or AI, is "people are complex".
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Veloso on 01 Oct 2014, 04:18 ---
--- Quote from: NilsO on 01 Oct 2014, 03:58 ---I disagree. May shows us some of the darker sides of AI in the QC universe.
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Yeah, but not really. "Sociopathic AI" might be an interesting area to explore, but May has been positioned as a "sociopath with a heart of gold," which lowers the stakes and really doesn't make sense.
A new sympathetic character who constantly hurls insults, if that's indeed where this is going, is not breaking new ground in this strip.
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Why are you assuming sociopathy? She seems more like an attention-starved teen looking for a role model to me. Indeed she exhibits almost none of the three major indices of sociopathy and even the one she does have a little of (reduced empathy) is within "normal" bounds as far as we have seen.
Plus I've long since formed the suspicion that more AIs are seeded than actually leave the crèches and that exhibiting actual sociopathy is one of the reasons a growing seed might be disbarred from leaving. But that's induction rather than deduction so feel free to believe that the AI crèche is a wondrous digital paradise with the equivalent of lots of soft toys, walls you can write on, and an infinite supply of crayons in any colour you can conceive…
Dragonsreach:
Ok I'm new here (but not on the planet) and while I'm not intending to be contentious but I really dislike the term Artificial Intelligence.
How can Intelligence be Artificial?
Bio or Electro-Mechanical Intelligence is Intelligence.
Oh and the Claire/Marten story arc.............yeah well kinda saw that one coming down the road a while ago, but analyzing Marten's actions/hesitation is just so much fun.
Is he hesitating because Claire's Trans and doesn't know how to proceed or because she's Trans and want to go carefully and not hurt her or is he just scared about another "Crash and Burn" possibility.
I'd like for him to grow a pair and step up for Claire. (But Hey I'm an old romantic!) :claireface:
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