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WCDT strips 4271-4275 (25th - 29th May 2020)
shanejayell:
Yay probably SHOULD apologize. Probably won't happen tho. *lol*
DaiJB:
Wait a minute - "...the one thing you know for a fact is against our principles"???
Rubbish! That is exactly what they do without a moment's hesitation! Spookybot paralysed Faye last time they met - and put Dora and Emily (and presumably anyone else in CoD) to sleep - what is that if not mind-control? Our nervous systems don't just stop at our skulls!
I've always regarded this ridiculously omnipotent AI as Jeph's biggest mistake in this strip - I do notice a definite tendency for Jeph to gradually scale back its power to a more mortal level since then.
As evidence of "Yay's" duplicity and untrustworthiness, "Faye has a point" : https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3394
and
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3396
Reaver:
--- Quote from: DaiJB on 25 May 2020, 19:48 ---Wait a minute - "...the one thing you know for a fact is against our principles"???
Rubbish! That is exactly what they do without a moment's hesitation! Spookybot paralysed Faye last time they met - and put Dora and Emily (and presumably anyone else in CoD) to sleep - what is that if not mind-control? Our nervous systems don't just stop at our skulls!
I've always regarded this ridiculously omnipotent AI as Jeph's biggest mistake in this strip - I do notice a definite tendency for Jeph to gradually scale back its power to a more mortal level since then.
As evidence of "Yay's" duplicity and untrustworthiness, "Faye has a point" : https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3394
and
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3396
--- End quote ---
I forgot that Faye had her hair in a brief boufant!
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: DaiJB on 25 May 2020, 19:48 ---Wait a minute - "...the one thing you know for a fact is against our principles"???
Rubbish! That is exactly what they do without a moment's hesitation! Spookybot paralysed Faye last time they met - and put Dora and Emily (and presumably anyone else in CoD) to sleep - what is that if not mind-control? Our nervous systems don't just stop at our skulls!
I've always regarded this ridiculously omnipotent AI as Jeph's biggest mistake in this strip - I do notice a definite tendency for Jeph to gradually scale back its power to a more mortal level since then.
As evidence of "Yay's" duplicity and untrustworthiness, "Faye has a point" : https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3394
and
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3396
--- End quote ---
Technically that was nervous paralysis, but unconscious is still unconscious.
Spooky's principles extend to AI for the most part, also I would imagine an advanced AI mind-linking with an organic mind would lead to unpleasantness for both parties. When Spooky says that mind control is against their principles, they mean that they will not influence an AI to make a choice they wouldn't normally go for. They're not going to alter an AI's nature to something its not, for example, a pacifist, flower loving AI isn't suddenly going to switch to a rampaging KILLBOT because Spooky flipped a switch.
If Spooky helps some unfortunate AI, it has to be because the AI wants help.
And lets be honest, if Faye came barrelling at you, shouting and cussing up a storm, you'd knock her out too.
Is it cold in here?:
Overly powerful characters mess up storytelling and can certainly be a mistake.
Zoe came up with a good line of argument, though, that something like Eminence Grise is a logical requirement to stabilize the QC world.
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