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Wouldn't robots consider the words "robots" and "artificial" offensive?
Inconsequential:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 05 Jun 2018, 13:43 ---Raising the question of why would would need a special term for inorganic people in everyday life. Maybe for deciding whether to feed them cookies?
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Good point. It usually only comes up once in a while.
You don't usually address fellow sentient beings as "man", "woman", "cat", "human", etc. You use their name, "Mom", "hey you", "Boss", "Sir", "Mister Fluffles" or similar. Still, there are times the difference matters and you need a word.
In the QC universe, the difference still makes a difference in many ways, and sensitive beings have to be able to discuss it. You don't often discuss things like race, gender, or sexuality with friends, but it does come up sometimes.
And of course, if you're making cookies, it's rude to leave people out. Mostly just hand them the cookie and let them figure out whether to sniff it or eat it...
Some AIs, like Melon, seem to be able and willing to chew and maybe swallow things. Whether she's supposed to do this, I dunno. Melon seems to take a lot of chances...
And there are regular references to Pintsize engulfing inappropriate objects (hamburger, pigeons, pocky) and the unpleasant results to his innards.
And Punchbot swallowed his keys for reasons unknown, and then lost them somewhere in his torso.
fayelovesbubbles:
Roko also didn't get offended when Faye said "You're a robot" after Roko's feet were ticklish. Her response was "it's psychosomatic. Shut up."
Seems like the closest Roko ever gets to playful.
Momo enjoyed smelling the cookies, and a lot of AIs enjoy the tea. Since smell is such an important part of taste in humans, smelling is the AI equivalent of tasting, it seems. The visions that AIs see when they sniff tea shows how AI minds work.
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: fayelovesbubbles on 05 Jun 2018, 17:05 ---Momo enjoyed smelling the cookies, and a lot of AIs enjoy the tea. Since smell is such an important part of taste in humans, smelling is the AI equivalent of tasting, it seems. The visions that AIs see when they sniff tea shows how AI minds work.
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Not sure about any of the others, but Pintsize has a chemical spectrometer that allows him to "taste" things that he eats. I imagine that, like for humans, the two processes are related.
fayelovesbubbles:
Oh, and I suddenly remember May tasting the brownie batter that came out of Pintsize's butt (eww).
St.Clair:
--- Quote from: Bishop ---"I prefer the term 'artificial person', myself."
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