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WCDT Strips 3886 - 3890 (3rd - 7th December 2018)
Zebediah:
And now we know what the nonprofit agency does. “Uncanine Valley Robotic Pet Adoption Agency”. Robo-dog rescue!
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 03 Dec 2018, 06:26 ---And now we know what the nonprofit agency does. “Uncanine Valley Robotic Pet Adoption Agency”. Robo-dog rescue!
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Saw the sign too. Now I'm wondering if this is about AI pets that can be adopted by humans, or about helping AIs in their quest to adopt pets (e.g. spookybot with her non-AI dogs)?
I imagine it's mostly about the latter, since I can envision difficulties for AIs if they decide they'd like to adopt a cat or dog in terms of humans not accepting AIs as suitable for pet adoption.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: Storel on 02 Dec 2018, 22:46 ---Technically, the dark side of the moon is the side currently facing away from the sun...
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...which is not a constant, but always changing, so one cannot build a base "on the dark side" and expect it to stay there.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 02 Dec 2018, 23:13 ---
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 02 Dec 2018, 20:40 ---I take it that by "dark side" Beepatrice actually means the far side of the Moon, the hemisphere that always faces away from Earth. There is no "dark side" of the Moon; the entire satellite experiences a normal day/night cycle. </ObPedant>
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The term 'dark side' to refer to the side of the Moon that always points away from Earth is firmly rooted in popular culture, having appeared in both music and film.
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But it's incorrect and inaccurate.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 03 Dec 2018, 07:19 ---Saw the sign too. Now I'm wondering if this is about AI pets that can be adopted by humans, or about helping AIs in their quest to adopt pets (e.g. spookybot with her non-AI dogs)?
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Spookybot appear to use "they/them" pronouns and speak about themselves in the first-person as "we". In appearance they remind me of the androgynous Desire of the Endless, from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman comic books.
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