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WCDT strips 3606-3910 (31st December 2018 to 4th January 2019)
Milayna:
Huh. So I'm kind of going to have to call Lemon out on this, from what i can remember when I had a therapist 10 years ago, turning the therapy around on yourself is pretty dang unprofessional. Maybe you've got self-esteem or success issues and legitimately should be seeing someone for that, but that someone isn't YOUR CLIENT.
Also, is there such a dearth of AI therapists that the coordinators have to shoehorn them into completely unrelated specializations like that? If Lemon isn't qualified or desiring to do the job, then she shouldn't be doing the job. I get that she's not a private therapist, but probably a state-retained generalist who's provided as part of Roko's retirement package, but still.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 31 Dec 2018, 18:25 ---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...
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Want a police car but the dealer won't sell you one? Order a taxi cab with the trailer towing package. Costs less, too. Or at least that was the case when I was in on municipal budgetary shenanigans. I reckon there are similar things that can be accomplished with an AI chassis. Maybe that's how Jeph will keep the arc going long enough to have some fun and/or build his universe with it. Resolving it too quickly would make it nothing more than filler.
Mordhaus:
nice nod to HHGTG,
Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this, partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn't get invited to those sorts of parties.
BenRG:
So, the big news of today's strip is that Roko actually had a brush with death. If her chassis and core hadn't been upgraded to law enforcement standards, she'd probably have ended up brain damaged or dead!
The second big news (and important news) is it looks like Crushbot's insurers are picking up the bill, given that liability is clear.
The third big news is that I now know why Emily Azuma exists: There are so many AIs who need to be networked together so that they can have parties and fun together in the virtual world! Maybe she can link the nuclear reactors up with the spy satellites!
FWIW, I'm expecting Roko's temporary new chassis to be a Dr Theophilus, from Buck Rogers. Basically an immobile processor, communications and sensor array that has to be carried around by someone else. I'm voting Melon gets the job as Roko's Twiki.
Pilchard123:
--- Quote from: brasca on 30 Dec 2018, 19:58 ---That's definitely a possibility unless it was already donated to help AIs without chassis.
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Roko has no chassis right now. It would require a big coincidence, but it could come back to Roko.
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 31 Dec 2018, 19:22 ---"You really don't want something designed primarily or exclusively to kill humans to have the ability to get bored."
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Schlock Mercenary?
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