Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3071 to 3075 (19th - 23rd October 2K15)
mustang6172:
Why do the robots have gender at all? Their reproductive process can be reduced to copy/paste.
Thrudd:
--- Quote from: mustang6172 on 23 Oct 2015, 20:39 ---Why do the robots have gender at all? Their reproductive process can be reduced to copy/paste.
--- End quote ---
IIRC it was already explained in a much earlier comic that AIs are born in some sort of AI creche.
Copy and paste just doesn't work with a dynamic system using unspecified processor technology.
It would be like doing an MRI using slow scan on a working pocket watch.
bhtooefr:
Also, gender isn't even needed for human reproduction - two agender people can have children just fine.
Neko_Ali:
Some AIs, those that interact with humans a lot certainly, tend to emulate human behavior. Why is Pintsize so obsessed with butts? Why is any AI interested in human body parts. Why do most Anthro PCs stick with humanoid forms when they could be almost literally any shape they wanted. Part of it is to interact easier with humans. Part of it does seem to be innate, likely from the fact that they are in part born from humanity, and have inherited some of our flaws and foibles. Consider the time Pintsize went on a date with a pink AnthroPC and things got weird because he assumed they were female, but it turned out they were male. Even through there was no physical interaction, and it really shouldn't make any difference.
Drunken Old Man:
Getting away from the subject of human-cyborg relations (+10 cool points if you get that reference), does any one besides me find Dora and Tai conspicuous by their absence? Were they not invited? I know it's not been a whole lot of time since the firing but it saddens me to think that Dora and Faye's friendship (a relationship that apparently predates the QC series as a whole) might come to an end over it.
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