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Is Yaaaay (Spookybot) Gary?

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Dngrsone:
So, I was trolling through the archive yesterday, and I ran into strip number 2070, where they discuss the "Gary Phenomenon", where on Jan 1st, 1997, everyone got an email from someone named Gary.

Do you guys think this was Yaaaay Newfriend?

Is it cold in here?:
It's hard to imagine two different AIs that powerful on the same planet. That points to them being one and the same.

On the other hand, Gary's message was a completely different tone than Yay Newfriend has often taken.

Dngrsone:
True, but what year is it in that universe?  It might be that the AI has matured over the years since 1997

Yay does have a chaotically whimsical sense of humor, though

oddtail:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 21 Dec 2019, 07:03 ---It's hard to imagine two different AIs that powerful on the same planet.

--- End quote ---

I disagree. They may be powerful enough to shield themselves from any of their peers learning about them. They may be disinterested in each other, or decide not to step on each other's toes due to otherwise having the AI equivalent of mutually assured destruction. Who knows what superhuman AI do with their free time? It may not be an issue.

Or to put it another way: if an ant was somehow able to conceptualise a human, they'd probably also be incredulous that seven billion humans exist. If they were able to comprehend numbers, let alone such a large number, of course.

nsomniacsdream:
Gary would be a good guess I would think. But then it could be one of those things Jeph kind of lost along the way, like that Mieville was originally referred to as a 'she'. My guess is Yay is something that 'emerged' from a captive AI. It would explain it's aversion to violating the sanctity of the mind.

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