Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2952-2956 (4-8 May 2015)
BenRG:
--- Quote from: katsmeat on 08 May 2015, 04:07 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 07 May 2015, 23:31 ---Interesting implications of panel 4: May is saying that Gordon chose to be an ArachnoPC.
--- End quote ---
It could be something to do with his job. His chassis would be well adapted to doing maintenance in small, confined areas with difficult access. You know... like working in crawl-spaces.
--- End quote ---
No, Gordon is a headcrab... er... head-spider. His chassis has been equipped with biometric sensors so he can perch on people's heads and record their reactions to questioning. It's how Elicott-Chatham Cybernetics assesses a human's suitability for certain AI companions. If one is an arachnophobe (like Marten) it also gives wildly inaccurate readings, which led to Marten being paired with Pintsize instead of Whalebot.
Penquin47:
--- Quote from: Energia on 07 May 2015, 22:42 ---
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 07 May 2015, 21:02 ---
--- Quote from: Energia on 07 May 2015, 20:25 ---So given that Marigold eventually gifted Momo her chassis, Are May's relationship with Dale, Momo's with Marigold, and Marten's with Faye all equivalent now?
--- End quote ---
May and Dale are equivalent to Marten and Faye, but I believe Momo and Marigold are still under their companionship contract. In practical terms I don't see that there's much actual difference, but that contract's still there.
--- End quote ---
So is the companionship contract equivalent to a same-sex marriage?
--- End quote ---
No? A same-sex marriage is a marriage, while a companionship contract is a formal way of saying "it's my job to hang out with you and be your friend".
tangerinewarrior:
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 08 May 2015, 05:41 ---
--- Quote from: Energia on 07 May 2015, 22:42 ---
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 07 May 2015, 21:02 ---
--- Quote from: Energia on 07 May 2015, 20:25 ---So given that Marigold eventually gifted Momo her chassis, Are May's relationship with Dale, Momo's with Marigold, and Marten's with Faye all equivalent now?
--- End quote ---
May and Dale are equivalent to Marten and Faye, but I believe Momo and Marigold are still under their companionship contract. In practical terms I don't see that there's much actual difference, but that contract's still there.
--- End quote ---
So is the companionship contract equivalent to a same-sex marriage?
--- End quote ---
No? A same-sex marriage is a marriage, while a companionship contract is a formal way of saying "it's my job to hang out with you and be your friend".
--- End quote ---
Also, Momo explains earlier in comic that the companionship contract is non-binding. She or Marigold can end it whenever they want. Here is the comic in question:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2284
bhtooefr:
--- Quote from: Timemaster on 07 May 2015, 22:22 ---On the oher hand the humanoid AIs use verbally communication not only with humans, but between each other too. My guess is that they want to appear as human as possible not to freak people out or to raise prejudices against AIs. And verbal communication is a center trait of human existance and behaviour. The support group could be easily held online without the AIs having to leave their houses.But they meet personally in the convention center. And I see only one explanation: to act and behave as humans do, to embrace humanity as far as possible.
A built-in communicator would not really fit into this philosophy.
--- End quote ---
One interesting point with all of this: May doesn't appear to want to be humanoid, she wants to be a fighter jet - she's not in the chassis that she wants to be in at all. (Although, it seems that she'll grudgingly take humanoid over other non-fighter jet forms.)
There are quite a lot of implications that can be read into that, especially given how Jeph has used AI storylines in the past to approach human issues.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 08 May 2015, 06:29 ---One interesting point with all of this: May doesn't appear to want to be humanoid, she wants to be a fighter jet - she's not in the chassis that she wants to be in at all. (Although, it seems that she'll grudgingly take humanoid over other non-fighter jet forms.)
--- End quote ---
The general assumption is that May is borderline-psychotic and, if installed in a combat chassis of any kind would go around killing people. However, fighters tend to be the very highest-performance aircraft. I'm wondering if, in fact, her ambition and her desire is to fly. Nothing else, just to fly - To feel the supersonic air currents over her skin and look down from a sky so dark it is nearly black at the sphere of the world beneath her.
I'd just love for a strip where she tries to articulate this to someone - maybe Momo. An android can't cry but maybe May will come close as she pours out her heartbreak of being thought a criminal for pursuing her dreams.
I wonder if Elicott-Chatham are recruiting AIs to pilot their space shuttles?
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version