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WCDT strips 4021-4025 (10th to 14th June 2019)
Cornelius:
What happens when the proprietary cable is lost/forgotten/broken, and their battery gives out? When they're out on the streets; how long until their drive - unreinforced, no doubt - is irrecoverable?
ThePerilsOfDan:
I've worked at that place before and have the scars to prove it
Perfectly Reasonable:
I like where this seems to be headed. May and Roko see the justice system from very different angles. It will be an interesting case. We will learn more about Jeph's AIs. May's maintenance situation could improve. (vouchers good at Union Robotics?) And one morning Roko will boot up and suddenly realize her body no longer feels like someone else's.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 11 Jun 2019, 23:25 ---<snip>
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.
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I wouldn't be surprised if that's the story. Roko said this is justice, and there are horrible ethical and moral hazards to pursuing justice when treating people as means to that end. Roko has correctly identified May's treatment as wrong, has decided to take action, but is not visibly motivated by compassion.
There could be a lot of dramatic conflict if Roko tries to make May a poster child and May objects.
Roko's, uh, "take charge" attitude could also be psychologically dangerous to someone who is recovering from a prison sentence. May needs autonomy.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Jun 2019, 10:05 ---Roko's, uh, "take charge" attitude could also be psychologically dangerous to someone who is recovering from a prison sentence. May needs autonomy.
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But it's difficult for her to exercise autonomy with a chassis that leaves her almost a cripple* and so she's facing a chicken v. egg conundrum. I agree, though, Roko's running at 11 and needs to dial it back.
Fear not. If Roko doesn't jerk her own leash Bubbles will certainly give it a tug for her - she has cred with virtually everyone, even Spookybot.
It occurs to me - We know May's chassis is failing. There's at least a 50/50 chance her mental processing module was sourced from the same place. If it has similar quality issues, some of May's behavior and impulse difficulties may be directly analogous to an organic brain problem in one of us squishies.
*Politically incorrect term used for impact.
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