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WCDT strips 4016-4020 (3rd to 7th June 2019)
bhtooefr:
Yeah, I really think we can honestly say that there was at least one retcon, and probably two (one for AI civil rights, one for form factors available).
Which means that I basically treat the old comics' stances on AIs to be unreliable.
Mr Intrepid:
As I recall, the AI in the strip with matching up Marten and Pintsize had blue dermal and headphones with antennas for ears. So, human sized but different enough to stay out of uncanny valley. Hanners "boyfriend" was pretty human in appearance but still induced a creepy factor in alot of the cast.
Scarlet Manuka:
--- Quote from: Scarlet Manuka on 03 Jun 2019, 23:29 ---I think there's a more recent strip where someone expresses disbelief at an AI having forgotten something by saying words along the lines of "you're a computer!", but I haven't found the strip so, importantly, I don't know if it was an AI or a human saying it.
--- End quote ---
Hey, I stumbled across it this morning! Melon forgets where she lives and Faye responds "YOU ARE A COMPUTER" (while Lemon realises that she also doesn't know where she lives). So that seems inconclusive, we know Faye's put her foot in her mouth plenty of times. But this was quite recently, so it's probably not a really offensive term in general.
Tova:
Probably not really offensive. Also probably not true, given the evidence in the panel.
Is it cold in here?:
Yes, we have that information and it points in that direction.
The most recent strip I can think of showing people with silicon brains as having computer-like infrastructures was when Momo had corrupted registry files. I think it was during her chassis upgrade. That was long enough ago that it might not still be canon, but it's more recent than the strips that are clearly no longer describe the QC universe.
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