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WCDT Strips 3886 - 3890 (3rd - 7th December 2018)
BenRG:
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--- 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.
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That doesn't matter, I'm afraid. 'Common usage' rules here and that means it is going to be used in casual discussion and is be understood because most people neither know about nor care about the more accurate terms.
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 03 Dec 2018, 07:19 ---
--- 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.
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Well, since in the QCverse AIs have the same rights as humans (at least in the US, by constitutional amendment), refusing to allow an AI to adopt a pet would probably be comparable to refusing to allow an Asian or a Muslim or a trans person to adopt a pet. In other words, it would result in a massive amount of bad publicity and a likely civil rights lawsuit.
No, I imagine something quite different. I suspect that there was a craze for AI pets some years ago that faded just as a massive number of AI pet models hit the market. So there are lots of robot dogs and cats and hedgehogs and humpback whales with no homes, and Uncanine Valley tries to find suitable companions (organic or AI) for them.
dutchrvl:
If this is about robotic pets, I wonder if these would be sentient pets?
Given the fact that it is not completely understood how sentience arises, would it even be possible to create a pet-like sentience in-universe? Or is the best they can do a dog that is simply programmed to behave as a biologic dog but without being sentient?
Also, if there are sentient AI pets, this agency where Roko applied could also be more like a matching service. Think of the service that Marten used to get matched with a companion AI. This "Uncanine Valley Robotic Pet Adoption Agency” could be a similar service but for matching companion AI pets with the person.
Otl1973:
<pedantic mode>
The phrase “dark side of the moon” has nothing to do with lighting - it isn’t describing the far side as unlit. The “dark” refers to the unknown and unexplored (and in some ways unreachable). It is the same sense as “darkest Africa” was used in “colonial era” literature- it was the great mysterious unknown. This is the s nose it is used in the title of the Pink Floyd album, which is an exploration of the unknown of madness.
traroth:
--- 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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And now, it turns out Cosmo is a robot...
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