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WCDT 21-25 January 2019 (3921-3925)
gprimr1:
I've wondered if Spookybot is Jeph's way to explore religion in QC in a way that doesn't polarize or offend anyone.
Netherdan:
--- Quote from: Inconsequential on 24 Jan 2019, 15:25 ---I wonder what other upgrades Roko has besides detailed ears, a fresh set of nipples, and a butt emblem. Lemon mentioned "minor sensorium upgrades", so maybe she can smell better or see more shades of purple or something.
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Maybe her optics lubrication module can actually cry now
Now imagine it being buggy and she crying forward or sideways in a cartoonish manner
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 26 Jan 2019, 12:00 ---Alternatively, Spooky doesn't want Roko lashing out at anyone in her depression.
It seems to me to Spookybot's appearances tend to be when an AI is in a moment of a crisis of faith or when they are on the verge of an emotional breakdown. When people are under extreme emotional distress, they lash out at people, they react in a chaotic manner. So from there, we might believe that Spooky intervenes just before that point where an AI might hurt someone. While they might hold some disdain for humanity, Spookybot might be the thin, creepy line between coexistence between Humans and AI, and, well....war.
Notice that the main times they appear are when Bubbles is looking to find her memories, when Roko is having her crisis of faith about the justice system and now during her disconnect between her and this new body. These are all points where someone in extreme distress/pain could end up doing something they could end up regretting later on. And given how Spooky has multiple chassis, I imagine they are constantly on watch.
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That... actually makes sense. And since an embodied AI can tear a bovine in half just by running into it that would be a justified concern. And they must hide from the squishy humans because they don't want us to find out that the balance is so delicate
Is it cold in here?:
Interesting, I hadn't stopped to think of whether there's anything dangerous about a police-issue chassis. It would have to be designed to do OK in fights.
TheEvilDog:
Considering that civilian model chassis have tasers inbuilt, it wouldn't surprise me if police grade chassis were slightly more armoured, not necessarily packing lethal weaponry. But then anything could be dangerous in the wrong hands.
DSL:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 26 Jan 2019, 21:50 ---Interesting, I hadn't stopped to think of whether there's anything dangerous about a police-issue chassis. It would have to be designed to do OK in fights.
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It'll have a cop motor and a cop suspension, but not just anyone can get the lights and siren. And fix the cigarette lighter.
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