Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT strips 3836-3840 (24 to 28 September 2018)
Magniras:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 28 Sep 2018, 12:40 ---And to add on how fractured police are with state/federal/county/city etc police in the US, our laws are just as bad. There are federal laws, state laws, county laws, city laws, sometimes something can be legal or not depending on where you are standing. (most major things are federal or state laws, and things like gun laws and self defense laws can vary wildly).
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The laws aren't fractured, they're just hierarchal. The USA is a massive nation, it'd be a nightmare to design laws that perfectly fit every square inch of it; so certain things get regulated at certain levels.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Case on 28 Sep 2018, 14:38 ---
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 28 Sep 2018, 00:19 ---We've speculated on how AIs acquire education, and since they are computers it's reasonable to assume they can simply download information. That Mr. Bartholomew Punchbot, CPA has never reminisced about his college days supports this theory. AIs, like humans, have differing levels of intellectual capacity, and Roko seems to be on the bright side, even among AIs.
Is Roko going to download a JD and sit the next Massachusetts bar exam? She has the smarts and practical knowledge of the criminal justice system. I can definitely see her as an attorney (and she'd have plenty of opportunities to user her "I am surrounded by idiots" face from panel 4).
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IMO, that would cast doubt on the possibility of acquiring non-trivial skills via a simple download . . .
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I said information, you are speaking of skills (the ability to apply information in a real world environment.
I submit that an AI can download the contents of every textbook and lecture in any course of study. I have stated in prior discussions that they would still need practical experience to learn to use that information, that is, to acquire those skills. Roko already has substantial experience in the legal system, including formidable legal research skills. (God help the first witness that thinks being cross examined by her is going to be a piece of cake.)
The bottom like is that Jeph, if he so desires, can have Roko licensed to practice as an Attorney-at-Law within a few weeks in-strip time and still maintain story continuity rather than either switching the locus of Roco arcs to law school for a couple years or making her vanish while she completes a LLM or JD.
I like the idea of Roko Basilisk, Esq., but it's Jeph's world and Jeph's choice. Whatever he does with her, I like the Roko character and hope he doesn't banish her.
Case:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 28 Sep 2018, 17:13 ---I submit that an AI can download the contents of every textbook and lecture in any course of study.
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Well, yes I agree that she can - mostly because I can, too? Like, right now? (Well, near enough)
That doesn't mean that I don't have to read them and think about them in order to finally (hopefully) understand them - which would then enable me to gain the practical experience you speak of.
Which is what I was speaking of: The reading-and-thinking-about-and-understanding part. I don't think that one works much different for (QC-Verse) AIs than it works for us.
Are we talking past each other? :psyduck:
Tova:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 28 Sep 2018, 17:13 ---
--- Quote from: Case on 28 Sep 2018, 14:38 ---
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 28 Sep 2018, 00:19 ---We've speculated on how AIs acquire education, and since they are computers it's reasonable to assume they can simply download information. That Mr. Bartholomew Punchbot, CPA has never reminisced about his college days supports this theory. AIs, like humans, have differing levels of intellectual capacity, and Roko seems to be on the bright side, even among AIs.
Is Roko going to download a JD and sit the next Massachusetts bar exam? She has the smarts and practical knowledge of the criminal justice system. I can definitely see her as an attorney (and she'd have plenty of opportunities to user her "I am surrounded by idiots" face from panel 4).
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IMO, that would cast doubt on the possibility of acquiring non-trivial skills via a simple download . . .
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I said information, you are speaking of skills (the ability to apply information in a real world environment.
I submit that an AI can download the contents of every textbook and lecture in any course of study. I have stated in prior discussions that they would still need practical experience to learn to use that information, that is, to acquire those skills. Roko already has substantial experience in the legal system, including formidable legal research skills. (God help the first witness that thinks being cross examined by her is going to be a piece of cake.)
The bottom like is that Jeph, if he so desires, can have Roko licensed to practice as an Attorney-at-Law within a few weeks in-strip time and still maintain story continuity rather than either switching the locus of Roco arcs to law school for a couple years or making her vanish while she completes a LLM or JD.
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I would be astonished if her experience in the force has equipped her with all of the skills and experience required to obtain bar admission.
fayelovesbubbles:
I worry about a potential friendship between May and Roko.
If May finds out about Roko’s crush on Clinton...can you imagine?? She will tease Roko mercilessly and maybe even create a very embarrassing situation...
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