Noble Sacrifice
I fucking hate neckties
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Let's have Basilisk be the first AI we see going from a "human" chassis to a "tiny robot" chassis.
Is it just me or do you really want May and Roko to become friends?....
At least you're following a logical progression. They really don't even like each other at this point - May <i>especially</i> doesn't like <i>any</i> cops - and already people are shipping them? Sorry, it's just not realistic to me. Friends? Yes, it's possible. Banging? Nope.
[Me, banging May and Roko dolls together] NOW KISS!
*clonk clonk clonk*
Neckties suck, but too-tight dress pants are worse. At my old business-casual job I was always in too-tight slacks or a too-tight belt, and I had to pee every five minutes. That shit presses RIGHT on your bladder.
Thats not the pant's fault, you needed proper fitting ones. Take it from someone who knows
My objection to neckties isn't that they're uncomfortable (they are, for me, as I have a gigantic neck and shirt collars never fit well in the first place) but that, and I'm sorry to fans of them, but they look stupid to me. (Some more than others, Mr. President. Gah.) It's just... I know that probably no accessory item bears up under "I thought about this, and now it seems completely ridiculous", but neckties just seem goofy. At least bring back bowties, which are tidy and out of the way...
And yeah, I'm a university IT guy, I've worn a tie once there in 17 years because they were giving me an award. (I think it freaked people out.)
The real problem here is that a name like Basilisk can't be wasted on an ordinary job. I think she should either get work as a fighter at Punchbot's ring, or with Elliot as a bouncer. Or maybe work as a bouncer at the fight rink. Or a referee. I think she might well be a good referee.
In case you don't what she's named after: <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of_all_time.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of_all_time.html</a>
Do AIs "sleep on things"? Given their computing ability, I can't see the variables being overly taxing..
Actually, it's been established that humanform AIs don't have much more processing power than humans. Just running their chassis uses up a huge chunk of their processing capability. Because of this, they aren't very much smarter than humans (if at all). It's only the big static AIs like Station who are super-minds.
I've never understood some people's hatred of neckties. I miss the days I could wear one to work. For a male of my age, it used to be the one colorful and decorative item of clothing that was acceptable in a corporate or academic environment. Jeph, you hate neckties for whatever reason, but you'll literally PUNCH HOLES IN YOUR BODY to hang jewelry from and INJECT INK UNDER YOUR SKIN to be more colorful?
Yes, and I'll thank you not to act like my personal distaste for a clothing item is an opportunity to editorialize about my body modifications.
May, no! Convincing a cop to quit being a cop is always an objective good!
There is not enough capacity on Patron's servers for me to discuss in full how much I disagree with this statement.
This is the moment when May learns an eternal truth of personal ethics: Doing the right thing usually means not doing the thing that is fun or boosts your ego!
Why an actual neck tie? Why not a clip on or possibly something magnetic in Roko's case.
Her chassis doesn't seem particularly metallic, so not sure how well a magnetic tie would work. Plus, magnets screw up her inhibition circuit ...
tbh it wouldn't take somebody very mean to make me consider quitting my job
Typo in footer: „miuch“
I choose to think he's gritting his teeth as he types that...
...how? How the hell does he make all these characters so fascinating *and* shippable.
Both: BEING REASONABLE SUCKS
MAY YOU RUINED IT
Jeph throwing new shippings at us like it's Fedex or something
Well, a good chunk of the cast are now in relationships that we wouldn't want to see end, so we have to get some new shipping targets.
Tsundere May!
Lmao love this entire interaction
Now kiss!
Neckties are tools of oppression by the ruling class.
I like neckties! But I don't have to wear them, and just do it for fun, which may be the difference.