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WCDT Strips 3566 to 3570 (11th to 15th September 2017)
comicalArchitect:
Okay, so Roko is adorable. I really hope she joins the main cast, which is looking pretty likely. Would love to see her meet Pintsize.
brasca:
If all Bubbles and Faye got is a road flare as a substitute for a candle does that mean they actually used those candles they got from May and Momo?
If Roko is this difficult of a patient maybe the person who does their repairs isn't so bad and just has really poor bedside manners.
Freelance_Physicist:
This latest comic leads me to believe that Basilisk is an uploaded human consciousness, not an AI. She has been hiding this because she doesn't want to be known as Robocop. She never liked that movie.
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: Freelance_Physicist on 12 Sep 2017, 22:00 ---This latest comic leads me to believe that Basilisk is an uploaded human consciousness, not an AI. She has been hiding this because she doesn't want to be known as Robocop. She never liked that movie.
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That would be interesting, though I figure such a significant jump in technology would be pretty noteworthy. I don't think "not wanting to be called Robocop" is sufficient excuse for concealing it. Maybe avoiding public fear over that level of transhumanism, though. There are still prejudices in this universe against AIs, and as indicated by Claire, mankind hasn't overcome their biases against transgender folk (presumably racism is still around, since the universe is more or less ours with robots). Blending humans and AIs like that is just a whole other level of differences for the ignorant to hate.
BenRG:
I've got to say that I do understand Roko's fear here. It's obvious that many AIs really do see their chassis as 'my body' and have the same fear response any organic would have to the concept of someone opening it up, even though the details are slightly different. No-one is entirely happy to see their inner bits.
So, what I'm wondering is whether Faye and Bubbles need to start stocking distraction methods. Possibly even use certain scents to induce a somatic trance in their 'patients'. If nothing else, what would be the AI equivalent of giving the customer a lollypop for being a good little bot whilst the doctor looked at you?
--- 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.
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You misread. I said 'processes'. In other words, the person's subconscious mind decided that that they need it. This happens in humans all the time; why shouldn't it happen in AIs, whom it is very clear were created to imitate how the human mind words very closely?
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