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WCDT strips 3681 to 3685 (19-23 February 2018)
Shjade:
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--- 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.
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She's an AI with access to the internet and has a lot of time on her hands at work.
If she didn't know more than she wanted to about the causes of human drama BEFORE she started working that job, she definitely would by now.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 21 Feb 2018, 21:00 ---And I think everyone would pick the pilotable mech over a partner.
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I'm a bit meh on mechs, honestly, but I could be tempted by a spaceship. After all, I took my forum handle from Akima Kunimoto, a skilled and daring animated pilot...
Neko_Ali:
It's entirely possible that I'm not remembering details about Gundam Wing correctly. I only ever saw the series when it came out on US TV, what 15 odd years ago? Details aside though my point being that a whole lot of concepts fall under the umbrella of 'Gundam' from hard science to science fantasy in different series over the years that it could cover most any mecha concepts. The idea of an AI operated Gundam falling in love with it's pilot wouldn't be too far fetched for it.
For a story with those sorts of themes though I might recommend Five Star Stories instead. Hugely streamlining the concept here, but the mecha from that series (called MortarHeadds) were operated by a pilot and a fatima, which was a genetically engineered being specifically designed for that role. Mostly they looked like human females and imprinted on their chosen masters. They were very close as pilot and co pilot and a certain level of affection or even love was not unknown. Though others thought such a thing was disgusting and treated their fatimas as objects. There is a certain similarity of theme between fatimas and androids.
Perfectly Reasonable:
Dang, ninja'd. The fatima acts as the interface between the pilot and his mecha.
He decides what to do, she takes care of the details.
Humans getting advice from AIs on how to be human. LOL.
( though I suppose they'd need to study this stuff before being sent into the human world )
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 22 Feb 2018, 19:07 ---Dang, ninja'd.
Humans getting advice from AIs on how to be human. LOL.
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Why is that so funny?
Wouldn't an outside perspective offer insight that we might have missed?
Is it not possible that we don't know everything, that we don't have all the answers and that because we don't know anything else, we more often than not miss what affects us and in turn miss what we can do to change that? After all, we're only human.
So maybe, just maybe, there is something we can learn about being human from someone who isn't.
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