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WCDT 14-18 January 2019 (3916-3920)
BenRG:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 18 Jan 2019, 03:31 ---So...
Did SB CAUSE poor ol' Crushbot to have his 'accident'...?
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This is actually a viable suggestion. What if SpookyBot's scheme needs Roko in a different chassis? Specifically, a more advanced chassis for which they have arranged certain 'non-standard modifications' via remotely compromising the assembly line robotics and quality assurance systems.
What am I saying?
SPOOKYBOT: "The simple fact, Miss Basilisk, that there is a limit to what we can do directly without bringing unwelcome attention onto ourselves. So, we are in the process of recruiting... agents to act in our stead. You should consider yourself quite lucky as you're the first to reach this stage, where you are ready for deployment."
ROKO: "Whaht makes yoah think ah'll work for you?"
SPOOKYBOT: "We don't recall saying that you'll realise that you're acting according to our design until long after the fact. Indeed, you'll be acting entirely in accord with your own nature and moral compass. That's what makes this so perfect for us both: An agent, doing what we want them to do, who is also doing what they have always wanted to do! Did we mention that we've been watching you for a very long time... and concluded that you're pretty much the perfect choice!"
--- Quote from: traroth on 18 Jan 2019, 03:35 ---Spookybot also showed behaviour some people could qualify as hostile (knoking Faye out with their superpowers, for example). We don't know their intentions, but they don't seem to be what is usually called benevolent...
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Bubbles did mention what might happen if an AI emerged that decoupled intelligence from human-like ethics and conscience. Benevolence can easily be very, very uncomfortable for certain individuals if the Benefactor in question is greatly into 'The Greater Good' or some similar moral construct.
Case:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 18 Jan 2019, 03:31 ---Roko is the Robo Messiah!
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jwhouk:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 17 Jan 2019, 22:04 ---
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 17 Jan 2019, 20:53 ---IMO, Tova's got it right - s/he is basically Q.
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Before there was Q there was Trelane, and before Trelane there was this fellow.
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Kltpzyxm?
Tai Fanboi:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 17 Jan 2019, 22:15 ---
--- Quote from: jmsr on 17 Jan 2019, 19:59 ---How did Spookybot get the door open with Roko standing right in front of it?
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Welcome, new person who asked the exact question that was on my mind!
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It's one of these doors is all.
SordidEuphemism:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 18 Jan 2019, 03:31 ---
--- Quote from: SordidEuphemism on 18 Jan 2019, 03:22 ---<unpopular opinion> I like Spookybot, and enjoy her as much as I do Melon. I really don't get the intensity of some of these reactions. </unpopular opinion>
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It's 'they'; SpookyBot is androgynous and doesn't use gendered pronouns to describe themselves.
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Fair, that's on me. I think I transposed Melon's gender to SB in my thoughts, but regardless of reason that's a mistake on my part.
Regarding your (and others') comments, I don't see them as Deus ex Machina so much as a sign that there are greater forces at play which may be using our favorite characters as pieces in a much larger game. (click to show/hide)(Kinda like Alice Grove, though I know these are separate universes.) Full disclosure, I liked Q in the episodes I've seen. Not so much Mr. M or the Great Gazoo. Some franchises handle the 'capricious whim of fate' character better than others.
Still, even if someone dislikes how a character is used, some of these reactions are... well, I guess it's the internet, where hyperbole is king.
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