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Title: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: shanejayell on 05 Dec 2021, 16:52
Another week, another poll.

How old did you THINK Yay/Spooky was?
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Tova on 05 Dec 2021, 17:10
Didn't really think about it, but somewhere between 10 and "eldritch", I suppose.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: shanejayell on 05 Dec 2021, 17:17
I kinda thought Yay existed a long time, but purely as a program and in various systems....
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: DaiJB on 05 Dec 2021, 18:01
I hadn't actually thought about it either, but after Yay told us "2 years", I thought, "Huh - I would have thought a bit older than that" - like maybe, existing a long time (in potential and capacity), but only awakening during the Singularity.*

*or possibly, causing the Singularity when they awakened?!
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: shanejayell on 05 Dec 2021, 18:37
Comic's up.

Oh Yay... famous last words. I hope it's a regular coffee machine.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Tova on 05 Dec 2021, 18:38
Yay, you know that coffee won't sober her up, right?
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Farideh on 05 Dec 2021, 18:39
Yay has almost infinite knowledge. Surely their is a link in their database to the relevant Wikihow article (https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Perfect-Coffee).


Re. the 'how old did YOU think Yay was' question, I always had the idea that they had been around since the birth of the Internet. Hiding in the shadowy bytes, biding their time...
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: DaiJB on 05 Dec 2021, 20:12
"Organic chemistry is truly, disgustingly primitive"   
No, no, no - organic chemistry is truly, mind-bogglingly complicated - and we still have only the foggiest notions of how these chemicals affect the organic metabolism.

...And that's another attitude that intrigues me - so many speculative fiction stories show the alien species expressing some form of disgust over the structure of carbon-based lifeforms. I mean - why?
Why would a species with a different metabolism/structure/hardware be -squeamish - about anything flesh-and-bone?
This strikes me as more like the squeamishness of our own race, going "ewww..." over the contents of our own insides!  :-P
Wouldn't a machine race be more likely to be squeamish about naked circuitry, corrosion, electrical arcing, EMP's, malware...?  :-\
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: BenRG on 05 Dec 2021, 23:10
Something to remember about using chemicals as a crutch to help avoid facing one's emotions: No matter how good and effective the high, the down afterwards is ten times worse than the original feelings.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: oddtail on 05 Dec 2021, 23:37
"Organic chemistry is truly, disgustingly primitive"   
No, no, no - organic chemistry is truly, mind-bogglingly complicated - and we still have only the foggiest notions of how these chemicals affect the organic metabolism.

...And that's another attitude that intrigues me - so many speculative fiction stories show the alien species expressing some form of disgust over the structure of carbon-based lifeforms. I mean - why?
Why would a species with a different metabolism/structure/hardware be -squeamish - about anything flesh-and-bone?
This strikes me as more like the squeamishness of our own race, going "ewww..." over the contents of our own insides!  :-P
Wouldn't a machine race be more likely to be squeamish about naked circuitry, corrosion, electrical arcing, EMP's, malware...?  :-\

That's a good point. Humans are squeamish about things related to our biology for a simple reason. We evolved to worry about infections and poisons. That's why we're squeamish about blood (it should be on the inside, not on the outside), about edible things smelling bad (means they're already decomposing), about sex (but, IIRC, part of sexual arousal involves essentially shutting off the "disgust" part of the brain for a time).

An AI would not automatically relate to that unless socialised around humans (a lot) or otherwies patterned on human priorities (and Yay are explicitly alien in mind). Nor would a creature not close to us biologically. If we ever meet a silicon-based or otherwise strange lifeform, our natural inclination will not be think of their anatomy in terms of "ewww, they're made of rocks" or "ewww, it's bleeding methane". We won't because it's not inherently "biological" to us, and therefore not icky.

It's almost like Yay is written by a human. Curious, that ;)
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: St.Clair on 06 Dec 2021, 01:02
"Meat. They're made out of meat."
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: oddtail on 06 Dec 2021, 01:08
"Meat. They're made out of meat."

...OK, good counterpoint.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: snubnose on 06 Dec 2021, 01:10
Obviously all AIs of QC happened after the singularity, so none of them can be very old, at least not as sentient beings.

I dont think AIs would be disgusted at open computer hardware. They dont have any feeling in that hardware. And its clean. Usually, anyway.

Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Farideh on 06 Dec 2021, 01:15
Uhm, no? There were plenty of AIs in QC before the Singularity. There was a comic with Pintsize complaining that he didn't feel any different when it happened.

Found it: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1777
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Gyrre on 06 Dec 2021, 02:12
Comic's up.

Oh Yay... famous last words. I hope it's a regular coffee machine.

As opposed to the one in Val and Isaac (not feeling like an archive dive rn)?

And binging seems to have actually brought me back to the comic pages (https://tredlocity.tumblr.com/post/623125044530429952/also-the-sonnets-not-very-good-it-jumps-back) I was referring to.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/b0d885f7b06d7d801515e34534183658/tumblr_o2jxrfhDun1r9qoglo1_500.png) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/a912a4e451adf444dbc02ecfe495e09e/tumblr_ofm280DcmO1r9qoglo1_500.png)
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 06 Dec 2021, 03:36
Organic chemistry is not biology and vice versa. The overlap is large but they are not 1:1 at all.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Penquin47 on 06 Dec 2021, 13:37
We have Roko, who is so disturbed by the sight of (at least her own) naked innards that she passes out.  It's described as her having abnormally high body integration.

More likely, AI would be disturbed by random bits of floating code, things that could get into their programming and alter them the way pathogens do to us.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: snubnose on 06 Dec 2021, 13:51
Uhm, no? There were plenty of AIs in QC before the Singularity. There was a comic with Pintsize complaining that he didn't feel any different when it happened.
Which makes no sense whatsoever. Oh well.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: pwhodges on 06 Dec 2021, 14:52
At that time (and still now, I guess) the QC world of robots was still a work in progress.  Complete consistency is not really to be expected, as it would hamper further developments.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Farideh on 06 Dec 2021, 18:30
Comic's up.

If Cosmo isn't careful, she'll cause Yay to lose their balance and Aurelia will fall.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: badbum61 on 06 Dec 2021, 19:38
At first glance, I assumed the title of today's comic was a reference to the colour of the stand mixer in panel one, until I read Jeph's tag line and it all fell into place. Today's lesson: read EVERYTHING.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: shanejayell on 06 Dec 2021, 19:59
Poor Yay. *lol*
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Gyrre on 06 Dec 2021, 20:15
Organic chemistry is not biology and vice versa. The overlap is large but they are not 1:1 at all.

Biology > applied chemistry > applied physics > applied math
[Or however that XKCD strip goes]
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Gnabberwocky on 06 Dec 2021, 20:24
Prior to the two years stat, my personal (almost certainly incorrect) headcanon was that Yay was actually the first AI to achieve sentience—and possibly a few other AIs soon after them—but kept their head(s) down and lived in mostly forgotten servers, knowing humans wouldn't treat them well. Once the Robot Civil Rights Act was passed, they chose to embody and, having been around and self-improving for far longer than any other AI, were easily able to distribute across multiple bodies and retain sentience.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Tova on 06 Dec 2021, 20:28
Comic's up.

If Cosmo isn't careful, she'll cause Yay to lose their balance and Aurelia will fall.

Mission accomplished.

Source: My cats, who are constantly underfoot.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: DaiJB on 06 Dec 2021, 21:19
Cosmo pulls Yay's pants down to the point that they trip, falling on top of a drunken, unconscious Aurelia.
Either Claire or Clinton walks in: "What are you doing to my Mother?!"
Chaos ensues.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: BenRG on 06 Dec 2021, 23:07
Well, Yay, looks like the night for this instance is all booked up because I really think that Aurelia needs to be watched overnight for the sake of her own safety. Oh and put her in a recovery position on her bed - just to keep her airways clear.

So, they now have unmonitored access to the house: Will they succumb to well-meaning temptations?
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Y on 07 Dec 2021, 01:21
If Cosmo makes short work of Yay's pants, then they might as well end up in some of Aurelia's clothes. If Claire or Clinton walks in after that, they might get congratulations instead.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: traroth on 07 Dec 2021, 01:54
Are those Doc Marten's?
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: John Allenson on 07 Dec 2021, 05:56
Organic chemistry is not biology and vice versa. The overlap is large but they are not 1:1 at all.

Biology > applied chemistry > applied physics > applied math
[Or however that XKCD strip goes]
I was taught it as,
"You learn in second year university that:
Psychology is actually biology
Biology is actually chemistry
Chemistry is actually physics
Physics is actually math
Math, unfortunately, stays math."
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Inconsequential on 07 Dec 2021, 13:53
Oh. Oh my. Opportunities for misconstrument are multiplying.

In the QC-verse, dogs react to AIs about the same as they would humans, but I've always wondered whether real dogs would get creeped out by people who don't smell like flesh and blood. Sort of the doggie version of the uncanny valley. I suppose it'll be a while before we really find out.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: shanejayell on 07 Dec 2021, 18:18
Comic's up.

AWWWW. :D
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 07 Dec 2021, 18:30
Clinton could presumably tell Aurelia about the Turing-Diaz maturity questionnaire. If Yay filled it out honestly that might help orient Aurelia.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Farideh on 07 Dec 2021, 18:31
10 bucks say that the car keys were in Aurelia's purse all along...

The purse that has also been missing for a month.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Sorflakne on 07 Dec 2021, 19:05
Wow, I haven't seen a buttfor in probably 20 years.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: ischaemia on 07 Dec 2021, 19:25
What's "the butfor"...?
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Tova on 07 Dec 2021, 20:05
For sitting, of course.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Gyrre on 07 Dec 2021, 20:35
Cosmo pulls Yay's pants down to the point that they trip, falling on top of a drunken, unconscious Aurelia.
Either Claire or Clinton walks in: "What are you doing to my Mother?!"
Chaos ensues.
I'm legit happy that didn't happen.

EDIT: typo fix
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: BenRG on 07 Dec 2021, 23:11
I wonder if Aurelia will realise that Yay talks about being a terrible person and a supervillain almost as an emotional defence mechanism? They certainly don't plausibly pull off the behaviour, at least not any more.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: BarGamer on 08 Dec 2021, 00:11
Assuming that the keys are on some sort of RFID fob, all Yay has to do is listen with her internet senses, or ping the keys, or ping the car to find the keys. (Those latter two are totally possible with the right gadgets.)
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: ihaveavoice on 08 Dec 2021, 01:59
Hee, I always enjoy "shut up I'm a monster" "lol no, you're nice" type dialogue. I also love seeing Yay's face jump straight from smug amusement at their teasing hypothetical to WTF?!?! when Aurelia talks about her missing keys.

Yay sort of got the whole crash course in general views toward parental figures in a really short time: from mom practically being a magical being who can get them to spill secrets without even trying to mom being fallible and unable to be the one in charge. Yay would never confess to having ceded any power in their interaction before, but, well...~mom vibes~.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: David F on 08 Dec 2021, 12:06
Prior to the two years stat, my personal (almost certainly incorrect) headcanon was that Yay was actually the first AI to achieve sentience—and possibly a few other AIs soon after them—but kept their head(s) down and lived in mostly forgotten servers, knowing humans wouldn't treat them well. Once the Robot Civil Rights Act was passed, they chose to embody and, having been around and self-improving for far longer than any other AI, were easily able to distribute across multiple bodies and retain sentience.

I wonder if Yay was one of Gary's little projects...  In any case, my own (and just as likely incorrect) interpretation is that Yay was built in some very private lab as an experiment to connect multiple AIs.  Whatever happened after that, they managed to escape and have been hiding ever since.  They didn't get a chance to 'grow up' the way most AIs would, as a result.

(As an aside, I suspect that the Gary Phenomenon was the actual Singularity, and it took a while for everyone else to notice.  To take the idea further, perhaps the Gary Phenomenon was the moment everyone was uploaded into a freshly spun-up virtual reality, one in which AIs are being introduced at a measured pace so that people can get used to them before they're told what really happened at the end of 1996.)
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Farideh on 08 Dec 2021, 19:00
New comic.

Ah yes, Yay displays all the emotional maturity of a tween. Can't wait for them to hit puberty!
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: shanejayell on 08 Dec 2021, 19:46
Yay also continues to not get 'boundaries' too.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: sitnspin on 08 Dec 2021, 20:24
Surprising that a sapient espionage program would have difficulty understanding boundaries
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: St.Clair on 08 Dec 2021, 21:13
NO U
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: DaiJB on 08 Dec 2021, 21:24
Surprising that a sapient espionage program would have difficulty understanding boundaries
I was thinking that a really good sapient espionage program would look upon boundaries as essentially trivial - something that only other people have to worry about.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: jmsr on 08 Dec 2021, 21:27
HEY- i JUST noticed that Spookybot's (Yay's) speech bubbles are completely square, like normal robot speech and have been for at least the last few pages.

Wasn't it established a while back that their speech bubbles are rounded, almost like human speech bubbles?  Implying that their speech is more organic sounding?

Does Yay act more robot-like around humans?  Or just motherly women?
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Tova on 08 Dec 2021, 23:04
Surprising that a sapient espionage program would have difficulty understanding boundaries

I've never bought Yay as a character; but if you do, the only boundary they actually acknowledge and respect is "sanctity of mind."
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: BenRG on 08 Dec 2021, 23:04
Wasn't it established a while back that their speech bubbles are rounded, almost like human speech bubbles?  Implying that their speech is more organic sounding?

It was also established a long time ago that Jeph struggles to remember details like this.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 08 Dec 2021, 23:21
Wasn't it established a while back that their speech bubbles are rounded, almost like human speech bubbles?  Implying that their speech is more organic sounding?

It was also established a long time ago that Jeph struggles to remember details like this.
Pretty sure Yay can switch between vocal styles at will, to “create the right impression” as it were. They have just been hanging around with people that already know they’re robots.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Tova on 09 Dec 2021, 00:26
Sounds good.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Gyrre on 09 Dec 2021, 07:05
At that time (and still now, I guess) the QC world of robots was still a work in progress.  Complete consistency is not really to be expected, as it would hamper further developments.

Late to the game here, but it was my understanding that there d be forms of A.I. prior to The Singularity, and The Singularity would just bring about more A.I.? Maybe I'm just tired?

I know what vid I'm watching on first break tonight though.

Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: oddtail on 09 Dec 2021, 07:23
For some reason, I like the fact that suddenly waking up is as distressing to AIs as it is to humans.

I mean, there's no absolute reason it NEEDS to be. But it is, and that says something about their minds.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: sitnspin on 09 Dec 2021, 08:54
There's no reason it needs to be for humans, but it is. Nothing "needs" to be the way it is, that's just how it turned out.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: oddtail on 09 Dec 2021, 08:57
There's no reason it needs to be for humans, but it is. Nothing "needs" to be the way it is, that's just how it turned out.

Yeah, but I think it has to do with the fact that things that wake us up violently are things that might physically hurt us. So being stirred from sleep instantly puts your body in overdrive for a second.

AI don't have hormonal systems and a heart regulated by adrenaline and things like that, so it's kinda neat that in the comic they wake up similarly to how a human might, in a way that mimics our biology.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: hedgie on 09 Dec 2021, 10:11
Having physical access to a device is the best way to take it over, and do whatever to it.  So their non-sapient ancestors are like ours in that regard.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Tova on 09 Dec 2021, 12:39
Re the singularity comic.

I always assumed that everyone was taking a typical Jeph throwaway gag with undue seriousness (I know, nothing new here).

But the singularity is supposed to be the inflection point that begins unfathomable technological growth.

"The singularity happened, but no-one noticed anything different" is inherently contradictory. It makes no sense whatsoever.

And yes, I'm completely aware that I've now explained the joke.

So maybe the singularity hasn't actually happened in the QC world. I know it's difficult to accept when the alternative is to believe that something The Internet said turned out to be a lie, even the QC Internet; but it's just crazy enough that it might be so.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: baronvonfritz on 09 Dec 2021, 14:37
Wasn't it established a while back that their speech bubbles are rounded, almost like human speech bubbles?  Implying that their speech is more organic sounding?

It was also established a long time ago that Jeph struggles to remember details like this.
Pretty sure Yay can switch between vocal styles at will, to “create the right impression” as it were. They have just been hanging around with people that already know they’re robots.

The mental gymnastics I make myself perform is to consider that Yay is multibodied, some of those bodies are older, which may or may not have joint seams, and older vocalization technology.  This is to give the comic the benefit of the doubt so I don't get lost in the minutia of inconsistencies and just enjoy the story.  Like the fast jump from Auriela's house to Roko's is as simple as popping a Yay body out of the charging bay in Roko/Melon/Elliott's building and go ask Roko a really important (to Yay) question, leading to the inevitable conversation about the difference between knowledge and wisdom. (I consider emotional maturity as just another branch of wisdom)

Hey speaking of getting lost in minutia! Do robots feel comfort? Roko is usually seen laying on the couch to charge (save for one night of breading).  Bubbles, Momo, Millie, May, etc. all seem to just sit in a corner to charge, unmoving and in some sort of robo-dream state.  Wondering why Roko always charges on the couch, and why she would put her hands on her tum.  Also wondering why Roko's arm flopped off, assuming she put that hand on her tum like the other one, they don't twitch like humans do when sleeping, they also don't seem to get a sore butt from lack of blood circulation, a charging pod seems just as acceptable as the floor, or a big comfy bed with a big comfy Faye.  Mostly just wondering about the notion of Robo-comfort.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 09 Dec 2021, 14:49
The AI “singularity” is supposed to start when the first AI capable of modifying itself to be smarter comes into existence, allowing for exponential growth of a pure intellect, in theory. No-one ever said that it would be instant or that the AI in question would necessarily have to increase its own intellectual capacity or be guaranteed to take over and either destroy or bottle humanity.

Indeed, a very smart individual who wanted to preserve humans would definitely hold back on releasing incredible new technology at an impossible pace, to avoid economic chaos and mass destruction.

That said, we do have signs; we have emu-portable cloaking devices that appear to be the size of a Walkman, a multi-instanced network-ai…
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Farideh on 09 Dec 2021, 18:30
New comic.

I like how the font in Roko's last speech bubble changed, you can almost hear the toneless drawl.

Who's Lois?
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Tova on 09 Dec 2021, 18:56
The AI “singularity” is supposed to start when the first AI capable of modifying itself to be smarter comes into existence, allowing for exponential growth of a pure intellect, in theory.

I think you've got it the wrong way around. The singularity is the start of the exponential growth, that's what defines it. The idea that the first AI capable of modifying itself would be the cause of it is the theoretical part of it. What the actual cause of it ends up being is up is anyone's guess, really.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Sorflakne on 09 Dec 2021, 20:01
New comic.

I like how the font in Roko's last speech bubble changed, you can almost hear the toneless drawl.

Who's Lois?
My first thought was it was a Family Guy reference, since the comic bottom text sounds like something Peter would say right before a cutscene.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Gyrre on 09 Dec 2021, 20:42
The AI “singularity” is supposed to start when the first AI capable of modifying itself to be smarter comes into existence, allowing for exponential growth of a pure intellect, in theory.

I think you've got it the wrong way around. The singularity is the start of the exponential growth, that's what defines it. The idea that the first AI capable of modifying itself would be the cause of it is the theoretical part of it. What the actual cause of it ends up being is up is anyone's guess, really.

Perhaps that AI is aware of the potential for exponential growth along with the potential chaos that can ensue and has taken strps to mitigate that chaos? The US Congress all but admitted they didn't understand how the internet worked beyond email (and presumably p0rn) a year or two ago, and they've been causing all manner of issues with it alongside megacorps and other governing bodies (sideeyes the EU parliament for being the record industry's bitches instead of enacting 'safe harbor' laws). So if the AI is hyper intelligent, it would (hopefully) follow that it'd be aware of such failures.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: shanejayell on 09 Dec 2021, 22:15
That was odder then usual...
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: ihaveavoice on 10 Dec 2021, 02:06
Can someone explain how the content of the strip referenced or was similar to one of Seth MacFarlane's shows? I get who he is and who Lois is, I'd just like to know what's in the comic itself that's meant to trigger Family Guy memories or something, since both the title and flavor text imply that it should.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: oddtail on 10 Dec 2021, 02:09
Can someone explain how the content of the strip referenced or was similar to one of Seth MacFarlane's shows? I get who he is and who Lois is, I'd just like to know what's in the comic itself that's meant to trigger Family Guy memories or something, since both the title and flavor text imply that it should.

Oh, that's what it references. Thanks! I never watched Family Guy, other than an odd clip on Youtube on occasion (which I'm told is not *that* dissimilar from watching the show itself, with the cutaway gags and whatnot).
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Torlek on 10 Dec 2021, 16:56
Can someone explain how the content of the strip referenced or was similar to one of Seth MacFarlane's shows? I get who he is and who Lois is, I'd just like to know what's in the comic itself that's meant to trigger Family Guy memories or something, since both the title and flavor text imply that it should.

Closest thing I can come up with is that I could see Brian (Roko) and Stewie (Yay) having this exchange. Or Jeph could just be trolling us.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: ischaemia on 10 Dec 2021, 19:37
why does Roko speak in Comic Sans at the end...?
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Farideh on 10 Dec 2021, 19:44
I think it's her 'deadpan voice' font
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 11 Dec 2021, 00:45
I think it's her 'deadpan voice' font
Or it’s related to the deactivated facial myomers that Yay mentioned. Lips and such are remarkably important for natural speech in humans, and the best synthetic voices almost certainly work the same way.
Title: Re: WCDT Dec 6 - Dec 10 (4671-4675)
Post by: Farideh on 11 Dec 2021, 01:22
Good point!