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WCDT Strips 4006-4010 (20th-25th May, 2019)
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 23 May 2019, 17:03 ---How does a computer forget something?
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Aside from the question whether or not it is appropriate to call AI a computer - which feels somewhat like calling someone a brain - if you ask the question, I'll have to assume you never lost a file, or had a reminder pop up late.
oddtail:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 24 May 2019, 01:15 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 23 May 2019, 17:03 ---How does a computer forget something?
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Aside from the question whether or not it is appropriate to call AI a computer - which feels somewhat like calling someone a brain - if you ask the question, I'll have to assume you never lost a file, or had a reminder pop up late.
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On top of that, AIs in QC-verse seem to work at least in some ways like humans, mentally. It's entirely possible that whatever algorithm covers their data processing runs some kind of heuristic that removes unnecessary data. I mean, assuming at least a similar mental capacity to humans, retaining EVERYthing would be maddening. Humans don't process everything we perceive, so we effectively "forget" almost everything pretty much instantly. Maybe in QC-verse, consciousness fundamentally requires being selective and auto-deleting data. Otherwise, if AI worked more like traditional computers and kept most or all information in neat files, I'm not sure how they'd be able to process all that stuff without being completely alien beings, orders of magnitude more intelligent than humans. And most AI in the comic's cast seem to be human-comparable there?
cybersmurf:
What we sense is stitched together into what we perceive. A lot of things probably get dropped as "I felt that, but ot seems to be within normal parameters, so I can drop it". What we perceive is again filtered by "relevance", and some things get stored, most will be dropped.
Due to the amount of data collected, AnthroPCs/Androids only "log" relevant data, too. Maybe there are some self-improving algorithms that weigh specific data differently, leading to "personality quirks" (yes, looking at you Melon).
Humans remember negative experiences better than positive ones (IIRC that's a survival thing - "don't go there, or you'll die"). Hoe much that applies to AI I cannot fathom.
As far as the Sven incident is concerned: the human roomies may be more understanding than Momo. Maybe grossed out a bit, or weirded out, but generally more on the accepting side. Momo is a tad too naive I think. I think of her like a young teen - idealizing and romanticizing love and attraction. She probably never would've acted on her attraction to Sven because he never showed interest in her, or in AIs in general.
andrybak:
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 23 May 2019, 05:53 ---Yelling Bird is done.
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See https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3016
--- Quote ---I am tired of Yelling Bird comics so there will be NO MORE OF THEM, goodbye you shitty bird
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Tyr:
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 24 May 2019, 01:50 --- She probably never would've acted on her attraction to Sven because he never showed interest in her, or in AIs in general.
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Quite the opposite. I can see her having a minor fit to the tune of "YOU MEAN I HAD A CHANCE?!"
Not one jot of jealousy or envy; just 100% regret at having not taking the shot.
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