Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3391-3395 (9th to 13th January 2017)
ANeM:
I fear more and more that GreyCreep was sent by Corpse Witch. Rather than unlocking Bubbles memories the intended goal here is to encrypt or erase the memories of Faye to bring her Bubbles in line.
Beyond that, I find this whole plot thread to have progressed surprisingly quickly. It has only been 20 pages since Bubbles revealed her secret.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Tova on 12 Jan 2017, 19:53 ---To be honest, I'm not sure I'm thrilled with the addition to the comic of what appear to be more or less omnipotent beings, but I'm happy to sit back and find out where this takes us.
--- End quote ---
I don't see the group that AIbino belongs to as omnipotent per se, but rather they see and hear as much as the average heavily surveilled city in the Western world. Like us, the QC world exists in an increasingly digital world. Unlike us, however, there exists AI and collective Intelligentsia monitoring everything in their world. There's chatter, video feed, informants, undercovers and the list goes on. They're connected, but connected in a different way to meat-bag intelligence groups, they can literally pool together and become a gestalt entity rather than different pieces working together.
It feels more like a toned down version of Clarke's Third Law.
At least, that's how I see it.
Tova:
I really like the idea that you've painted there, actually.
It was more their ability to cause humans in a room to snooze with a snap of the fingers, and the ability to laugh off a physical threat from Bubbles that I was referring to. I agree it's not actual omnipotence, but relative to the other beings in the room, it's an approximation.
If they are a huge gestalt entity, hive mind, or similar, then I can almost accept their ability to break Corpse Witch's encryption without breaking a sweat (or giving a mere mortal the tools to do so).
Near Lurker:
Am I the only one reminded by Faye and Bubbles' quasi-relationship of Abel and Jyrras?
hedgie:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 12 Jan 2017, 20:07 --- Like us, the QC world exists in an increasingly digital world. Unlike us, however, there exists AI and collective Intelligentsia monitoring everything in their world. There's chatter, video feed, informants, undercovers and the list on.
--- End quote ---
You can't stop the signal, I guess.
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