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WCDT 3896-3900 (17-21 December 2018)
Thrudd:
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--- Quote from: Whyareall on 16 Dec 2018, 23:29 ---What's up with the extremely late comic postings over the last week?
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Jeph is on vacation in France. The posting time is now linked to when he wakes up, which is about 8-10 hours later than it is when he's back home in Halifax.
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The Math with geography plus universal standard time does not add up.
Newfoundland UTC−03:30
France UTC+01:00
So normally their day starts earlier by 4.5 hours. Has Jeph changed his day/night cycle while in France? :psyduck:
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 17 Dec 2018, 12:52 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 16 Dec 2018, 23:32 ---
--- Quote from: Whyareall on 16 Dec 2018, 23:29 ---What's up with the extremely late comic postings over the last week?
--- End quote ---
Jeph is on vacation in France. The posting time is now linked to when he wakes up, which is about 8-10 hours later than it is when he's back home in Halifax.
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The Math with geography plus universal standard time does not add up.
Newfoundland UTC−03:30
France UTC+01:00
So normally their day starts earlier by 4.5 hours. Has Jeph changed his day/night cycle while in France? :psyduck:
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I think wat @BenRG meant is that normally JJ posts somewhere in the early evening (let's say 7 PM), but that, while in France, he posts when he wakes up there (let's say 8 AM). While the time difference is only 4.5 hours, the shift from evening to morning posting means the posts themselves appear about 8.5 hour later withmy example here (13 hours later posted for JJ - 4.5 hour time difference = 8.5 hours later posted for us).
TheEvilDog:
In other words, Jeph is sleeping.
notStanley:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Dec 2018, 02:33 ---... May is a good example of a non-integrated AI. Chassis failures on a scale that Roko would find traumatic to a disabling degree are just annoyances and inconveniences to her ...
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Poor May's history has not included a chassis to become familiar with? We do not know anything prior to RobotJail, but there was not enough attachment then to get in the way of her desires for a jet. And since, that Piece'O'Cr*p the system gave her at discharge has nothing to encourage her thinking of it as "me".
specter177:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Dec 2018, 02:33 ---This is an interesting strip and addresses the issue raised by many readers about how much an AI, who, theoretically, can change chassis at a drop of a hat, could consider any body 'theirs'. It appears that it is psychosomatic, to a certain extent. If a synthetic regards a certain chassis as 'their body' as opposed to a shell in which they move around, then they have stronger reactions to its sensory input and have a genuine feeling that 'this is me'. This also greatly increases the degree to which their subconscious processes elaborate on sensory input, explaining how Roko's feet are hyper-sensitive and Bubbles has such a strong reaction to Faye touching her in various locations which, for a lack of a better term, we must consider 'erogenous zones'.
FWIW, I suspect that May is a good example of a non-integrated AI. Chassis failures on a scale that Roko would find traumatic to a disabling degree are just annoyances and inconveniences to her.
I assume that this phenomenon is recognized by The Powers That Be and strong laws exist in removing 'integrated' AIs from their chassis unless there is an overwhelming public safety argument.
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I wonder if tomorrow Faye will ask Bubbles why exactly the military let her keep such a high-tech chassis?
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