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David F:
--- Quote from: oddtail on 17 Aug 2021, 02:15 ---It's possible to apply "traditional intelligence" to cope where you're otherwise lacking, I think. At least to an extent. It's something I'm surprised no-one really seems to talk about that I've seen. And I consider myself to be a very smart guy, but I'm not an uber-powerful AI. If Yay is really as advanced as they say they are...
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You have made the effort to do that. Not everyone who's out of line with the population around them does so. And keep in mind - up until *very* recently, Yay has not interacted with other people *at all*. "We have spent the majority of our existence scuttling beneath the metaphorical floorboards of society." You have a lifetime of experience with others to draw on, and were motivated to build models. Yay does not have that experience.
Monday's comic says much. Yay admits the most important thing - they are *desperately* lonely. I think they have only recently begun to understand that. It's like someone who's gone without touch for a long time. Upon finally feeling a friendly touch can suddenly experience desperate touch hunger. Yay is *hurting* in ways they don't have words to express, and trying to turn that firehose back off is going to be challenging.
It's not that Yay does not understand social interactions. They don't understand *themselves*. I don't even think they know the questions to ask, yet.
Perfectly Reasonable:
I am joining Tova in oddtail's corner.
One of my favorite amusements is taking what the Dungeon Master has shown us and trying to figure out how things got this way.
Impossible that Present Yay was built in their present form. Someone [who?] made or discovered an AI that was well suited to cyber espionage. A much simpler AI than the one we now see. That AI was given new abilities or encouraged to develop further. It managed to develop a secretive self awareness and to conceal some of what it was doing from its Boss. Somehow they made a breakthrough and developed a functioning multiple consciousness which they embodied in multiple physical bodies. (Perhaps by hijacking somebody else's secret project?) They then became independent, possibly by letting a dummy body be destroyed in a convincing manner. Having gone rogue, they are now trying to make a place for themselves in the world.
Having gone this far, I can almost believe. But this tissue of conjectures can be blown away in an instant. Who is the Boss? Given Yay's claimed power, do they really need to fear? And "Mom Vibes"?
( err it appears you can get that on a tee shirt )
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 17 Aug 2021, 15:26 ---Who is the Boss?
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....Gary?
No, not the spider. The email.
shanejayell:
And... Yay is being helpful, again. *lol* Uh oh.
Farideh:
Yay: "You are our friend now and we will wrap you in a symbolic plastic bubble and protect you from all the nasties out there".
Re. Yay's transformation and loose lips: I'm not sure. I get the feeling that they're (extremely) lonely and are desperate to make friends, and that they have zero clue how to go about that. How much should they tell, and how soon? Is the burden of their responsibility becoming too much, and are they trying to lighten the load by talking about with others (a problem shared is a problem halved, after all)? We know that Yay has trouble with human emotions and motivations (as per the what's the big deal with copulation comic), so it seems like they're flailing around trying to get a grip on this 'friendship' thing. Of course, this is all speculation. I'll wait and see where Jeph takes it.
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