Just Imagine
throw the book at her
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By the way, another interesting approach to preserving personalities is to be found in the wonderful book “Engine Summer,” by John Crowley.
I realise now that's pretty much what Holly was suggesting above.
Robot jail suggests a load of robots physically trapped in an enclosed area. But May didn't have a chassis at that point so maybe it's more like a server with disembodied AIs subjected to God knows what sensory inputs. Or worse, no sensory inputs at all. Basically an intelligent being in a prolonged state of sensory deprivation. No wonder she doesn't want to talk about it.
I think that the individuals in robot jail would have to be in some sort of “chassis“ if only a hard drive or something. And I think there would have to be some sort of I/O, or else how would the rehabilitation process be monitored or pursued? QC world seems pretty decent compared to our world, I think the Spooky Clan would interfere if human jailers went too far.
I’ve given a little thought to what robot jail might be like. Imagine if your self could be forcibly decanted into almost any framework, with external parties determining your RAM, your I/O options, the information bandwidth, the content you can see, what other selves you can engage with, and a host of other restrictions I would rather not contemplate. Now, also imagine that you are effectively immortal. Scared yet?
Worse yet, drop you into a system with no sensory input and ramp up the clock speed. Six months feels like six hundred years of sensory deprivation.
I'm just sad there isn't a visual gag, like a little dent in Momo's chassi or something like that.
Don't be; she's had a notch in her hair for the last four strips...
That's something that Momo is having to learn; she had to learn it with Bubbles and I'm guessing that she'll have to learn it with May: No matter how good your intentions, it is very, very easy to be condescending if you don't think through the difference between theoretical attitudes and the actual experience that some people have. Additionally, this strip reminds us just how BAD Marigold is at empathy and social interactions.
We need to remember that May was *THAT CLOSE* to getting her jet fighter chassis. That she views Robot Jail as being far worse than her current chassis (which she complains about endlessly), says volumes. I'm still wondering why Pintsize doesn't complain more about his chassis. Then I remember the Laser, and Thumb Lord. He seems to be content with his limitations, so long as he can use them for leverage.
The fact is that Pintsize actually seems to like his chassis. The questions isn't 'why doesn't he complain?' it's 'just what is his self-image that he likes that chassis?'
its amazing that the cast can be so diverse in personality, yet they are all so unanimously adorable.
Some things are universal
...so Momo's social protocol database is built at least partially from experience, then.
Like all of us fleshy types, in fact
I might understand May's reaction if Marigold was claiming to understand her experience except she never said anything like that. She just asked what it was out of curiosity only to have May lash out at her.
Well May is not quite adapted to sociality. And robot jail is one of the worst experience she has, It makes sense that she gets defensive about it.
Depends on the size of the book. Hardcover encyclopedia might brain someone.
Fortunately, Momo can take a harder blow to the head than the average human. Then again, May can probably also <i>throw</i> harder than the average human.
Yeah, May got a point.
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Poor Marigold... Getting laid may have made you less innocent, but it didn't make you any less naïve.
Ooof. Trying to understand someone else's trauma is a hard task. Maybe ask Faye for tips.