Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3886 - 3890 (3rd - 7th December 2018)
Tova:
If you think that emotions are some kind of liability, or are "crippling", then bear in mind that humans evolved to experience and to display emotions, and so it stands to reason that both the experience and the communication of emotions must have held some kind of evolutionary benefit.
It's therefore not much of a stretch to posit that emotions benefit AIs as well, particularly as they live among humans who also experience and display emotions.
It is interesting to consider and discuss what those benefits might be exactly, but that is the bottom line.
Tova:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 06 Dec 2018, 09:55 ---I like that the AI in QC have emotions and can express them freely. But there comes a point where they can become too emotional and human-like, to the point where Jeph could have swapped out Bubbles and Roko for Faye and any other character, even a "meatbag" ex-cop. IMO AI should be more in control of their emotions than humans are, maybe able to even turn them off completely if necessary; this could be one of the differences (maybe advantages?) between them and us.
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What you're really suggesting there is that AIs ought to be psychopaths.
Perfectly Reasonable:
--- Quote from: sitnspin on 06 Dec 2018, 11:09 ---AI in the QC verse are not "made", they are emergent entities, same as humans. They aren't coded by anyone.
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And there seems to be a lot of randomness in the process. You can aim for Winslow, but get Pintsize.
BlueAmaranth:
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 06 Dec 2018, 10:20 ---Can she be excited in more ways that one about bread? - yes
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That's the thing, though--I think it's apparent from the context that she's asking Elliot these questions specifically because she's excited about bread sexually. There's no indication that she has an interest in baking unrelated to the fetish thing. The conversation leading up to this was basically: "I have a bread fetish." "Have you thought about working at a bakery, since you have a bread fetish?" "I've thought about it, but it might ruin my fetish." And then she asks Elliot a question aimed at gauging whether or not working with bread every day actually would ruin her fetish.
So the issue I have isn't that she wants to be his bread apprentice despite happening to have a sexual interest in bread. It's that she wants to be his bread apprentice because she has a sexual interest in bread, and for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification from her proximity to and involvement in the bread-baking process.
If he's cool with that, then okay. But she ought to be clear with him about the nature of her end of the arrangement, and she also ought to make sure he's actually comfortable with that role in facilitating her sex life.
Case:
--- Quote from: BlueAmaranth on 05 Dec 2018, 13:24 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 05 Dec 2018, 12:25 ---I do not think that he'd be participating in her fetish any more than someone who was asked to teach someone how to maintain their vibrator.
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To me, that's not the same thing. For one thing, if you're in the business of vibrator maintenance, you've signed up to be adjacent to people's sex lives in that capacity, whereas Elliot has not.
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"Vibrator maintenance professional" is an actual job description?
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