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WCDT strips 4061-4065 (5-9 August 2019)
eschaton:
I think there's a danger here - which is anthropomorphizing Winslow just because he has a humaniform body now.
He may be a person, but he's an AI, not a human. Back when he was in his little Ipod body, he was basically exactly the same as this script shows. He was an unadventurous homebody - kind of a stick in the mud who liked to stay in the apartment and was always the sweaterboy to Pintsize's absolute nightmare. That's who he is. That's his personality.
So now that Winslow has a human-looking pink twink body, rather than being a walking Ipod, all of the sudden his homebodiness is an expression of human mental pathology, rather than just being who he is as a person? Seems rather narrow minded to me.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: eschaton on 06 Aug 2019, 09:36 ---I think there's a danger here - which is anthropomorphizing Winslow just because he has a humaniform body now.
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I see what you're saying, but anthropomorphization was the stated goal of whoever designed his current higher end (toes AND nipples!) chassis.
Shjade:
It's also not as if the AI of this world have been absent of human-like mental issues up to this point. Bubbles literally compartmentalized something analogous to PTSD. Roko's body issues. Etc.
If we assume nothing about Winslow has changed (I think something has, but that's another topic), it seems to me more likely that this is less deciding he has a problem now because he has a new body, and more that a pre-existing issue has been made more apparent because of the increase in sympathy.
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 06 Aug 2019, 10:08 ---
--- Quote from: eschaton on 06 Aug 2019, 09:36 ---I think there's a danger here - which is anthropomorphizing Winslow just because he has a humaniform body now.
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I see what you're saying, but anthropomorphization was the stated goal of whoever designed his current higher end (toes AND nipples!) chassis.
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I am wondering if this storyline will end with Winslow voluntarily returning to his prior ipod-like body after realizing that he was happier that way and has no particular need or want for a humaniform body. I would be interested in such a storyline, actually, to show that having a humaniform body is not the end-all be-all.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: maneyan on 05 Aug 2019, 23:25 ---That in turn will raise interesting questions about Hannelore's responsibilities towards him. Are they equals? Or is Hannelore have a responsibility more like with a child or subordinate? (Not talking about AnthroPCs in general, Hanners and Winslow).
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Going back to the very beginning, well before the AIERA Hannelore and Winslow's relationship was more peer to peer than the other AI-human companionship contracts.
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