Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 14-18 January 2019 (3916-3920)
Roborat:
I am wondering about the display of plants behind them. Are they also AI body models? Do AIs want to be plants?
cesium133:
Sometimes an AI wants a cactus named Arthur.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 13 Jan 2019, 23:21 ---Now we do get into one of Faye's behavioural flaws, which is her issues with not personifying AIs' chassis. I think the problem is that, because she's learned so much about how they are constructed and work, she has difficulty seeing them as someone's body as opposed to a really, really sophisticated domestic appliance. As we see, this is a real problem if she's manhandling someone who is already having body image issues. I wonder if surgeons have the same problem IRL?
I do like the point Jeph makes in the footer text. This isn't malicious. Faye was genuinely trying to be helpful by being positive and upbeat. The problem is that she chose just the wrong tack and may have actually intensified Roko's problems.
That aside, I really want to know what Roko was going to say in panel 3. Probably 'I'm not really sure I like having human ears'. It's a bizarre thing to say on the face of it but it seems to fit how she's reacting right now.
Finally, seeing Melon and Lemon together is a nice moment. I can't help but imagine that the two of them are actually very similar in behaviour. Additionally, am I the only one that shuddered at the thought of 'playing' with a nuclear reactor control system, even an intelligent one?
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I'd be fascinated to hear from medical people about this question. All I know is an anecdote from "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks". Her autopsy was going on routinely, taking out each part and weighing it and examining it, and then someone caught sight of her painted toenails and suddenly the perception changed from a goblet into two faces. They were faced with the emotional impact of dismembering a deceased human being.
If I'm wheeled in after a heart attack or a car crash, I _want_ to be treated like a piece of machinery until I wake up in the ICU. From then on, I'd want much more respectful interaction than Roko got from Faye.
It occurs to me that whether "May I touch your hair?" is acceptable depends on whether the owner of the hair knows for certain that the asker will obey a "No" instantly and without question. That is not something that can be taken for granted most places.
SordidEuphemism:
I used to work summers at the city morgue. Good pay, decent hours, and I have a strong stomach for what others might consider morbid topics. My job was, functionally, a receptionist. I'd receive the incoming from the city / coroner / etc, confirm data on file, label the gurney, put it in storage, move on to the next. Never really phased me.
I remember the day I quit, vividly. (click to show/hide)Family came in. Their low four-seater sports car went under a semi. Semi managed to stop half a mile later. Anyway, the little girl was wearing the same shoes I had just bought my own little one. I took one look at them, nearly vomited from shock, and walked out immediately. After an hour or so I managed to make it back in and formally quit. Boss was very chill, said it happened to most eventually. Paid me for the rest of the week.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: SordidEuphemism on 14 Jan 2019, 11:39 ---I used to work summers at the city morgue. Good pay, decent hours, and I have a strong stomach for what others might consider morbid topics. My job was, functionally, a receptionist. I'd receive the incoming from the city / coroner / etc, confirm data on file, label the gurney, put it in storage, move on to the next. Never really phased me.
I remember the day I quit, vividly. (click to show/hide)Family came in. Their low four-seater sports car went under a semi. Semi managed to stop half a mile later. Anyway, the little girl was wearing the same shoes I had just bought my own little one. I took one look at them, nearly vomited from shock, and walked out immediately. After an hour or so I managed to make it back in and formally quit. Boss was very chill, said it happened to most eventually. Paid me for the rest of the week.
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I hear ya.
(click to show/hide)I was a brand new Dad with an infant at home when I had to deal with the accidental death of a toddler. It's like being punched in the gut.
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