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WCDT Strips 3536 to 3540 (31st July to 4th August 2017)
flondrix:
--- Quote from: comicalArchitect on 05 Aug 2017, 10:26 ---We have seen non-binary chassis—Spookybot's.
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I thought Spookybot looked like a machine version of Desire of the Endless from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. I do not know if that was intentional, but in addition to being genderless and scary, they had very similar tastes in clothing.
ProvenNonsense:
--- Quote from: flondrix on 05 Aug 2017, 15:22 ---Take a look at the very first body we see, with lavender skin and blue hair. No breasts, no curves, no abs, no broad sholders, no bulge, and a hairdoo very similar to Hannelore's.
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Upon closer examination, I think you're right. I originally read the coloring and delicate curving of the torso as female, and the details being more minimal being a consequence of the stylized panel(I like when Jeph experiments in this way), so that's on me. I forget Spookybot (or maybe they erased my mind). I also forgot about Gary and Gordon as well, and I suppose some of the more ramshackle robots from the fighting ring read more neutral.
Jeph could probably do something with AIs who have the same chassis running into eachother. I am positive he did this gag in one of the early Anthro-Pc comics, but can't find it.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: ProvenNonsense on 04 Aug 2017, 23:02 ---I think it is very difficult creative decision for Jeph to decide Winslow's new chassis, and could even see Winslow deciding to stay in his current one, though it would be a mistake for him to continue in his(both Jeph and Winslow) status quo. I'm assuming the final choice will be none of the above, because that is just good webcomic writing, but personality wise he would connect more to a soft boy type. I'm sure we won't dig into this, but philosophically, if you had the choice and unlimited means, what would you choose for your body? And how would that new body affect your personality? If you are a more shy shut-in type (as is Winslow) would a more athletic conventionally attractive body change you personality? I think it would, at least a little.
I'm also curious of the possibility of non-binary chassis, because what we have seen (in the store) is explicitly male, and I could see an AI having even less need for that than humans have.
Okay, back to lurking.
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Any psychology or sociology journal articles on the presentation of self that you can recommend?
[Earnest question]
JimC:
--- Quote from: comicalArchitect on 05 Aug 2017, 10:26 ---We have seen non-binary chassis—Spookybot's.
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Interesting, I'd have described it as female.
hedgie:
I thought that there was an intentional androgyny there, which might fit Spookybot's nature. For regular AIs, though, I'd assume that they'd generally be binary.
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