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WCDT strips 3751-3755 (28th May to 1st June 2018)
BenRG:
Ever since I first saw this strip on Patreon, I've been wondering about what Bubbles said in panel 4. She's 'always been different, in some ways'. I think that Jeph is leaving a huge hook for later revelations there. Revelations that, I suspect, might answer many questions about why she still has her milspec chassis and why sex works for her.
My suspicion is that Dr Ellicott-Chatham has been working for a long time to avoid a violent singularity by creating close bonds between humans and synthetics. The objective of the program was to influence AIs to have a strong subconscious need to make those bonds and, to a certain extent, to desire and find fulfilment in living human-like lives in anthropomimetic chassis. A violent confrontation is less likely if society evolves to see humans and AIs as two sides of the same coin - just more or less hydrocarbon in their make-up.
I'm also wondering if Bubbles' chassis represents a next-generation attempt to create anthropomimetic chassis that give AIs a fully human-like experience of the world. Naturally, only the military can afford sensor rigs like that so ECI had to dress it up as a combat chassis but the real objective was to create authentic synthetic humans. It's level of non-mission functionality may actually be quite extensive.
If I'm right, I'm wondering if Momo might be another product of this experiment.
hakko504:
--- Quote from: Greymoon on 29 May 2018, 23:40 ---I for one wanna see what kind of scarf they ended up with.
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At least they will end up a very closely knit couple.
Greymoon:
--- Quote from: hakko504 on 29 May 2018, 23:49 ---
--- Quote from: Greymoon on 29 May 2018, 23:40 ---I for one wanna see what kind of scarf they ended up with.
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At least they will end up a very closely knit couple.
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Your well-woven pun amuses me.
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 29 May 2018, 23:43 ---Ever since I first saw this strip on Patreon, I've been wondering about what Bubbles said in panel 4. She's 'always been different, in some ways'. I think that Jeph is leaving a huge hook for later revelations there.
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I suppose it might be a hook, but I just see her reflecting on things that have already been revealed...
As an AI, she is different from her human counterparts.
As a soldier, she was different from her AI counterparts.
As a result of being an AI and a soldier, she was an outcast - first she was an outcast to other AIs for being a soldier, and after the military program was canceled, she was an outcast to the military for the program not being successful (even though it wasn't even her fault - they always choose a scapegoat).
Basically, she's never quite fit in, and it's made her very self-conscious. It's always been uncomfortable for her. But now she's finally OK with it.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Greymoon on 29 May 2018, 23:57 ---
--- Quote from: hakko504 on 29 May 2018, 23:49 ---
--- Quote from: Greymoon on 29 May 2018, 23:40 ---I for one wanna see what kind of scarf they ended up with.
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At least they will end up a very closely knit couple.
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Your well-woven pun amuses me.
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It gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
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