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What is Bubbles' sexual orientation?
SpanielBear:
Going off topic here, but the idea of hard-wired loyalty creeps me out. Feels both prescriptive and enforced. Assuming that AI's are able to make free choices, their personality must necessarily be emergent, not pre-programmed.
Which means they get to own any qualities or vices they possess. At least to the same extent as humans do. Which seems fair enough.
fayelovesbubbles:
Creeps me out too.
Bubbles is a person. She can do what she wants. She is choosing to be with Faye.
I am not going to worry about cheating. I want to enjoy their budding relationship.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 17 May 2018, 10:20 ---Going off topic here, but the idea of hard-wired loyalty creeps me out. Feels both prescriptive and enforced. Assuming that AI's are able to make free choices, their personality must necessarily be emergent, not pre-programmed.
Which means they get to own any qualities or vices they possess. At least to the same extent as humans do. Which seems fair enough.
--- End quote ---
That's what I'm wondering. Does Bubbs' intrinsic loyalty originate with her base programming, something that happened as her personality was complied in the creche that had little or nothing to do with her base code, or did it develop of its own accord? Was she programmed that way because she was created to be a soldier, or was she drawn toward the military because of that personality trait?
Jeph may or may not choose to drill down that far into this world he's created.
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 17 May 2018, 10:36 ---
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 17 May 2018, 10:20 ---Going off topic here, but the idea of hard-wired loyalty creeps me out. Feels both prescriptive and enforced. Assuming that AI's are able to make free choices, their personality must necessarily be emergent, not pre-programmed.
Which means they get to own any qualities or vices they possess. At least to the same extent as humans do. Which seems fair enough.
--- End quote ---
That's what I'm wondering. Does Bubbs' intrinsic loyalty originate with her base programming, something that happened as her personality was complied in the creche that had little or nothing to do with her base code, or did it develop of its own accord? Was she programmed that way because she was created to be a soldier, or was she drawn toward the military because of that personality trait?
Jeph may or may not choose to drill down that far into this world he's created.
--- End quote ---
Well, two things off the bat- a) she wasn't programmed for the military, she chose it. Her psychological profile certainly played a part in that choice, but it doesn't offer any clues as to how it came about. That leads to b), her choice met with concern and disapproval from the AI community. Assuming they play the role of parent, that implies her choices are emergent and developmental rather than imposed by her creators- why create an AI to make choices you disapprove of?
We know the process of AI creation is barely understood, so manipulating it to create specific traits seems like it would require insight that just isn't available, even to the God AI's. Spookybot also confirmed that they view messing with personality, memory and minds in general as a massive taboo, so again they are unlikely to inflict that on their children.
Finally, if her personality wasn't emergent, it couldn't change over time- the software wouldn't allow it. But she has changed her personality, opening up and becoming more emotionally vulnerable. If she has the ability to develop psychologically now, it seems odd that that wouldn't be a capacity she's always had.
TLDR- Bubbles is loyal, but she wasn't made that way.
fayelovesbubbles:
Faye has been cheated on before. It will come up between them at some point, but dammit I just want to enjoy the newness of their relationship right now!
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