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WCDT Strips 3066 to 3070 (12th - 16th October 2015)

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WareWolf:

--- Quote from: J on 17 Oct 2015, 10:02 ---if we have reason to believe that further loss of temper may cause them to act violently, then i'm pretty sure we do lock them up. whether or not they would 'normally' act that way is basically irrelevant.

secondly, 'all else' has not failed; the argument that because subtlety hasn't worked, 'extreme measures' are necessary is invalid, because it presupposes that there is nothing between "I'm leaving." and "BUBS SMASH!". there are multiple avenues of recourse that have yet been unexplored.


but lets break the situation down:

1) you have an AI housed in a weaponized combat-chasis, who is suffering from emotional instability & psychological illness.

2) said AI who can be driven into a wall-smashing rage by the combination of an annoying coworker and a brief, uncomfortable social situation.

3) said AI either could not recognize that she had multiple non-smashy options available to her (in which case, she was irrational due to her emotional instability, and thus unpredictable), or could do so and consciously chose to smash a wall as her most preferred option (in which case, she is fully responsible for her actions).

4) said AI claims to have been resistant to previous attempts at rehabilitative therapy.


my solution to this is that she be removed form the combat-chasis & moved into something less dangerous. her original to be held in custody pending successful rehabilitative therapy. ie: she can have it back, once she can be reasonably expected to use it responsibly.

what would your solution be?


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That would probably be the preferred official response, but it's highly probable the Powers That Be don't know just how bad Bubbles has it. She is living underground, after all. The plot question now is, can Faye et., al. get her into a space where the PTB don't have to rip her out of her body against her will  (doing god knows what additional psychological damage)?

Here's another question...how much weaponry have they ALREADY taken off of her to return her to civilian life?

Method of Madness:
I'd think you can say that all people are humans, or that all people have certain characteristics. Both definitions have their disadvantages, the former rejects non-humans, the latter rejects some humans, but opens the door to many more.

Tova:
I don't understand this entire argument, which appears to boil down to: "Someone in the comic did something that is not okay and is not 100% rational."

I am shocked. Shocked, I say.

One side of the argument started with: "I think people are overstating her danger by quite a bit."
And the other: "This behaviour is not okay."

These are not contradictory viewpoints.

Is it cold in here?:
Well said.
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If Bubbles is like many carbon-based combat veterans she needs someone with the common experience and credibility of another veteran to reach her. The robot support group might be a total failure, for example.
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"Show me how you act, and I will tell you what you believe". If you were in the QC universe, would you treat Momo as an information appliance or as a person? If you treat her as a person then you've acknowledged her personhood even though it's obvious she's a different species from you.

Method of Madness:
I'd treat her as I'd treat a human.

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