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WCDT strips 3711 to 3715 (2nd-6th April 2018)
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Milayna on 02 Apr 2018, 21:24 ---Hey, I can't recall, is there anythining canonical in how AI's get their names? It occurrs to me that without a family history something like "O'Malley" would not likely be inherited, so where did it come from?
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Long ago, I forget where, and I'm not certain, Jeph said they choose their own names.
On the other hand PT410X certainly acted like names were imposed on them by humans.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: awgiedawgie on 03 Apr 2018, 13:56 ---<snip>TBH I don't think his mom having company would be as big a deal as it was before. <snip>
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It's funny how we cringe about our parents having sex lives. There's a book entitled "My Parents Never had Sex".
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 03 Apr 2018, 22:35 ---On the other hand PT410X certainly acted like names were imposed on them by humans.
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Perhaps not names themselves, but PT410X seemed particularly opposed to the arbitrary need to have a "name". Of course, there are certainly some AIs who have allowed themselves to be named by a human (May, for example).
On the other hand... and I hesitate to use the word "conform", but I'll do it anyway... By conforming to the human convention of carrying a name, an AI makes it easier for many humans to think of them as equals. If we only have their serial number to call them by, it's too easy to think of them as just a machine. A name makes it easier to think of them as alive.
Even though humans and AIs were legally made equals, the everyday practice of treating each other as equals requires some compromise on both sides.
BenRG:
In panel 3, you can literally read Brun's thoughts: "Cookies? Did she say cookies?!?" Whatever plans Brun had to go back to Renee's place were set aside then. It also seems that the Augustus family home also has something Brun treasures - a rare and/or unusual time-piece! So, for her, it's a win-win.
What's she doing up baking at 1am? Well, jokes about her infallible 'mom-sense' telling her that Clinton was on the way with a girl he needed to impress, I suppose that I'm a little concerned that maybe Mrs A is losing it a little whilst casting around to find something to do with her life now that Claire has moved out.
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: awgiedawgie on 03 Apr 2018, 23:09 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 03 Apr 2018, 22:35 ---On the other hand PT410X certainly acted like names were imposed on them by humans.
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Perhaps not names themselves, but PT410X seemed particularly opposed to the arbitrary need to have a "name". Of course, there are certainly some AIs who have allowed themselves to be named by a human (May, for example).
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His stand was certainly that one's serial number should suffice. To me, that puts him on the other side of the spectrum as Roko, as far as assimilating human behaviour goes. But then it was, if i remember correctly, also a part of his os being looked based, and making a point of his independence.
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