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Pintsize: Good is not necessarily nice.
Is it cold in here?:
Then come all the philosophical and ethical problems that arise if the backup gets loaded into a second body while the first is still operating.
Carl-E:
There's probably a line or two (thousand) of code that prevents that from happening.
ImVeryAngryItsNotButter:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 25 May 2018, 20:22 ---Then come all the philosophical and ethical problems that arise if the backup gets loaded into a second body while the first is still operating.
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Will Riker, I believe you've met Thomas Riker.
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 25 May 2018, 15:44 ---
--- Quote from: Pennepasta on 25 May 2018, 03:38 ---There's been worries that pintsize might be gone forever after one of the technical issues he's had. Probably the rerouting power idea, but can't quite remember offhand. Marten was panicked, so doubt pintsize is living elsewhere.
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The "might be gone forever" comment was when Pintsize picked up a virus. In that comic it was stated that Marten had a backup of pintsize, but deleted it after pintsize got the new chassis. In a much later comic, when they were trying to figure out what the unknown (pizza delivery) beacon did, Marten specifically comments that Pintsize has a backup, having apparently learned from his mistake.
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Good memory. I had forgotten about that one.
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 25 May 2018, 20:22 ---Then come all the philosophical and ethical problems that arise if the backup gets loaded into a second body while the first is still operating.
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Marten only said they were memory backups, so not necessarily a backup of his core self. The memories on their own may not even be able to be loaded successfully to a different AI.
Thrillho:
Just to swing in here for a sec, I don't remember the comic's history well enough to know if Pintsize's actions all reflect it, but he is absolutely correct that good is not necessarily nice.
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