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WCDT strips 3606-3910 (31st December 2018 to 4th January 2019)

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jwhouk:
I don't think getting an exact replacement is in the cards, because she's no longer a police-bot.

I honestly don't like where this may be going for Roko...

St.Clair:

--- Quote from: MattStriker on 31 Dec 2018, 18:25 ---This is why you don't give jobs like nuclear reactor control unit to self-aware AIs :P.

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A line I remember from another comic:

"You really don't want something designed primarily or exclusively to kill humans to have the ability to get bored."

TheEvilDog:

--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 31 Dec 2018, 18:01 ---If they come in batches that are powers of two, Lemon should have 2047 sisters. Plus herself makes an even 2048.


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Well, there was the batch with Lee Mann.

He does manual handling courses and spatial awareness seminars for AI in heavy industry.

A small perverse otter:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 31 Dec 2018, 18:11 ---Very much unlike their minds, the bodies of QC synthetics seem to be manufactured assembly-line quality-controlled items.

Roko could presumably get a near-identical replacement.

Would that be good enough?

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That's the key question, isn't it? Is her sensory integration a part of the particular chassis, or of the class of chassis?

Neko_Ali:
I see this as both being a plot line of it's own, and the resolution of the Union Robotics solvency plot line. For a while now we've had the on going thread of whether or not Faye and Bubbles can be successful at their business. The silver lining of this accident is that it just dropped a nice big fat paycheck into their laps. The accident happening literally on their doorstep to a friend they would immediately rush to action. Crushbot and his insurance policy are clearly going to pick up the check with no contesting it. And knowing how integrated Roko is with her chassis, plus Roko being able to communicated despite her pancake body means they can push for the much more expensive restoration of Roko's original body, rather than the cheaper alternative of just going to the shop for a new one. And it will bring Roko into the fold of the cast fully now, being firmly entangled with multiple main and secondary characters. Not that there was any doubt in that.

All in all, it's a very Jeph resolution. Some tense moments drawn out, a bit of a comedy bit with Crushbot's pratfall, and everyone's immediate problem get neatly tied up. If only real life worked like that.

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