Imparted Wisdom
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See this for a better explanation... https://imgur.com/a/YK6f1PL
In https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4111, Roko says "I need to shut down and go to sleep, but this isn't my body and I don't know the protocols." And here's her new body, telling her *the protocols to use*. Those aren't words; they're triggering mnemonics for specific protocol elements used by the AI mind to communicate with the body. When AI mind was mated so abruptly to new body, it's clear the interface handshakes didn't have time to complete. Well, this is the body, extending the last handshake to the AI. Or so I hope.
Or maybe it's a command to launch homebrew to compile the remaining drivers
Can someone please explain all this to me? Its very confusing seeing endless streams of random words. D:
If, by all this, you mean the strip, I believe that Jeph is playing on how dreams can combine useful insights with complete nonsense. If you mean our commentary, some of it is, in fact, streams of random words, in imitation of that part of the strip.
Another comic artist was asking about examples of limited-color-palette work for inspiration, and I thought of these recent strips even though QC is usually full-color ... and then I noticed that these are basically all done in the hues of Roko's body (or nearly so), and that's a pretty nifty and clever reflection of the fact that this is all about her body. So, Jeph, I see what you did there -- and I like it.
I tried her first 3 words in What3Words.com but struck out, unless the closest match NorBOTnia is a really subtle easter egg, not putting it past ya: "//salieron.nombres.labrador Kiruna, Norbotnia" (Norbotten county Sweden/Lapland)...
If y'all are posting your cryptocurrency recovery seeds in random comments on the internet, I'd just like to state that is a bad idea (TM).
Of course not. Mine is in a gist. Which is *probably* private.
Lottery, sheet music, single-handed, kneecap
Longing, Rusted, Seventeen, Daybreak, Furnace, Nine, Benign, Homecoming, One, Freightcar.
Acknowledged. Fiberglass, Unbecoming, Beacon, Adenosine, Retroscope.
Hey, that’s the password to my luggage!
"1,2,3,4,5 and your password system sucks"
Now I'm wondering if there's a community of bedroom nerds trying to create sick aerial loops.
“Don't put your chicken on the stage, Mrs. Worthington Don't put your chicken on the stage!”
Oh, that's actually an easy one: Aileron - something that helps you steer or stay afloat (in air or water) Homebrew - something you cannot purchase, something personal and close Labrador - a dog famously known as a good and loyal friend Laundry - to make something clean slowly, but without inflicting damage Chicken - famous euphemism for a scared person So, symbolic translation will be: "Help to your personality will come from unique close friends and it will wash away all your fears and anxiety". Simply put - trust Yay and Melon more, they got this.
Wow, even if that wasn't the idea, I love it. Gratz!
New body, by Melon
I've Got it! It's an Anagram! It says, "Owner, Read Brochure. Learn Domain Hack, 'Billy." That explains Everything O.o
Wow. NewBody should start an advice column.
But should we put a Labrador in our laundry???
Better a Labrador than a chicken. At least he MIGHT go outside.
Profound wisdom
I'm really liking the Roko expressions in these few pages
WHO GAVE HER MY PASSPHRASE?
Reminds me to change the combination to my briefcase.
At least she didn't say "blueberry waffles".
Don't cross the streams!
The world is her oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum. (Thank you, Adrian Belew.)
Belew is always relavent.
Albuquerque. See I can do it too. Snorkel.
Don't operate ailerons after homebrew.
Hmm I noticed on the previous page that the new body didn't have a neck line, but she does here... Oversight?
I’m sorry I was focused on the toaster chasing the anthropomorphic bread. But now that you mention it... you’re thing doesn’t make sense either.
Well, it's not quite the proverbial smack upside the head that I expected, but I think I can still say I called it.
Now they need to compare butt emblems
That <b>can't</b> be her subconscious... that list contained not a single mention of bread.
Yes, but this is a body that Roko's not getting along with.
Roko's subconscious is processing protocol incompatibilities between her original and replacement bodies! Something that she can't perceive consciously because protocols are to her consciousness what neurotransmitters are to ours.
That would do it. No wonder she can't deal with the new body if it's all about the Aileron homebrew Labrador laundry chickens.
So, old Roko is Spookybot and new roko is Melon?
I will be pretty unimpressed with Yay Newfriend
There is probably a lot of computing going on in robot bodies, handling things like proprioception, balance, and various internal equilibria. If AI sentience is possible, such a body having something like animal happiness is possible. It is pleasant to think of, though it would raise hard ethical questions.
They probably have a miniaturized Rockwell Retro-Encabulator inside them. https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w
"Radiant cool crazy nightmare Zen New Jersey nowhere."
It really is amazing how far this comic has come since it started, in terms of themes, character depth, etc. It's still funny, but it's so much more now. This arc in particular is standing out to me as one of the most innovative to date.
I find the idea of an AI subconscious intriguing. It raises the point - is it possible to have intelligence without a subconscious?
There’s a model of the psyche, called “predictive mind”, that contends much our mental activity *is* unconscious—automatic processing based on past patterns—and that what we think of as “conscious” thought only gets engaged when something new or unexpected occurs that causes the unconscious predictions to fail. For a better explanation than my inexpert understanding, see https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brains-autopilot-mechanism-steers-consciousness/
Huh, I guess even AIs have private keys.
"My job used to be stopping robot fights, but you two kids just have fun, I'll see you around."
I wonder if this is the end of the Roko body arc. What's next? May body arc? Claire's exams score arc? More Hanners? INVISIBLE EMU ARC?!
Pintsize arc!!!! I don't think he's had one in a few years
Laundry chicken? I think I understand Jeph a bit better now...
Rudder opensource dalmatian laboratory feline to you too?
install excelsior jacket weekend very much!!
I almost expected a winter soldier thing to happen at the end.
don't put your laundry in the chicken either