Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3391-3395 (9th to 13th January 2017)
Neko_Ali:
I'm not putting my money down on this new character being female yet. Almost literally nothing is about them, a very androgynous appearance and 'they' pronoun just doesn't reveal anything. Which may just be the way this new person likes it. Their sudden appearance bodes poorly for some long running characters... Probably Corpse Witch, but that's still up in the air.
Method of Madness:
I wonder if the round speech bubble could indicate an AI that's so far advanced that it's indistinguishable from a human.
BenRG:
I've long thought that the AIs voders have high-fidelity modes that enables them to sound entirely human and that is what is signified when an android is shown speaking with a round speech bubble. However, there is some sort of internal AI cultural taboo against it (it's 'impolite' to imitate a human or confuse them as to whether you're a biologic or a synthetic) so AIs mostly deliberately detune their voices to give them mechanical and synthesiser-like electronic sub-harmonics to make it clear that, no matter how high fidelity their chassis, they are definitely AIs.
I've noticed that Momo is the most frequent example of rounded speech bubbles. My in-universe explanation is that her voice 'goes human' when she's under stress or is trying to get someone to do something. It's an attempt on her part to lend authority to her voice by using a 'His Master's Voice' human voice pattern.
St.Clair:
enter the Agent.
Timemaster:
This is a strange appearence indeed. Agent Peroxide shows up like being beamed in from the USS Enterprise. Notice that he/she stands behind Faye in the third panel. How did he/she (or maybe it?) get there without her taking notice?
I´m still wondering about the "waking up screaming" part. So it represents something which is like a nightmare or some kind of bogeyman to AI´s. I don´t think this is a kind of mobster or a federal agent of some sort. This is someone who represents something far more important or threatening to an AI than a vicious criminal like Corpse Witch or a petty officer like Rocco Basilisk. We don´t know enough about how Jeph ist imagining the whole AI stuff to jump to any conclusions. But I´m imagining some kind of Authority (notice the capital letter) which has power over AI´s and of which they have reason to respect it and even be afraid of.
Maybe Station telling his collegues has brought this affair to the notice of someone who is far more powerful and doesn´t like it at all. Maybe The Authority (I like this already) objects to bubbles memories beeing partitioned away. Or she knows something which must not get into the wrong hands. CW´s for example. Bubs will have to make a decision right now! And Agent Peroxide seems very sure that she will...
But all of this is speculation. I suppose tomorrow we´ll all know a lot more.
Can´t wait:
TM
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