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WCDT strips 3681 to 3685 (19-23 February 2018)
snufflebottoms:
Someone mentioned Marigold and Dale seeming like they are teens in their first relationship.
They may not be teens but it is their first relationship.
I think it'd be interesting if it turns out Dale actually does like Emily more.
Neko_Ali:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 22 Feb 2018, 07:49 ---
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--- Quote from: BenRG on 22 Feb 2018, 03:36 ---The same way Station was basically proposing Hannelore would have sex with a large Coriolis space station: Via a neural interface that would enable them to interact in a virtual environment.
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I confess that I have not studied the matter properly, but aren't Gundam mindless fighting suits? If so, there would be no one in that virtual world but you.
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Several Gundams have shown some amount of autonomy actually. The examples that come to mind are all from Gundam Wing though, like Sandrock basically telling Quatre "get the fuck out, I got this" before it walked out into a battlefield and exploded. The Zero system also did some stuff that might be examples of the beginning of AI.
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The various Gundam series have changed a lot in tone and technology. In the beginning of the franchise the mecha were just vehicles. Gundam was actually made in counter to the prevelant 'Boy and Robot' Giant Robot shows that were popular at that time, like Mazinger Z. Instead of a young child and his non-piloted autonomous robot companion Gundam pushed for piloted humanoid vehicles as a weapon of war. They didn't operate on their own and made some nods towards plausible science. As much as a show about walking tanks could anyway. They did have nods to super science shenanigans in from the beginning, mostly in the development of the psychic Newtype pilots and machines specifically for them to fly.
More and more spin offs and sequels came out though and a number of them stray pretty far from the military machine story and concepts. Gundam Wing for insteads borrowed a lot of concepts from Sentai style shows. All the pilots were Newtypes who had their own specialized machines that they could supercharge with nothing but the power of their mind alone. The original Newtype psychic powers were more like very short precognition... The pilot would just 'know' where attacks were coming from, or how any enemy was going to move so they could better intercept them. Rarely more than that. The Wing Gundams physically could transform by their pilots using their super powers. So just saying 'Gundam' really covers a pretty broad spectrum of possibilities.
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 22 Feb 2018, 12:08 ---
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 22 Feb 2018, 07:49 ---
--- Quote from: ckridge on 22 Feb 2018, 04:30 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 22 Feb 2018, 03:36 ---The same way Station was basically proposing Hannelore would have sex with a large Coriolis space station: Via a neural interface that would enable them to interact in a virtual environment.
--- End quote ---
I confess that I have not studied the matter properly, but aren't Gundam mindless fighting suits? If so, there would be no one in that virtual world but you.
--- End quote ---
Several Gundams have shown some amount of autonomy actually. The examples that come to mind are all from Gundam Wing though, like Sandrock basically telling Quatre "get the fuck out, I got this" before it walked out into a battlefield and exploded. The Zero system also did some stuff that might be examples of the beginning of AI.
--- End quote ---
The various Gundam series have changed a lot in tone and technology. In the beginning of the franchise the mecha were just vehicles. Gundam was actually made in counter to the prevelant 'Boy and Robot' Giant Robot shows that were popular at that time, like Mazinger Z. Instead of a young child and his non-piloted autonomous robot companion Gundam pushed for piloted humanoid vehicles as a weapon of war. They didn't operate on their own and made some nods towards plausible science. As much as a show about walking tanks could anyway. They did have nods to super science shenanigans in from the beginning, mostly in the development of the psychic Newtype pilots and machines specifically for them to fly.
More and more spin offs and sequels came out though and a number of them stray pretty far from the military machine story and concepts. Gundam Wing for insteads borrowed a lot of concepts from Sentai style shows. All the pilots were Newtypes who had their own specialized machines that they could supercharge with nothing but the power of their mind alone. The original Newtype psychic powers were more like very short precognition... The pilot would just 'know' where attacks were coming from, or how any enemy was going to move so they could better intercept them. Rarely more than that. The Wing Gundams physically could transform by their pilots using their super powers. So just saying 'Gundam' really covers a pretty broad spectrum of possibilities.
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Wing didn't really have NewTypes, in fact, none of the characters in Wing were depicted as superhuman (at least, any more so than anime heroes are depicted as human. Like Heero was abnormally strong and tough, but he wasn't magic)? The Gundams in it were mostly just depicted as super advanced and made of an armor alloy that was insanely durable (with the exception of the Zero system and the Epyon system which were basically just super computers designed to read tactical data and feed it directly into the pilots brain). Are you sure you are thinking of the right series?
(Now, G Gundam is more in the "Holy shit this is batty, everything is superhuman")
Also, the abilty of a Gundam to Learn and possibly act on its own was introduced super early, in the final battle of the first series, and the reason given being the Learning computer (which has been a part of the UC lore about Gundams from the very beginning).
JimC:
--- Quote from: ckridge on 21 Feb 2018, 07:24 ---No, really, how does May know this?
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Perhaps AIs simply get training on human relationships and characteristics. Be pretty damn essential for those taking on the companion role, and it would also be highly desirable for treating the sociopathic in robot jail. World might be a better place if humans got training too.
NemesisDancer:
--- Quote from: gopher on 22 Feb 2018, 08:27 ---Not sure Squirrel Marigold is a good look.
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I'm not keen on her more cartoony design at the moment either. Reminds me a bit too much of Anime Glasses Marigold from this strip.
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