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WCDT Strips 3366-3370 (5th-9th December 2016)
themacnut:
It seems to me that Bubbles encrypted part of her own memories, which she keeps within her own body, but gave the encryption key to Corpse Witch so she could avoid the temptation of accessing those memories. Why she gave the key to CW of all people I don't know, maybe she felt there was no one better she could trust at the time. Hopefully Jeph will go into greater depth about this arrangement in future installments.
In that case, I don't think the threat is to forcefully decrypt Bubble's memories against her will (CW would need direct access to Bubble's body for that which wouldn't be at all easy), but rather that CW would delete/destroy/lose the key, so Bubbles no longer has any chance of accessing those memories she locked away. Either she is reluctant to completely delete those memories, or she simply can't, probably due to the way her brain is built or the way memories are stored in that brain.
hedgie:
--- Quote from: Mordhaus on 09 Dec 2016, 10:18 ---I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
--- End quote ---
Given that we're dealing with AIs, the scary devil monastery (a.s.r) version seems more fitting:
"I've seen Sun monitors on fire off the side of the multimedia lab.
I've seen NTU lights glitter in the dark near the Mail Gate.
All these things will be lost in time, like the root partition last
week. Time to die
Is it cold in here?:
The other similarity between Faye and Bubbles is continued dysfunction after grief and likely survivor guilt.
Which leads to a wonderfully random bit of speculation. What if Bubbles fell into the AI equivalent of a substance abuse problem after she left the service? If she's beaten an addiction on her own it would explain the ferocity of her reaction to Faye going off the wagon.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 09 Dec 2016, 13:49 ---Mayhaps Corpse Witch and Bubbles are fragments of the same AI, split to save the original AI from cascade failings over its actions in combat.
CW's manipulations is that of someone wishing to keep their other half close by and fearful of their other half leaving them.
Take that how you will because I am too tired to elaborate.
--- End quote ---
Okay, to expand on my thought.
What if Bubbles originally was going through some PDST episode that seriously left her in danger of her core being irreparably damaged. In order to prevent permanent damage, a technique was used to break down the key elements of the Original Bubbles AI, placing the resultant AIs into two separate chassis. CW is the Id of the AI, the emotional and instinctive part. In turn, Bubbles as she is now, is the Superego, the logical and intellectual reasoning aspect. In the wake of the split, CW became the more controlling of the two, no longer fettered by the Superego and in turn, Bubbles has lost some of that drive.
The problem now is that the two AI aspects are starting to diverge more and more, through Bubbles friendship with Faye, she's becoming more emotional again, more balanced. And CW can't have that, because on some level she knows that on her own, she can't survive and thus has sought to manipulate Bubbles into staying.
In that way, CW is the encryption key. She's asking if Bubbles is really willing to kill a part of herself.
(click to show/hide)Or I could be making this up off the top of my head and I'm just messing around
brasca:
Interesting theory. Reminds me of Fight Club and not just because this all takes place at a robot fighting arena. I suppose this makes Corpse Witch Tyler Durden except that she's not a figment of Bubble's imagination.
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