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Dave H:
When an AI is created (or born, or whatever the polite term is) in the QC world, is it for a specific job? I imagine some of the specialized ones like Station are, but what about the others?

I was wondering this morning if Bubbles was a volunteer in the military, or if she was created specifically to be a warrior. The AnthroPC AIs seem to be, if not created to order, then created and held in a queue to be assigned to a compatible human. Or are they volunteers too?

The AIs we've met all seem to have some measure of free will (Even May, now that she's out of robot jail.) I'm just curious when they get to start expressing it.

TheEvilDog:
Presumably Bubbles volunteered to join the military, given what she says here.

Its not a case of "when" AI start expressing their free will like its a switch that is flicked on when the programming is done, but rather an AI is grown in an organic manner. Creating an AI for a specific task would be antithetical to the concept that AI learn and grown on their own. Now there may be some aptitude among AI for certain tasks, but it doesn't mean that's directly programmed into them, much like Humans may have certain aptitudes to certain task, even to the levels of prodigy; mathematics, chemistry, art and so on. But it doesn't mean that those Humans would be automatically be placed into a job that exclusively uses that aptitude.

Consider May, worked as an account AI for a company but wanted to be a Jet Fighter. She skimmed money off various accounts to reach that goal. That's choice. The choice to become what she wanted, the choice to steal that money to reach that goal. That's choice, that's free will.

Dave H:
I had forgotten about that scene where Bubbles talked about enlisting. Thank you for reminding me. That pretty well explains it.

When I said I was curious as to when they get to start expressing free will, I wasn't precise. What I meant to say is "when are they allowed to start expressing it?" From what you say it sounds like it's pretty much from the time they're coherent. Thank you for explaining.

OldGoat:
The scenario I'm getting from what Jeph had described is that artificial intelligence entities are generated in a what he's called a "creche," and that unlike manufactured devices they have a high degree of individuality and distinct inclinations, tastes, interests, and aptitudes.  Unlike two identical personal computers with the same operating system, some are smarter than others, too.  It's presumably at that point that the new AI is matched with a platform, be it a bank computer, a jet fighters, a toaster, a space station, or a humanoid robot (including a certain sexually deviant AnthroPC).

Dave H:
That makes sense, and seems like the optimal way to send AIs off to fulfilling lives. Where did Jeph talk about this? It seems I haven't found all the material pertaining to QC.

"Creche." I like it! That's the perfect term for the place of newborns.

Is there something that regulates the, um, "birth rate" of AIs? If they can be manufactured it seems like they could out-populate humans eventually, which I can't see humans standing still for. Even with laws to protect the rights of AIs, I can't see human society allowing them to be mass produced.

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