Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT strips 4016-4020 (3rd to 7th June 2019)
Tova:
Can you outline which aspects of QC make it obviously a science fiction strip? It's a lot more obvious in Alice Grove.
Mr Intrepid:
Now, I've always thought that the AIs were representative of various human characteristics. Which raises the question; was that deliberate, or is that a natural phenomenon of emergent consciousness? We've seen them with very human conditions, from Bubble's PTSD, to Roko's body dysphoria. In May, I think she's becoming more socialized as time progresses. Still has issues with impulse control, doesnt she? Momo seems to have conflicts concerning intimacy, whether Dale/ Marigold or her curiosity/modesty that we see here.
zmeiat_joro:
Tova: I'm sorry, I can not at the moment. Excuse me.
Tova:
No problem. I personally see the fact that AIs are not differentiated from us as evidence that the strip is not science fiction, really. Star Wars is probably more strongly science fiction, and that's long been a matter for some debate.
I'm happy to come back to this discussion another time (in another thread probably).
Penquin47:
Differentiated or not, the AIs are still science fiction. The singularity happened. Dr. Ellicott-Chatham exists, as does his space station its holographic avatar, along with the cyborg-esque level artificial prosthetics he invented (such as Clinton's hand, which can act autonomously). Spookybot exists.
The science fiction isn't a major theme of this comic, but that doesn't mean it doesn't qualify as science fiction.
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