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WCDT Strips 3031-3035 (24th to 28th August 2015
Morituri:
Actually there ws nothing to stop her 'virtual' chassis that was visible through Dale's glasses from flying.
Look at it this way; she's already getting vision that's constructed whole-cloth out of a camera view or several that aren't particularly close to her. That's a neat trick you can do in software, but in our world it usually takes a few seconds per frame to integrate stuff. In Jeph's world, though, Strong AI is around and something the size of Pintsize can store Terabytes of porn. So I'm assuming they've got a hell of a lot of compute power for relatively "trivial" tasks like video composition.
So in a virtual chassis, all she'd have to do for loops and swoops and high-in-the-air views of the world over a city, would be to hijack the video feeds of a whole bunch of security cameras down in the city. That's probably criminal, and fairly difficult, but hey, it ought to be child's play for someone (almost) capable of embezzling $.75B from her former employers.
Of course, she probably wouldn't be satisfied with flight as a 'ghost'.
ReindeerFlotilla:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 29 Aug 2015, 08:54 ---
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 29 Aug 2015, 01:18 ---I'm not sure if anything other than a full up fighter jet would do for May since she tried to steal most of a billion dollars to get one. OTOH, I get the feeling her desire to be a combat aircraft will never be explained in more detail.
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Fighter aircraft tend to be the highest-performance aircraft of them all. I think that you'll find your answer there - to go faster, higher and more agile than your average aircraft. I wonder if anyone's ever thought of offering her a job in the space program?
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 29 Aug 2015, 01:18 ---It would be ironic to learn that, after all that, May doesn't know the first thing about how to fly.
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She doubtless has the same ability as any other AI to learn new skills.
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but this is all speculation, but a key part of my speculation is that the answer would probably never be given. Anyone can wax on about why she might have done it. Only one person can say why she actaully did.
To hone the edge a bit further, the speculation about May not knowing how to fly had nothing to do with May's ability, and everything to do with what would be funny. QC has yet to establish that AI can upload skills, and strongly suggests they can't, which suggests that stealing a vast sum of money to engage in an activity you are unqualified to do has the potential for humor. This would, again, be in keeping with the idea that May has poor impulse control.
--- Quote from: katsmeat on 29 Aug 2015, 10:29 ---I'm going to hazard a guess May's chassis has some monitoring/tracking hardware built in. And it'll be strictly against the terms of her parole for her to change it for another one.
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They probably aren't keeping tabs on May like that. I doubt she's seen as a flight risk.
:clairedoge:
wlewisiii:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 30 Aug 2015, 00:14 ---They probably aren't keeping tabs on May like that. I doubt she's seen as a flight risk.
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//www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 30 Aug 2015, 00:14 ---Not to put too fine a point on it, but this is all speculation, but a key part of my speculation is that the answer would probably never be given. Anyone can wax on about why she might have done it. Only one person can say why she actaully did.
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Not only is that true, it may even go further than that. She may not know herself.
:clairedoge:
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Kugai:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRz4FY0ZcwI
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