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WCDT Strips 3031-3035 (24th to 28th August 2015

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Zebediah:
Or is Bubbles serving a self-imposed penance for her past sins? I'm picking up a vibe of deep self-loathing from Bubbles. It would explain a lot - why she chooses to isolate herself, and why she continues to work at a job she hates. She's her own judge, jury and prison warden.

Neko_Ali:
It all seems self limiting though. To never venture outside of the building. Sure AIs are different, and may not need the same sorts of comforts that humans do. A lot of AIs do seek to emulate human interaction though. Consider the AI cafe, and the robot support group. That may be a difference between AthroPCs and other AIs with a lot of direct human interaction vs more purpose built AIs like Bubbles or Murderbot. Assuming someone can design AIs for a purpose. Some indications exist that they are emergent personalities and need to find their own purpose in life.

In any case with AIs they may not feel isolation from being limited to a single location, either by choice or by being forced, like with Robojail. Many or possibly most have always on connections to the internet. Since at least some AIs don't seem to have physical bodies they control themselves and aren't human, they experience online interaction quite differently.

I am seeing some interesting parallels between Bubbles and Alice though. I'm not sure if it was intentional or unconscious on Jeph's part. Both have mysterious backgrounds, designed or rebuilt as weapon systems. Both seem to have experienced trauma related to battle in their past that they don't talk about. Both have isolated themselves from society as a whole, but made it their mission to aid and assist others.

Earin:

--- Quote from: Zebediah on 24 Aug 2015, 05:47 ---Or is Bubbles serving a self-imposed penance for her past sins? I'm picking up a vibe of deep self-loathing from Bubbles. It would explain a lot - why she chooses to isolate herself, and why she continues to work at a job she hates. She's her own judge, jury and prison warden.

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Ever since her squad-mates Blossom and Buttercup were killed.

Thrudd:

--- Quote from: Earin on 24 Aug 2015, 09:20 ---Ever since her squad-mates Blossom and Buttercup were killed.

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Not killed - disassembled

Nepiophage:
It seems most likely to me that Bubbles has embraced some pacifist/quietist philosophy as a reaction to having seen (or even done) terrible things while in her previous career a a combat droid. We may learn about it this week.

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