Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Aug 2nd - Aug 6th (4581-4585)
St.Clair:
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--- Quote from: _Islanio on 04 Aug 2021, 19:55 ---I think we can forget the possibility of Cosmo belonging to Yay previously
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What made you think that...?
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Their overreaction after learning about Cosmo and his subsequent rush to seeing him. To me, it could mean that Cosmo would belong to Yay before. Maybe I was just overthinking tho
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Yay never overreacts. Yay's reactions are precisely as strong as warranted by the true significance of the thing; that your primitive meat-monkey brain is incapable of grasping this is merely one more indicator of how small and ignorant
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ZoeB:
She has no need of friendship.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlSVNxLB-A
BenRG:
There is a limit to one's ability to stealthily intrude into others' lives when you're loudly debating with your other instances about morality!
So, there are two possibilities that that this strip raises for me. The first is that this confirms the various Yay instances are not precise duplicates and each have their own perspectives. Might this Yay be about to be tossed out for becoming too attached to lesser beings? The second possibility is that Yay is a true distributed sentience. Literally all the instances are processing what to do about going in to see Cosmo and maybe snoop on Aurelia's computer simultaneously and in parallel.
The latter is interesting as it implies that I was right to suspect that the Yay instances communicate instantaneously irrespective of spacial distance thanks to quantum entanglement.
Perfectly Reasonable:
A quick look at the Wiki reminded me that Cosmo wandered in from the street. A week passed without the original owner appearing to claim her. Yay claims to have dog sensing abilities. So Yay is not Cosmo's original owner.
Yes, this tells us that Yay's instances retain individuality while sharing basics. What puzzles me is why Yay is having this debate audibly. And loudly.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Oenone on 04 Aug 2021, 16:00 ---But you’re still human whether you live in a city or a forest. Yay is fundamentally different from other AI in terms of hardware, but indigenous people and people who live in a city are both human. Plus, it seems like the “order of creature” line has some weird evolution aspects to it, especially since Yay is more advanced technologically than other AI.
I just feel like it’s possible to talk about characters in a comic strip without dipping a toe into scientific racism.
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I had read it differently, though I admit to incomplete understanding. Gulfs of incomprehension within the same species are an everyday phenomenon.
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