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WCDT Strips 3891 - 3895 (10-14 December 2018)
Annemoon:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 Dec 2018, 01:21 ---New Commic Up!
Over on Patreon, some have chosen to view this incident as a shippy hint. I, for one, can't see that interpretation. We're just seeing Faye being Faye. In essence, it's just play.
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I hold a personal fondness for people who can still enjoy being weird and playfull after childhood.
This comic made me smile ^_^
ascdren:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 Dec 2018, 01:21 --- This opens up the exploration of how synthetics, who can have extensive hardware changes that are fairly non-traumatic in nature, view major body modifications.
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well I think roko would disagree about them being "non-traumatic"
JoeCovenant:
So is this Faye treating Roko like a new *friend* for no apparent reason?
Or is this another example of Faye's baffling 'impersonalisation' of AIs??
(Faaacceee meeaaattts!!!)
traroth:
Faye is lucky those AI don't go all "terminator" on her!
rtmq0227:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 14 Dec 2018, 05:24 ---
So is this Faye treating Roko like a new *friend* for no apparent reason?
Or is this another example of Faye's baffling 'impersonalisation' of AIs??
(Faaacceee meeaaattts!!!)
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I read this more as Faye's perspective as an engineer getting in the way of her (somewhat limited) interpersonal skills. It seems like she considers AI's bodies/chassis as "things" and their minds/intelligences "people." It's likely driven by exactly how much she knows at this point about the inner workings of said chassis. It seems similar to a surgeon's cavalier attitude toward discussing squicky topics regarding the human body, or any professional's tendency to lose any sense of awe regarding their profession. I'm not sure if it's defensive (if she thought of AI's bodies as an extension of their person-hood, her job would seem much more harrowing) or simply apathy, but I don't believe she thinks it's impersonal to discuss or interact with AI forms in that way.
That said, consent is important, and she's violating all kinds of consent in the last couple strips. I think introducing Roko, a character who we've seen is highly attached to her chassis and considers it as much a part of her as her matrix, to the group will be an important step for Faye to realize that she's being an ass about this sort of thing, and maybe she'll develop a bedside manner.
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