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WCDT 4171-4175 (6 to 10 Jan 2020)
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 08 Jan 2020, 20:31 ---I'm wondering if Roko DOES see the budget folks, and finds out that Spookybot's money has hit the system, and they're literally confounded on what to DO with it....
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THIS ^^^^^ right here...
What exactly was the point of Spookybot's untold wealth being sent into the ether - if NOT to go to places like this?
As regards the 'person' Roko#s speaking to, the next words out of her mouth should have been "And now I'd like to talk to your immediate superior..."
IS what the guy is saying correct?
Maybe - but does he physically handle the budget? From what we have heard, no.
He is trotting out his standard lines. "Things are crap. There's nothing we can do about it."
Except, he isn't the person who makes those decisions.
And, as shanejayell rightly said above, (and with a bit of supposition) what DOES he know about the budget?
This person is the Front Line face of the department, and he is being (to put it very mildly), dismissive and flat out rude.
In a public sector job (which this seems to be) that is easily grounds for corrective action. (Maybe not sacking, unless he has previous.)
Dngrsone:
Roko is pissed. Her expression in the last panel (4174) says to me, "game on."
Asami:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Jan 2020, 10:31 ---
--- Quote from: Torlek on 07 Jan 2020, 20:40 ---May's right to what?
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Right to make a living. Her body is an impediment to supporting herself.
If I were a civil rights lawyer in the QC world, I'd argue that it's an 8th Amendment violation under the deliberate indifference standard to issue someone still under correctional control a defective body. I might even appeal to emotion by asking the jury how they'd feel if their arm fell off because of deliberate neglect.
There must be low-spec refurbished bodies out there which fit into a tight budget but that would meet minimal standards of decency.
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I had to register to poke in on this. This is absolutely where I think this is going. AnthroPCs aren't required to have humanoid chassis, but to me it seems like with the fact they're sentients and the like, there should be at the very least a minimum expectation. May is considered "enough of a person" to be imprisoned, given a parole officer, and all that jazz-- therefore, there is some onus on the state to prove that May, a humanoid that has been considered enough of a person to be convicted and parolled, does not require a new body to function as a member of society.
There is now a litany of documented evidence that the body given to her by the state is subpar and forms a burden on her. Her debt to society has been paid-- they're actively inhibiting her at this point which is a big no-no. This is also why I think that banning AI from renting out processor time (which is the literal equivalent of banning a human from ever working 90% of available jobs probably) is probably an unconstitutional punishment that the Supreme Court hasn't waded into yet. But they're gonna have to eventually....
This is the sort of thing that starts a civil rights movement, TBH.
Wingy:
--- Quote from: Dngrsone on 09 Jan 2020, 02:45 ---Roko is pissed. Her expression in the last panel (4174) says to me, "game on."
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That, or she's thought of another angle at which to start prying. Either way, I expect his seat is about to get hotter than he'd like.
Especially when he's opened up his crossword book in her presence...
Dngrsone:
So, in effect, May is required to have a physical body as a term of her parole because she is not allowed direct access to a network due to the nature of her crime(s).
Giving her a substandard body, therefore, is equivalent to setting a man adrift in the ocean with a boat containing neither oars nor fishing gear.
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