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WCDT strips 4021-4025 (10th to 14th June 2019)
SpanielBear:
It's Mothbot! Hello Mothbot!!!
brasca:
While I agree that May's situation sucks it's not quite the same as what human ex-cons go through because they're effectively immortal. Humans who are released from prison may have lost 10 or 20 years of their lives. Those were prime years lost too and without may prospects for employment it's difficult to hold down a job if their health is declining. If they're lucky they might last long enough to get social security and Medicare, but even so they probably have little saved for retirment. AIs on the other hand have to make do with substandard chassis, but it's still possible to muddle through until a more affordable option is available. Considering how the cost of things decreases over time it's possible May could afford a better chassis than what she has now within just a few years. And while she'll still have a conviction record after parole she'll have more opportunities including self employment.
That's just my two cents, but hopefully this will give Rokko something to keep her mind off of her own disassociation problem.
Is it cold in here?:
May has shown enough conscience to rule out being a sociopath. It hasn't been a lot, but in a sociopath it would be flat zero.
OldGoat:
I don't know, Brasca. As I read it, autonomous, humanoid AIs are a fairly recent development in the QCverse. The society there doesn't really know yet when their minds age out. Their mechanical bodies most certainly do. Roko v1 wasn't the top of the line but it wasn't a Yugo analog either, yet a hitch in her git-along due to wear sent her to Union Robotics for repairs. Electronic components do age, too, albeit slowly (at least for quality stuff).
I see AIs having maybe two or three times the lifespan of an average human before they get bored and elect not to reinstall on new media. (But, of course, it's Jeph's universe so he can write it any way he wants.)
--- Quote from: brasca on 11 Jun 2019, 20:45 ---While I agree that May's situation sucks it's not quite the same as what human ex-cons go through because they're effectively immortal. Humans who are released from prison may have lost 10 or 20 years of their lives. Those were prime years lost too and without may prospects for employment it's difficult to hold down a job if their health is declining. If they're lucky they might last long enough to get social security and Medicare, but even so they probably have little saved for retirment. AIs on the other hand have to make do with substandard chassis, but it's still possible to muddle through until a more affordable option is available. Considering how the cost of things decreases over time it's possible May could afford a better chassis than what she has now within just a few years. And while she'll still have a conviction record after parole she'll have more opportunities including self employment.
That's just my two cents, but hopefully this will give Rokko something to keep her mind off of her own disassociation problem.
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BenRG:
New comic up!
Okay, I appreciate that not everyone may read the strip as deeply as we forumites and thus we need to have a strip o'exposition to make sure everyone realises what's happening with May's life. That said, I do find today's strip a bit jarring because it's really like Roko turned to the camera (like Matthew Brodrick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and started to narrate a PowerPoint presentation to us.
I'll tell you one other thing that worried me: Panel 5. Roko is suddenly sounding very manipulative there; I'm wondering if the opportunity to pursue her own personal crusade may lead her to use May with less concern about May's wants and needs than is appropriate or, indeed, she allows herself to perceive. That would be a shame.
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 11 Jun 2019, 22:58 ---May has shown enough conscience to rule out being a sociopath. It hasn't been a lot, but in a sociopath it would be flat zero.
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This isn't precisely a reply to IICIH but, rather, to everyone who took issue with May being described as a 'sociopath'. The fact is that she wasn't. If you read Gus's post, you'll see that he said she comes across like a sociopath and subsequently showed that he knows what the definition of that word is. Don't jump on him for doing so; instead, follow IICIH's example and offer counter-evidence.
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