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WCDT Strips 4321-4325 (3-7 August 2020)
cybersmurf:
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--- Quote from: Drunken Old Man on 06 Aug 2020, 00:31 ---Am I the only one rooting for-
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Go no further. No. No, you're not the only one.
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99.9998% chance you never are. They may just not read this forum.
As far as the AI substrate / transfer discussion is concerned, my thoughts are:
The AI itself (their soul, so to speak) and memories are stored on a discreet piece hardware, which can be reinforced (just like Corpse Witch explains). Those reinforcements probably are not necessary for companion models like Momo, so they come at a premium. My guess is, they are either standardised within a few form factors (and interchangeable within compatible models), or hardwired (especially smaller models like Pintsize, old Winslow and old Momo). Basically, like Momo and Winslow did, you could just transfer from one chassis to another by cable, but you need an AI drive, which probably costs extra. Or you could just take the drive and put it in a new chassis (which is basically what should've happened to Roko, but I think they may have run deep diagnostics on her AI drive to look for possible damage, which is why she temporarily ran on a server).
Since all this means as the AI is basically just software, there is no unique hardware identifier for the AI itself. My guess is the AI drives and the chassis each has its own unique ID, which can be accessed by authorities on request, probably on some chip that has to specifically powered on, and a serial number stamped on somewhere hidden.
JimC:
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 06 Aug 2020, 06:15 ---Basically, like Momo and Winslow did, you could just transfer from one chassis to another by cable,
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One of the interesting aspects is that the transfer is a transfer,/move not a copy. In pro level IT you would never do a move like that, but always copy so there was a fall back position in the event of a problem. That would of course provide all sorts of plot and ethical complications, because it would be cloning a personality, and then effectively killing the original personality once the clone is successfully transferred. One option would be to ~anaesthatise the personality in the transfer (AI unconsciousness must exist - Roko had a gap in consciousness between body destruction and "waking" in the server farm" ) but ultimately what can be transferred across the wire can be copied across the wire... We could speculate that the Yay organismn is some kind of cloned AI wih a special communications system...
Mr_Rose:
It’s entirely possible that the “move” operation is deliberately designed that way to remove those ethical considerations.
Alternatively, the AI drive substrate is not traditional solid state media but something more volatile and the move is actually a literal transfer of consciousness node by node with the cable keeping everything in sync.
Wingy:
--- Quote from: Tova on 05 Aug 2020, 17:22 ---I've been following this ID conversation with some interest, and I have a couple of observations.
Firstly, transfer of an AI to a new chassis does not involve transferring a "CPU part" or any other hardware, if what we've seen encompasses the processes. It is a software transfer. So any kind of silicon chip serial number is not fit for purpose. It would need to be some kind of immutable software ID.
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I must disagree with your premise: see 3008, and 3907; hardware clearly in evidence.
Farideh:
We see the hardware, but AFAIK, we never see the hardware being transferred from one chassis to another. It only ever seems to be a transfer via cable, like when Momo got her new chassis. Same for Winslow.
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