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WCDT Strips 3546 to 3550 (14th to 18th August 2017)
Method of Madness:
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ChipNoir:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 14 Aug 2017, 20:10 ---How does his new chassis make him no longer a companion AI?
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It does and it doesn't. Unless we accept the Cosmic Whale joke as an actual What-If scenario, all companion AI's we've seen have been small chassis. They take up no more space than a small console, they're not remotely threatening, and their 'cuteness' is a selling factor. I dare say the their dependence on humans is part of the selling point as an unspoken factor, as a way to prove that AI's are willing to put themselves at the mercy of humans, and trust that they will not be harmed, and thus will not harm them in turn if given normal bodies. Momo has state that companion AI's are basically diplomats.
But once you have a fully human sized chassis, that dependence and vulnerability is mostly gone. Aside from electricity to charge, a fully sized AI has little need of a human. They stay out of friendship, but the dynamic definitely changes.
TheEvilDog:
Pretty much what ChipNoir said.
Milayna:
My reaction to first panel: Yay May!
My reaction to second panel: OH SHIT
Yeah this is the kind of thing I've learned to be HYPER-COGNIZANT of. I knew what her reaction would be waaaaay before I saw it. Poor, naive, young Winslow isn't used to gauging how everything he says, does, or exists in can potentially pick at people's sticking points. =(
MrNumbers: "May's reaction is a little... unwarranted." Well, I'm sure it doesn't seem unwarranted to May, and hers is the opinion that counts. I think you're right about later, though - May's impulse control is terrible but she's self aware enough to know when she's being shitty, and apologize if she cares to.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: ChipNoir on 14 Aug 2017, 20:20 ---all companion AI's we've seen have been small chassis
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They've been in small chassis. The body is not the AI...or is it? There's an interesting question. Is Winslow the same AI in a different body, or does the new body change who he fundamentally is?
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