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WCDT Strips 3401-3405 (23rd to 27th January 2017)
USS Martenclaire:
Aye. I suspect we haven't seen the last of Creepybot and hopefully when Bubbles wakes up, we'll get a little background from her on them.
pwhodges:
My disappointment in this storyline continues to increase.
Cheesefondue:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 24 Jan 2017, 01:02 ---My disappointment in this storyline continues to increase.
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I'm the complete opposite. I was expecting to get disappointed because the eminence grise solves all the problems for them. Instead, it's added a layer of mystery (where did the memories go?) and tension (how could such powerful AIs fail?). This is the groups first attempt to solve the problem, and it fails; they're right back to the beginning. In a movie, this would be about 80% of the way in...
JRDelirio:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 23 Jan 2017, 23:27 ---Okay, that aside, it looks like Jeph is going with the 'the memories were erased - be it malice or incompetence matters not' angle (once again downgrading Corpse Witch as a threat by several notches). I think it's pretty obvious that the rest of this week will be Faye trying to help Bubbles come to terms with the fact that she's lost some very important things; she'll never remember her squad-mates faces or be able to recall their fates, something that I'm sure was important to her as remembering them would give their sacrifice meaning. It's hard to understate just how devastating that fact will be to her.
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This also involves some aspects of the AI mind vs. human mind scenario -- we know a human mind undergoing a traumatic experience may experience amnesiac episodes about detail ("I turned around to ask what was up and next thing I knew I was waking up in this hospital room; people TELL me what happened") but the subconscious can still be subject to triggers (a smell, a sound, a phrase). An AI mind unless something actually corrupted the data would be expected to record and recall faithfully the experience. CW claimed to be able to mitigate Bubbles' condition by leaving her only with general knowledge of what had happened (she remembers things like that they gave her the nickname, so she is not devoid of ALL memories about her service) and that it was bad, but suppressing things like looking into the eyes of a dying man, seeing someone choose to make a suicide run rather than burn in place, and feeling powerless knowing they could not possibly survive but she'd come out with broken but repairable parts. Bubbles' situation now is extremely distressing, as any actual details of what DID happen are most likely classified and whatever the incident was, if bad enough to be part of the rethink of the notion of men and droids fighting together, conflicting info about it is probably making the rounds of conspiracy sites in distorted forms.
brasca:
I think it's premature to conclude the memories are gone forever and this the last we'll see of Creepy Bot. If Corpse Witch could seemingly compile all of Bubbles memories into what appeared to be a monster what could stop her from copying the memories to keep in a separate storage facility? Consider Creepy Bot's last words to Faye. It is entirely within their ability to subvert this situation for their own purposes and then implores her to be there for Bubbles when she wakes up. Perhaps Creepy Bot suspects Corpse Witch has the memories and wants to pay her a visit before Bubbles does. And even if the memories are gone for good after what seemed like the beginning of a fantastic mission the outcome isn't always going to be success. Sometimes it will fall flat on its face. Bubbles knew the risk and she agreed to it twice. She agreed to let Corpse Witch encrypt the memories so it would stop haunting her and she agreed to let Creepy Bot try to retrieve it.
I can see the next few strips dealing with Bubbles coming to terms with the loss, but wouldn't be shocked if when she returns to confront Corpse Witch she finds her missing or in pieces because Creepy Bot got exactly what they wanted all along.
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