Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3566 to 3570 (11th to 15th September 2017)
A Duck:
Well, AI have actual libidos, to the point some chassis options have fully functioning genitals. But they still DO have that even when they're not equipped with said genitals (May)
I think a tickle response is minimal, compared to that.
Tova:
The term psychosomatic describes symptoms caused or aggrevated by the mind. In Officer Basilisk's case, the over-sensitive response is presumably some kind of a learned response, and so this meets the definition. Installing software is just another way of learning the response, analogous to the difference between learning how to play piano by practicing, and learning it by downloading the appropriate software. So whether the response is learned or installed, it still counts as psychosomatic.
How she learned the response is not obvious, except that I think that the idea that her "processors wanted it" makes no sense to me.
The idea that software isn't necessary to learn a subconscious reaction is not really surprising to me, given that we already know that at least some AIs mimic human ways of acquiring all kinds of knowledge and skills, such as by reading books.
Kugai:
I read 'sensitive' as Ticklish :claireface: :police:
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: Tova on 12 Sep 2017, 16:14 ---How she learned the response is not obvious, except that I think that the idea that her "processors wanted it" makes no sense to me.
--- End quote ---
Until proven otherwise, I choose to assume she was conducting an undercover sting of Coffee of Doom and was attacked by spiders in the basement. Her reaction is the same reason she doesn't have visible toes. The scurrying and nibbling of the spiders gave her a psychosomatic response, and she had her toes removed or covered because she couldn't get the icky feeling of spider guts between her toes out of her head.
Perfectly Reasonable:
I am reminded of the Pobble who has no toes.
I am surprised that Faye didn't ask if Roko has done a malware scan recently...
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