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WCDT strips 4016-4020 (3rd to 7th June 2019)
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 04 Jun 2019, 04:27 ---
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 03 Jun 2019, 23:08 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 03 Jun 2019, 13:59 ---Obviously the C in Anthro-PC stands for Companion.
Anthro Personal Companions.
Yes, that works. That works fine!
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It's not "AnthroPC"!
--- End quote ---
But it is, though.
--- End quote ---
Does it matter though? indeed, it does.
To oversimplify and adding hyperbole: it's probably, to an extent, being able to call a certain ethnic group a certain N word.
TheEvilDog:
Although you'll also notice in that particular comic, Pintsize and Winslow aren't taking PT410x the slightest bit seriously. I mean, they all but mock him at the end with the neckbeard comment.
Pintsize and Winslow and Momo have all referred to themselves as AnthroPC. But they aren't computers, they're companions. That's the word that matters.
oddtail:
I... can't help but notice that the joke in the strip linked, in the context of more serious issues related to AI being explored recently, has become considerably less funny.
I mean, the fact that a sapient creature has a large problem with being owned is played for laughs. It made sense when AnthroPCs were treated by the story as something between faithful pets and house appliances. Now that the comic treats them as independent beings, and there have been comics noting that AI companions generally enjoy and want to be companions... an AI that does *not* enjoy that, or at least feels the need to protest, is somewhat disturbing.
Or is it just me?
EDIT: that wasn't the case, obviously, when the comic was first published. It's only unsettling to me retroactively - the comic world's "rules" have evolved, there have been retoolings and retcons and some things got quietly ignored. Which is normal for a long-evolving story. But still.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 04 Jun 2019, 07:22 ---
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 04 Jun 2019, 04:27 ---
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 03 Jun 2019, 23:08 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 03 Jun 2019, 13:59 ---Obviously the C in Anthro-PC stands for Companion.
Anthro Personal Companions.
Yes, that works. That works fine!
--- End quote ---
It's not "AnthroPC"!
--- End quote ---
But it is, though.
--- End quote ---
Does it matter though? indeed, it does.
To oversimplify and adding hyperbole: it's probably, to an extent, being able to call a certain ethnic group a certain N word.
--- End quote ---
Oh, please....
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 04 Jun 2019, 05:13 ---Calling it now, the rest of the week Momo and May have an argument about May having sex with Sven, which they resolve by Thursday. Friday's comic, Momo goes home, goes to a crawlspace in the walls which reveals a shrine to Sven. And thus we see Momo go into full stalker mode!
And if that does happen, I'll eat my hat!
I do not have a hat.
--- End quote ---
If that happens... I'll BUY you a hat!
(But, that will have been such an ENORMOUS display of insight, it would have to be a Nacho Hat! - Fair's, fair!))
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