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Who is Emily Azuma?

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Mr_Rose:

--- Quote from: Tlaloc on 22 Sep 2017, 07:53 ---She's not a cyborg, she's pure Terminator

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The Terminators featured in the films (its a pity the series never got a second sequel, could have been great) were cyborgs though? Indeed, The Terminator is probably the single biggest cause of the term becoming common currency today.

OldGoat:
Naw.  Emily is a very high functioning person with Asperger's Syndrome who is very well adjusted to her condition.  She's very comfortable in the role of Weirdo and fulfills those duties with gusto.  Socially awkward by nature, her considerable intellect developed very early and enabled her to learn academically what neurotypicals pick up by instinct and observation.  She follows the rules she deems necessary and useful, but ignores those that don't seem important to her (like bringing gifts of mice).

I'd find this person 'way more interesting than another 'bot.

Kugai:
She's a Q

A nice, friendly one though

Zebediah:
That's my basic understanding too: Emily has human mind that is atypical in ways that might make it similar to certain aspects of AI minds. That's probably why Spookybot liked her so much.

Akima:
Emily having the same reaction to Assam tea as Roko would support that idea.


--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 22 Sep 2017, 12:03 ---The Terminators featured in the films (its a pity the series never got a second sequel, could have been great) were cyborgs though? Indeed, The Terminator is probably the single biggest cause of the term becoming common currency today.
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I don't think the Terminators qualify as cyborgs, since they were not organic beings enhanced by machine parts, so much as robots wrapped in flesh to enhance their impersonation of a human and avoid detection (at least according to the first movie, and the liquid metal terminators of the second and third movies are wholly inorganic. I have not seen any movies after the third, or the TV series.).

I suspect that the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man" (based on the 1972 novel "Cyborg"), and "The Bionic Woman" probably did most to place the cyborg in popular culture. The series ran collectively from 1974-1978, and it might not be a coincidence that the DC comic-book character Cyborg first appeared in 1980.

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