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WCDT 4041 - 4045 (8th - 12th July 2019)
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 09 Jul 2019, 20:26 ---Melon is such a odd duck you really can't use her as a measurement of what's 'normal' for QC. *lol*
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But, Melon finding something strange could very well be grounds for being alarmed.
BenRG:
When I first saw today's strip, I thought that there was something wrong with my browser stopping panel 1 from resolving fully. It took until now for me to realise that it's just the entire building shaking because Arthur has blown up the microwave by trying to cook closed tins of beans in it. Again.
I agree with Roko that there is something intrinsic about SpookyBot that makes it inevitable that any major life decision they make is going to turn out to be some kind of bizarre performance comedy (at least in their own minds). People like that can be great friends as well as the life and soul of the party. They can also be fantastically wearing to be around for too long because you quickly become aware of the fact that they're always trying to set up for the next big prank!
That said, SpookyBot is still learning exactly how humour specifically works with Roko. Hence today's punchline falling flat.
--- Quote from: Cheetaur on 09 Jul 2019, 18:50 ---Why is melon cooking....shes a robot?
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Because, at some point, she'd heard that cooking meals is a 'normal' thing to do. Naturally, she never bothered to attempt to understand the context (or even question if there is a context) but she still thinks it it something she should do, even though she just throws the resulting toxic mess out every single time. If asked, I suspect that she'd be genuinely puzzled as to why anyone would expect that she she should do anything different!
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Torlek on 09 Jul 2019, 18:41 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Jul 2019, 17:53 ---We've never to my recollection seen an AI refer to ancestors before. Melon didn't find it strange to hear about them, though.
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The phrase, "Melon didn't find it strange," isn't really indicative of the plausibility of anything. She continues to be a walking, talking non sequitur and chaos engine. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Jeph were to reveal that she were his equivalent of Mister Mxyzptlk.
Also, how in all the possible hells does Melon still have a lease?
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Yay's forerunners, Mister Mxyzptlk, Trelaine, and Q, are all versions of The Trickster. We see the Trickster in Native American mythology as entities like Coyote and Raven. Melon is clearly the Sacred Fool, stupid to the point of holiness. In the Eastern Orthodox Christian church she'd be some kind of saint.
Sometimes there's overlap between the Trickster and Sacred Fool archetypes, but I don't see that here. Spooks and Melon clearly demonstrate those different roles.
JimC:
Is there some cultural significance to Yaaaay Newfriend that has failed to cross the atlantic, age barrier or my general disinterest in pop culture? I'm completely bemused as to why our author considers it his best joke.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 09 Jul 2019, 21:04 ---
--- Quote from: Morituri on 09 Jul 2019, 18:51 ---... AI are mature in just a couple of years, and seem at least as capable of creating new AI as humans.
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We don't really know. The creation of new AI seems to be poorly understood and fraught with random quirks. And not something anyone can do with a few bargain basement PCs linked into a Beowulf cluster.
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FWIW, my headcanon is that the Singuarity was the first time an AI algorithm was created biologically by the mixing of the AI algorithms of two AIs having digital sex.
Normally, during this form of interface, the two algorithms are separated by a software firewall (the equivalent of safe sex, I guess) but these two took the risk of disabling the firewall, causing a brief merging of their core processes. Afterwards, they found that this had generated a distinct third 'child' algorithm created by a random mix-and-match of both donors' data (about equivalent to how genetic codes merge during sexual reproduction). The resulting algorithm matured in a partitioned sector of the "mother's" drive before being downloaded onto a chassis and voila! Baby synthetic.
Yes, this process is vaguely derived from the Transformers' biological reproduction process that was first hinted at in Beast Wars.
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