Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 21-25 January 2019 (3921-3925)
Quantum Glass:
Wait, Spookybot is speaking in robot speech bubbles. Normally they talk in human speech bubbles.
Maybe Spookybot is using a drone? Or it's an imposter!
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: A small perverse otter on 20 Jan 2019, 20:34 ---Spookyfolk are such nice entities, aren't they? Such sweethearts...
--- End quote ---
Well, they certainly think so.
BenRG:
This is a very 'Q'-style monologue from SpookyBot. Basically, it's difficult to tell if they're sincere or if they're mocking Roko via sarcastic compliments (definitely the bit about the $20k for a butt emblem). It's the sort of thing one would expect from an advanced mind that doesn't really think in the same way as we spatially-concentrated minds do.
However, I've got a genuine feeling that this is a 'minimum energy intervention'. SpookyBot seems to know Roko well enough that the simple pressure of their simple presence will trigger something. The question is: What?
brasca:
That was a little anticlimactic. I expected a visit from Spookybot, but thought they’d have something profound or cryptic to say.
jesslc:
Maybe they have a crush on Roko? :claireface: :claireface: :claireface:
:roll:
I still like the lonely hypothesis too. Maybe it's just other stuff I'm reading recently but in both this comic and the "legging buddies" comic, they remind me of someone trying to make friends but not really knowing how to do that. As to why a super powerful eldritch AI would want friends... I have no idea but maybe it's just an innate part of being intelligent. Most (all?) of the AIs in the comic have shown a desire for it, even Station missed Hannelore when she moved down to Earth.
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