Tragedy
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or did he choose a first name, second name kind of name? Is he Arthur Nelson? There is a mildly famous politician named that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_E._Nelson Perhaps Arthur/Nelson picked a name reflecting a mildly successful bureaucrat on purpose? :D
Wait, is his name Arthur or Nelson?
Yes
Waitwaitwait...so Beepatrice is in charge?
If you didn't call the author she, I would have put money down on it being Asimov
W h a t ?
I'm pretty sure the author is Ursula K. LeGuin. She passed away a few weeks ago or something. :(
Better if it was JK Rowling, Roku would be sitting on, like, quadrillions of dollars by now.
To be a garden statue seems nice
The girls(?) outfits are really cute. How does one refer to an AI that has assumed a female persona.?
The characters seem to use "she" routinely, and "they" is never problematic.
I feel like there's a missing "a" in front of wealthy in Beep's speech bubble in the first panel.
I can't help but wonder if Roko is about to go to a outdoor sculpture park and Have Words With Someone™.
Someone please hug Beeps.
When did he change his name from Nelson? https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3954
Arthur Nelson?
And thus Roko learns she can take command of a sleeping battleship
still confused, is his name arthur or nelson?
Arthur Nelson. ;)
Why couldn't the AI have decided to become a toaster? That would have been helpful for poor Roko.
There is no shame in not being successful in a position for which one has no training, aptitude, or desire.
Being a garden sculpture sounds nice actually.
Nice work if you can get it.
This seems to be an underlying assumption, but Roko should stay. Stomping out in a huff would be dramatic, but if she didn't repent and return it would be a huge disappointment.
She's not going to leave Beeps in the lurch, don't worry :)
Okay, what we haven't mentioned yet is, if the funding is still intact, Roko will be in charge of some sort of organization with money and ZERO OVERSIGHT. I love this idea.
Zero Oversight was my first thought...
Slight typo: "estate of A wealthy..."
Depending on how much money is left, this could be a huge opportunity for furthering AI rights. Beeps said "hemorrhaging volunteers", not money, so it will be interesting to see where Roko takes this.
Tragedy When the feeling's gone and you can't go on It's tragedy
When your pants fall down In the middle of the town It's Tragedy!
I want to work there. I want to work with Roko, Beepatrice, Winslow and Arthur. And I want to have a job where I’m doing actual good.
Beeps tried so hard, and got so far.... but in the end, does it really even matter?
Now that we know where the money is coming from, Roko can start to find another rich person (maybe Hannerlore’s parents?) to help support them and be a de-facto board of directors to give them guidance and an initial financial support.
Good ideas. Note that Beeps said "hemorrhaging volunteers", not money, so maybe there's a decent amount left?
The real question is how much funding do they have left. If they still have plenty of funding left, with Roko in charge, they can easily turn things back around.
The real question SHOULD be how many fines they owe for all of the reporting they haven't done to the government. :P
So, Roko needs to look at their finances and look to long term prospects. Maybe Robot-Grandpa can help out. This may be a way to get him more engaged with the world at large.
I think, funding-wise, this is a job for Yayy.
D- do you report to the garden sculpture?
That was already answered a negative, if I'm not mistaken. Although, depending on how that all went down, there could be an open question of 'should you?'
Best. Job. Ever!
Well, now that Roko is here, they're about to get a LOT more productive, because she means business. I'm almost scared to see what she'll accomplish, but excited, mostly.
Poor Beeps :/
baby :(