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WCDT strips 4286-4290 (15th to 19th June 2020)
Farideh:
I figured with the last comic that Yay wasn't eavesdropping on Faye, but on Bubbles (and thus they were privy to Faye's conversation as well). Bubbles is an AI, after all, and who knows that kind of software is installed on her hard drive?
the silent firefly:
--- Quote from: Roborat on 19 Jun 2020, 12:57 ---And this is why I don't have Alexa, or google, or any other of those wifi enabled gadgets in my house, and why I won't let the security company install one of those app enabled door locks on my house. "But wouldn't it be convenient if you could unlock your door remotely, what if you/your wife/kids forgot their keys?" they said. "If I can unlock it, so can somebody else" I reply, "can you guarantee someone can't hack into the system?". Repsonse, silence. And who needs an internet enabled fridge anyway?
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those are two things (Alexa/etc & "smart" locks) that alert me that i'm not dealing with a person with whom i can trust my life
--- Quote from: Farideh on 19 Jun 2020, 19:04 ---I figured with the last comic that Yay wasn't eavesdropping on Faye, but on Bubbles (and thus they were privy to Faye's conversation as well). Bubbles is an AI, after all, and who knows that kind of software is installed on her hard drive?
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this is another thing i forgot to address in my last post. we know that Yay would not violate an individual's mind (or so they assert, but it seems to be true). it brings up some questions about the experience of being a sentient AI and the abilities of their consciousness. first of all, i'm sure we can assume that the AIs of the QC-verse don't walk around with their minds unsecured. we know they can directly communicate electronically but to what degree can their perceptions can be broadcast? and to what degree can the average AI electronically monitor and observe other AI? how aware would an AI be of another entity attempting to spy on it?
i think we should not assume that Yay can monitor the speech communication of an AI just because they are an AI (or rather, we should assume that they choose not to). electronic communication, yes, but audible speech communication would need to be captured digitally by some means (like a nearby phone).
perhaps AI are in the habit of communicating electronically and audibly simultaneously when in the presence of humans? i don't imagine that would be the case though in the current instance of Faye and Bubs talking with no other AIs present.
Farideh:
That is a good point, Firefly. There is just so much that we don't know about how AI's operate in the QC-verse. Then again (here I go, speculating wildly): Bubbles is not a regular AI. She is a former soldier. I'd find it plausible if her software includes continuous logging etc to keep her superiors informed on the state of her missions. Of course, that data would be highly encrypted, but we already know that Yay has no trouble whatsoever breaking those encryptions (much to Station's dismay).
the silent firefly:
i just realized that even my initial assumption that an AI's perceptions would be the private contents of their mind might not necessarily be true.
*mind reeling*
--- Quote from: Farideh on 19 Jun 2020, 20:12 ---That is a good point, Firefly. There is just so much that we don't know about how AI's operate in the QC-verse. Then again (here I go, speculating wildly): Bubbles is not a regular AI. She is a former soldier. I'd find it plausible if her software includes continuous logging etc to keep her superiors informed on the state of her missions. Of course, that data would be highly encrypted, but we already know that Yay has no trouble whatsoever breaking those encryptions (much to Station's dismay).
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i would think Bubbles would be aware of it and have the ability to shut it off or remove it entirely, as a civilian. but who knows? upon retiring, she would lose access to all military and restricted govt networks. and she has no built-in weapons capabilities, that we know of anyway. she's no more dangerous than, say, punchbot.
Is it cold in here?:
Didn't Jeph or Momo say there's some kind of shared collective consciousness among the AIs? But we don't know how that works either.
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