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WCDT strips 4081-4085 (2nd-6th September 2019)
BenRG:
The disturbing thing about today's strip is, absent the caffeine buzz, this is more-or-less normal behaviour for Sam. Especially with the boundary violations and liking frankly icky stuff!
So, the question that needs to be asked is this: When and in what form will Faye's vengeance come?
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 04 Sep 2019, 19:10 ---I would LOVE for May to have just walked in so she can short out at the irony of FAYE lecturing someone about bedside manner.
Faaaaaaaaaace meeeeeeeeeats.
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Bottom line is that Faye has actually come a long way since then, thanks to Bubbles. I also suspect not having to pretend she's an edgy criminal because of working in an underground operation may have also altered her professional behaviour somewhat.
St.Clair:
"po bone"?
also, that is an interesting (if personal) question - what is the AI experience of chassis damage, something similar to humans or just a bunch of system alerts?
oddtail:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 05 Sep 2019, 01:03 ---"po bone"?
also, that is an interesting (if personal) question - what is the AI experience of chassis damage, something similar to humans or just a bunch of system alerts?
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The comic mentioned at one point that AI don't feel pain, although I *think* it may have been subsequently ignored as AI characters came to the fore-front (although it was never explicitly retconned away).
Based on how Bubbles describes olfactory sensations, my guess/headcanon would be "just a bunch of system alerts", but with the caveat that it still causes some significant mental discomfort. And possibly that AIs that are heavily integrated with their bodies do experience psychosomatic sensations that are not pain, but are comparable to it.
Meander:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 04 Sep 2019, 08:24 ---I once worked at a place that had an off-menu drink called "The Heartstopper". We had noticed that there was a section in the back of the fridge where things would freeze, so would take jugs full of espresso and just stick them back there, and pull off the ice. Then refilled with more espresso, and so on. The end drink contained a cup full of that, a touch of flavoured syrup, and some milk. I once foolishly gave one to shut up this one kid because he kept on me about it, and how since he was Italian, that he could handle it. Two days later, I find out that he still hadn't slept, and the girl he was dating at the time complained about other things not working either.
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That's brilliant!
BenRG:
--- Quote from: oddtail on 05 Sep 2019, 01:32 ---The comic mentioned at one point that AI don't feel pain, although I *think* it may have been subsequently ignored as AI characters came to the fore-front (although it was never explicitly retconned away).
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As far as I know, it's still established that the synthetics don't experience pain in the same way as humans. From Melon's experience with a melon baller, it is clear that they can even disregard damage warnings if they choose to do so. However, it is also clear that they are sophisticated enough that their subconscious processes can provide a purely-hallucinatory stimulus response analogous to pain, as with Roko and her feet.
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