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WCDT strips 4036 - 4040 (1 - 5 July 2019)
oddtail:
I completely agree. This comes completely out of the left field.
But when a character I thoroughly fail to enjoy is retconed into something else? It's clumsy, but I like the end result. The alternative is to have Spookybot as-is, which I'm sure some readers are into, but it's just not my cup of tea.
Drunken Old Man:
I find "desperately-trying-to-befriend-Roko" Spookybot to be preferable to "oh-god-I'm-so-much-better-than-you" Spookybot.
Marginally.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 03 Jul 2019, 21:30 ---Arrogant Architeuthis has had no opportunity to develop social skills.
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Exactly.
We've seen the sum total of Spooky's social interactions and their actual experience base is minimal, BUT
They're hyper-intelligent and learn quickly.
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 04 Jul 2019, 01:50 ---Why not both? If in fact their chassis should be their own design, as some suggested, it's not impossible, if not right now plausible. Then again, if they were supposed to have some physical presence by design - men in black? - it might have featured in the original specs.
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I'm thinking Spooks didn't create their bodies until they elected to interact directly with android AIs and their human associates. Jeph has created a character to order like that before.
anahata:
--- Quote from: Drunken Old Man on 04 Jul 2019, 09:34 ---I find "desperately-trying-to-befriend-Roko" Spookybot to be preferable to "oh-god-I'm-so-much-better-than-you" Spookybot.
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Certainly more conducive to potential character or plot development than omnipotent deus-ex-machina Spookybot was.
Is it cold in here?:
Welcome, Dinaverg! I think you have a great point with the parallel to Momo taking a while to reach a situationally appropriate reaction.
On the subject of Eminence Grise suddenly being socially needy, we have one other data point about a transhuman AI wanting emotional connection. That's Station and Hannelore. Spookybot may have been in need of company all along and is only just now noticing, or only just now discovering it's possible.
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