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WCDT Strips 3191-3195 (4th to 8th April 2016)

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themacnut:

--- Quote from: JimC on 06 Apr 2016, 09:20 ---
--- Quote from: jheartney on 06 Apr 2016, 07:10 --- but in any world with that sort of AI, huge numbers of jobs all through the economy would be no-go zones for humans.
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It adds strength to our (comic) creator's decision to give AIs civil rights. Given the current tendency to a self perpetuating oligarchy in the form of an executive class which is increasingly multiplying its own wealth at the expense of the rest of the population then a huge population of AIs who were effectively slaves would destroy the economic system and surely lead to riots on the streets.

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Who says there'd be riots? Policing could be one of the many jobs taken over by AI, purpose-built for the job even, and they'd probably be very good at their assigned task. They wouldn't get bored or tired, and would probably be in combat bodies similar to Bubbles' so they'd be difficult to damage. Plus, to increase their efficiency they'd have cameras put up at every intersection, maybe even every corner, to watch out for impending trouble. Meaning, any gathering of humans that even looks like it might turn violent would be pounced on by squads of police AI, the perpetrators whisked away to jail before they knew what hit them. Potential troublemakers would be tracked online via their social media posts, and watched closely. Rioting, even peaceful civil disobedience, would be impossible to pull off under those circumstances. So would many other kinds of street crime for that matter - AI would own the streets.

But in such a world many low-level jobs like barista and "office bitch" would be taken by AI, so several of our characters (Marten and Faye foremost among them) would have a great deal of trouble finding and keeping a job. Seeing as that's not happening in the QC verse, I can think of a few reasons why;

- AI civil rights mean they have to be paid a living wage equivalent to a human, so there's no special advantage in hiring them over a human

- there are few AI around. After all, most QC human characters don't have an AI companion, and we've only seen a few AI working actual jobs

- AI are generally picky about what jobs they take, yet another reason you see few of them gainfully employed (May's a notable exception, but she's on parole so has to take any job she can get to stay out of Robot Jail)

Kugai:
Temper temper

And Corpse Witch is a bitch.

themacnut:
Far as Corpse Witch's agenda goes, I find myself comparing her to Megatron in the Transformers 'verses created by IDW, Dreamwave and even Prime, where he used underground gladitoral arenas to recruit followers, which he then led in a violent revolution to overthrow those in charge. Of course in each of these 'verses Megatron was also a combatant who won respect partly via his combat skill, unlike Corpse Witch. It may simply be that CW doesn't want Bubbles leaving the little enclave she's created.

hedgie:
It's a bit too soon to tell, really.  So far Corpse Witch seems a bit shittier than the main cast, but she has had few appearances in the strip.  She could just think that biologics and synthetics are better off sticking with "their own",  and the latter for their own safety and well-being.  It is also possible that she is using the fight ring and manipulation to train soldiers for a robot uprising and wants to KILL ALL HUMANS.  Just being a manipulative person is another thing that comes to mind.  A few of these are ripe for gleefully anticipating someone dropping a house on her and a munchkin sing-along, but Jeph could go in many directions that are not house-dropping worthy.

Is it cold in here?:

--- Quote from: Kugai on 06 Apr 2016, 15:37 ---Temper temper

And Corpse Witch is a bitch.

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Global Moderator Comment No argument, but as a reminder to everyone, the mod team has heard from multiple level-headed women who feel less welcome here when people fire off gender-related insults such as "cunt" and "bitch". Since we mean to be inclusive ...

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