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Well, this does answer one continuity question about QC. It seems AIs can get an equivalent to medical insurance. Sure hope their version makes more sense than what we have out here in reality.
Have to wonder. A displaceable ligament is something that could happen in the fingers to someone who as drawn a cartoon every day for 13+ years. Any connection?
So... she is a better love story then Twilight.
That goes without saying, but that's low bar considering 'any' story that has romance in it is likely a better love story than Twilight. :)
So the mention of insurance nudged something in me. All the AIs are pretty young, right? The oldest of them are maybe 10 in human years (can't remember specifically). So has there been any thought to how they age? If they age? Is it something they choose? I mean, it appears that without exception, they are all effectively the same age. More than anything else that feels weird to me. An entire group (race?) of potentially tens or hundreds of thousands or more, all in the same age group. I mean, the baby boomers were a hill in the population curve that will eventually fall off the cliff, but AIs seem to be an unmoving Everest that will only grow as more are born/created.
Well, I'm guessing Winslow's original Apple chassis had only a 1-year warranty, just like Apple's latest high-end cell phones. But increased robustness always means more weight and/or more exotic materials, so a super high-end humanoid chassis could cost like a hyper-car does today (millions of US$). May's chassis may be of the "cheapest-possible" variety, or perhaps a much older model. IIRC, the "mistake" surrounding Pintsize's mil-spec chassis was at least a factor of 10 difference in value. Now Bubbles' chassis has to be the best seen so far in QC-Land. It may never need repair, barring encounters with ordnance.
That's what makes the pixies dance.
I love love love the way in your world the AIs are people. Odd people, weird people, non-human people but definitely believable interesting people. 'It's psychosomatic, OK?' Was lovely.Great work and thank you.
No clever comments from me. Just appreciation for the great job you do every day, Jeph.
Every operation needs a sass provider. They may also occasionally sparkle.
Why would Roko doubt that Bubbles is the brains? Because she's a combat AI? That sounds bigoted to me.
Not only because she has a combat-bot chassis, but when Roko was investigating the robot "Fight Club", Bubbles had the whole stoic-silent thing going on.
Ah, man. I know you get patreon contributions and all, but thanks so much for these. They really provide a warm spot in my day.
There was a dark time when his revenues from this comic came only from the merchandise he was selling. I am SO glad patreon exists so that I can support him each month, this is a blessing because I love his comics and wish that he goes on doing it :)
They split sass responsibilities 50:50
It seems more like 100:100, really....
Bubbles sparkles on the inside.
jeph stop making all of your characters so dang cute, i'm gonna die here