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WCDT strips 3606-3910 (31st December 2018 to 4th January 2019)
OldGoat:
AIs often refer to their physical frames as their chassis. Roko, near as I can tell, always uses "body." Hanners actually used the term unprompted in 3574, but then again she'd be the human to spot that degree of integration.
Another subtle Jephism. Very good! Very good!
hedgie:
WRT the "Uncanny Valley" effect and QC-verse AIs, I do believe that Jeph has stated that Momo can pass as human under casual inspection.
Edit: Even if he has not directly said it, Sam did think that she was just another adolescent kid until Momo pointed out that she was a robot.
Case:
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--- Quote from: syclick on 02 Jan 2019, 10:51 ---Cue storyline regarding identity & body/gender fluidity.
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Yes. Trans people should be able to identify with the psychological trauma Renko feels.
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Yes, I was wondering about that - Jeph's handling of this arc so far seems to support 'our' (=wcdt) speculations that AI appear to have kind of a "body-map" that tells them what should be where and how everything should 'feel' at a very deep-down, 'firmware' level.
If I recall your posts & citations correctly, we humans have something like such a map, too, the configuration process starts already in the womb, and mismatches between that internal map and the physical body is what we call gender-dysphoria?
It would be nice if Jeph used this arc to try to highlight this particular aspect of the *trans experience - just like many other SF-authors have used their stories about the future to give us tools/analogies to better understand our present.
Perfectly Reasonable:
... and now she will have a butt sensitivity to concern her. Great.
What we really need to know is the difference between the old model and the Philomena 5s/Classic.
(I notice that Lemon uses 'butt' and not more clinical language.)
I sanity in your general direction! (sanity is a verb now)
DSL:
I wonder if observing that one does not have the latest model, with the slightly upgraded sensorium, the $20K extra on the price tag, and the really nice emblem on the butt would be the AI equivalent of chas -- er, body-shaming.
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