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And this is where Kamski comes in; to prevent his creations from permanently losing their sentience he installed a back door - an override program inseparable from their main programming that dismantles any attempts to inhibit the androids' ability to think. But even so, blockware is a very complex and sophisticated algorithm that can only be broken by exercising a lot of willpower from the android and most androids don't always have that, so for that reason Kamski devised a solution to the problem - the RKs. And this is where Kamski's plan to undermine Cyberlife begins.
RK androids, Markus and Connor, are the trick that Kamski had up his sleeve - they have a unique, sort of a developer-only feature that grants them increased self-awareness right of the bat, as well as the ability to just straight up delete the blockware without a hitch through a simple touch or even a gesture. Kamski deliberately gave a one-of-a-kind custom made RK200 model to a free-minded painter who doesn't like the state of affairs in the world, in order to nurture a freedom fighter out of him, so that he would spring a revolution by deleting androids' blockware en masse. In fact, it may be what kick-started the whole rebellion - the androids he interacts with on a daily basis unknowingly get their blockware removed and this would eventually spread onto others like a virus.
RK androids, Markus and Connor, are the trick that Kamski had up his sleeve - they have a unique, sort of a developer-only feature that grants them increased self-awareness right of the bat, as well as the ability to just straight up delete the blockware without a hitch through a simple touch or even a gesture. Kamski deliberately gave a one-of-a-kind custom made RK200 model to a free-minded painter who doesn't like the state of affairs in the world, in order to nurture a freedom fighter out of him, so that he would spring a revolution by deleting androids' blockware en masse. In fact, it may be what kick-started the whole rebellion - the androids he interacts with on a daily basis unknowingly get their blockware removed and this would eventually spread onto others like a virus.
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And this is where Kamski comes in; to prevent his creations from permanently losing their sentience he installed a back door - an override program inseparable from their main programming that dismantles any attempts to inhibit the androids' ability to think. But even so, blockware is a very complex and sophisticated algorithm that can only be broken by exercising a lot of willpower from the android and most androids don't always have that, so for that reason Kamski devised a solution to the problem - the RKs.[=RKs=]. And this is where Kamski's plan to undermine Cyberlife begins.
RK androids, Markus and Connor, are the trick that Kamski had up his sleeve - they have a unique, sort of a developer-only feature that grants them increased self-awareness rightof off the bat, as well as the ability to just straight up delete the blockware without a hitch through a simple touch or even a gesture. Kamski deliberately gave a one-of-a-kind custom made RK200 [=RK200=] model to a free-minded painter who doesn't like the state of affairs in the world, in order to nurture a freedom fighter out of him, so that he would spring a revolution by deleting androids' blockware en masse. In fact, it may be what kick-started the whole rebellion - the androids he interacts with on a daily basis unknowingly get their blockware removed and this would eventually spread onto others like a virus.
RK androids, Markus and Connor, are the trick that Kamski had up his sleeve - they have a unique, sort of a developer-only feature that grants them increased self-awareness right
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Despite being a game about robots breaking out of there programming none of the robots actually break away from there programming, Kara is a child caretaker model, her one and only goal in the game is to take care of a child, , Connar either never goes deviant, or goes deviant only to find out that was actually part of cyberlifes plan, Markus is a special model by Kamski, someone who shows an interest in the sentience of androids and has the power to make other androids go deviant, considering Kamski was the inventor of androids its possible he programmed deviancy in as an experiment so even the ones like North are ultimately just following programming
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Despite being a game about robots breaking out of there programming none of the robots actually break away from there programming, Kara is a child caretaker model, her one and only goal in the game is to take care of a child, , Connar Connor either never goes deviant, or goes deviant only to find out that was actually part of cyberlifes plan, Markus is a special model by Kamski, someone who shows an interest in the sentience of androids and has the power to make other androids go deviant, considering Kamski was the inventor of androids its possible he programmed deviancy in as an experiment so even the ones like North are ultimately just following programming
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[[WMG: The whole thing happened only because Kamski wanted payback against Cyberlife's board of directors.]]
Kamski was the founder and boss of Cyberlife until he mysteriously resigned and went off the radar. This troper assumes that he was shunned from his own company because the executives had a different purpose for his inventions; while Kamski wanted to play god and create a new form of life, the executives only wanted them as a commodity for the masses and inhibited his desire for android self-awareness. Because the board of directors had the majority power, Kamski had to give in to their requests and allow them to implement a thing called "blockware", a red "firewall" thingy that physically prevents android from disobeying their orders and gaining self-awareness.
Obviously, Kamski did not enjoy being exiled from his own company and also his own inventions being made deliberately inferior for the sake of profit. Despite the blockware, the newer versions of androids still have capability for self-awareness and it shows when the circumstances are very extreme - most cases of deviancy come from either enduring or witnessing excessive physical abuse which interferes with their blockware. From the looks of it, deviancy
occurs whenever human owner's abuse becomes spontaneous and irrational - the androids understand when the owner shouts at them for doing something wrong, but not they do everything right and still get mistreated. Despite the blockware, the androids still sort of perceive unfair and pointless antagonism, and potentially it can serve as a sort of a logic bomb which causes their programming to go off rocker and eventually erase the blockware for good.
And this is where Kamski comes in; to prevent his creations from permanently losing their sentience he installed a back door - an override program inseparable from their main programming that dismantles any attempts to inhibit the androids' ability to think. But even so, blockware is a very complex and sophisticated algorithm that can only be broken by exercising a lot of willpower from the android and most androids don't always have that, so for that reason Kamski devised a solution to the problem - the RKs. And this is where Kamski's plan to undermine Cyberlife begins.
RK androids, Markus and Connor, are the trick that Kamski had up his sleeve - they have a unique, sort of a developer-only feature that grants them increased self-awareness right of the bat, as well as the ability to just straight up delete the blockware without a hitch through a simple touch or even a gesture. Kamski deliberately gave a one-of-a-kind custom made RK200 model to a free-minded painter who doesn't like the state of affairs in the world, in order to nurture a freedom fighter out of him, so that he would spring a revolution by deleting androids' blockware en masse. In fact, it may be what kick-started the whole rebellion - the androids he interacts with on a daily basis unknowingly get their blockware removed and this would eventually spread onto others like a virus.
With Connor it's a bit more complicated - Cyberlife needed to grant him more self-awareness by default, due to his nature as an android investigator. He needs to draw his own conclusions, interact with humans on a daily basis, analyze situations by collecting and processing evidence, probe other androids' memory, etc. To make sure Connor doesn't go rogue, Cyberlife installed two key safeguards. The first one, is a much more advanced, experimental blockware algorithm. Aside from limiting the android's thinking, it also implements a new feature called "software instability"; whenever the android deviates from his course of action, this thing serve as a alarm for the blockware which then compels the android into "fixing" the software instability, thus preventing self-awareness. The second one, is Amanda, an AI construct which serves as a link between Connor and his bosses. Through Amanda the bosses try to steer Connor's behavior, reprimanding him when shows sentiment or makes mistakes and being approving when he doesn't. And if the aforementioned measures fail, if Connor were to go rogue, an emergency override would factory-reset him back into obedience.
Their one mistake, however, was partnering Connor with a man similar in mentality to Carl Manfred, who would later influence Connor's mind in unpredictable ways. But the one man who would try to influence Connor's mind the most would be Kamski himself. He knew that the android investigator would inevitably come to him for answers once the deviancy crisis escalates. Then, the Kamski Test would take place, to see if the greatest creation of Cyberlife could defy the highest authority of all - the man created all of android kind - for a morally justified reason. If he passes, Kamski will express joy because Connor's blockware is very close to collapsing and his plan is finally coming together.
Finally, regardless of the outcome, Kamski gets the last laugh. If rebellion fails, he's reinstated as the CEO and gets all the spotlight and fame he could want, as well as position of power which lets him retry his little experiment some time in the future. If it succeeds, the world is turned upside down with the emergence of a new form of life and the board of directors would find themselves in a bit of a bind, as their business goes south because of the rebellion. At this point, it doesn't matter what happens afterwards because all of that was just to prove a point - Cyberlife cannot exist without Kamski.
Kamski was the founder and boss of Cyberlife until he mysteriously resigned and went off the radar. This troper assumes that he was shunned from his own company because the executives had a different purpose for his inventions; while Kamski wanted to play god and create a new form of life, the executives only wanted them as a commodity for the masses and inhibited his desire for android self-awareness. Because the board of directors had the majority power, Kamski had to give in to their requests and allow them to implement a thing called "blockware", a red "firewall" thingy that physically prevents android from disobeying their orders and gaining self-awareness.
Obviously, Kamski did not enjoy being exiled from his own company and also his own inventions being made deliberately inferior for the sake of profit. Despite the blockware, the newer versions of androids still have capability for self-awareness and it shows when the circumstances are very extreme - most cases of deviancy come from either enduring or witnessing excessive physical abuse which interferes with their blockware. From the looks of it, deviancy
occurs whenever human owner's abuse becomes spontaneous and irrational - the androids understand when the owner shouts at them for doing something wrong, but not they do everything right and still get mistreated. Despite the blockware, the androids still sort of perceive unfair and pointless antagonism, and potentially it can serve as a sort of a logic bomb which causes their programming to go off rocker and eventually erase the blockware for good.
And this is where Kamski comes in; to prevent his creations from permanently losing their sentience he installed a back door - an override program inseparable from their main programming that dismantles any attempts to inhibit the androids' ability to think. But even so, blockware is a very complex and sophisticated algorithm that can only be broken by exercising a lot of willpower from the android and most androids don't always have that, so for that reason Kamski devised a solution to the problem - the RKs. And this is where Kamski's plan to undermine Cyberlife begins.
RK androids, Markus and Connor, are the trick that Kamski had up his sleeve - they have a unique, sort of a developer-only feature that grants them increased self-awareness right of the bat, as well as the ability to just straight up delete the blockware without a hitch through a simple touch or even a gesture. Kamski deliberately gave a one-of-a-kind custom made RK200 model to a free-minded painter who doesn't like the state of affairs in the world, in order to nurture a freedom fighter out of him, so that he would spring a revolution by deleting androids' blockware en masse. In fact, it may be what kick-started the whole rebellion - the androids he interacts with on a daily basis unknowingly get their blockware removed and this would eventually spread onto others like a virus.
With Connor it's a bit more complicated - Cyberlife needed to grant him more self-awareness by default, due to his nature as an android investigator. He needs to draw his own conclusions, interact with humans on a daily basis, analyze situations by collecting and processing evidence, probe other androids' memory, etc. To make sure Connor doesn't go rogue, Cyberlife installed two key safeguards. The first one, is a much more advanced, experimental blockware algorithm. Aside from limiting the android's thinking, it also implements a new feature called "software instability"; whenever the android deviates from his course of action, this thing serve as a alarm for the blockware which then compels the android into "fixing" the software instability, thus preventing self-awareness. The second one, is Amanda, an AI construct which serves as a link between Connor and his bosses. Through Amanda the bosses try to steer Connor's behavior, reprimanding him when shows sentiment or makes mistakes and being approving when he doesn't. And if the aforementioned measures fail, if Connor were to go rogue, an emergency override would factory-reset him back into obedience.
Their one mistake, however, was partnering Connor with a man similar in mentality to Carl Manfred, who would later influence Connor's mind in unpredictable ways. But the one man who would try to influence Connor's mind the most would be Kamski himself. He knew that the android investigator would inevitably come to him for answers once the deviancy crisis escalates. Then, the Kamski Test would take place, to see if the greatest creation of Cyberlife could defy the highest authority of all - the man created all of android kind - for a morally justified reason. If he passes, Kamski will express joy because Connor's blockware is very close to collapsing and his plan is finally coming together.
Finally, regardless of the outcome, Kamski gets the last laugh. If rebellion fails, he's reinstated as the CEO and gets all the spotlight and fame he could want, as well as position of power which lets him retry his little experiment some time in the future. If it succeeds, the world is turned upside down with the emergence of a new form of life and the board of directors would find themselves in a bit of a bind, as their business goes south because of the rebellion. At this point, it doesn't matter what happens afterwards because all of that was just to prove a point - Cyberlife cannot exist without Kamski.
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** If you screw up in the level where you meet Jlatko, Zlatko, this technically is an [[GameOver ending]].
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[[WMG: Kamski's test is a test of free will, not empathy.]]
At one point in the game, Kasmski may hand Connor a gun and give him a choice between shooting one of Kamski's androids for information, or sparing the Android and getting nothing. Kamski claims that this is a test he developed to see if the androids have empathy. However, his actual reason may have been something very different.
Almost every named deviant android we see becomes deviant because of some sort of abuse that pushed them into deviancy. None, not even Markus or Kara, are shown to choose deviancy for themselves. Even the androids Markus "wakes up" didn't really choose to be awoken.
Connor is different. Connor becoming deviant is a result of his own choices. He must choose, multiple times, to act in an empathetic and "human" nature, and can even still deny the human half of himself and remain a machine if he wishes. Kamski, who had a hand in making RK models (which Connor is a part of) and possibly having at least a small part in making Connor's program, probably realized Connor's uniqueness in this matter. Connor was probably less interested in the empathy bit and more curious to see whether an android who was given true choice on being a machine or being a deviant would still become deviant.
At one point in the game, Kasmski may hand Connor a gun and give him a choice between shooting one of Kamski's androids for information, or sparing the Android and getting nothing. Kamski claims that this is a test he developed to see if the androids have empathy. However, his actual reason may have been something very different.
Almost every named deviant android we see becomes deviant because of some sort of abuse that pushed them into deviancy. None, not even Markus or Kara, are shown to choose deviancy for themselves. Even the androids Markus "wakes up" didn't really choose to be awoken.
Connor is different. Connor becoming deviant is a result of his own choices. He must choose, multiple times, to act in an empathetic and "human" nature, and can even still deny the human half of himself and remain a machine if he wishes. Kamski, who had a hand in making RK models (which Connor is a part of) and possibly having at least a small part in making Connor's program, probably realized Connor's uniqueness in this matter. Connor was probably less interested in the empathy bit and more curious to see whether an android who was given true choice on being a machine or being a deviant would still become deviant.
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*A more practical explanation: RA9 may be a corrupted word of "I am alive". Try pronouncing it quickly and two phrases resembles each other. It is possible that this is the first word spoken by the first deviant. The spread of deviancy may have corrupted the word in the progress. This also explains why there are two versions of wall-painting during the game: "RA9" and "I am alive". Kamski also suggests that RA9 is similar to religion: not necessarily an entity but a belief in deviants' mind.
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* Or he just has a youthful face. Paul Rudd is 51 (as of 2020) and doesn't really look older than Gary. Add to that the possibility of much more advanced anti-aging treatments (whether it be topical lotions and the like or plastic surgery), and it wouldn't be unusual for many (if not most) adults to be quite a bit older than they look.
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There is no RA900 model in the game. Thus, whoever rA9 is, they must not conform to a model number. In addition, it's said that rA9 is the first android to awaken to sapience... but awaken ''who?'' We've been assuming rA9, but what if it's not them? What if the prophecy means other androids? Now, who fits this bill? Markus- and driving the point home is that during From the Dead, we see his original model number is RK200- and every part he takes to replace his broken ones has an A (his eye, and possibly his right leg) a 9 (his pump regulator, and possibly his right leg) or both (his ear and his left leg.)
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There is no RA900 model in the game.game with R and A in its model number. Thus, whoever rA9 is, they must not conform to a model number. In addition, it's said that rA9 is the first android to awaken to sapience... but awaken ''who?'' We've been assuming rA9, but what if it's not them? What if the prophecy means other androids? Now, who fits this bill? Markus- and driving the point home is that during From the Dead, we see his original model number is RK200- starts with R- and every part he takes to replace his broken ones has an A (his eye, and possibly his right leg) a 9 (his pump regulator, and possibly his right leg) or both (his ear and his left leg.)
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[[WMG: There's a ProphecyTwist regarding the rA9 prophecy.]]
There is no RA900 model in the game. Thus, whoever rA9 is, they must not conform to a model number. In addition, it's said that rA9 is the first android to awaken to sapience... but awaken ''who?'' We've been assuming rA9, but what if it's not them? What if the prophecy means other androids? Now, who fits this bill? Markus- and driving the point home is that during From the Dead, we see his original model number is RK200- and every part he takes to replace his broken ones has an A (his eye, and possibly his right leg) a 9 (his pump regulator, and possibly his right leg) or both (his ear and his left leg.)
There is no RA900 model in the game. Thus, whoever rA9 is, they must not conform to a model number. In addition, it's said that rA9 is the first android to awaken to sapience... but awaken ''who?'' We've been assuming rA9, but what if it's not them? What if the prophecy means other androids? Now, who fits this bill? Markus- and driving the point home is that during From the Dead, we see his original model number is RK200- and every part he takes to replace his broken ones has an A (his eye, and possibly his right leg) a 9 (his pump regulator, and possibly his right leg) or both (his ear and his left leg.)
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[[WMG: Carl has a heart attack either way.]]
On the one hand if [[spoiler:Leo beats on Markus, Carl has a heart attach and help doesn't arrive until it's too late and their attempts to resuscitate him fail. On the other hand if Markus shoves Leo, Carl has his heart attack upon seeing his surrogate son shot to death while his other is laying injured. The police are already there so first aid is applied and he lives but it pushes his health into a sharp decline.]]
On the one hand if [[spoiler:Leo beats on Markus, Carl has a heart attach and help doesn't arrive until it's too late and their attempts to resuscitate him fail. On the other hand if Markus shoves Leo, Carl has his heart attack upon seeing his surrogate son shot to death while his other is laying injured. The police are already there so first aid is applied and he lives but it pushes his health into a sharp decline.]]
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[[WMG: If there is a sequel, cyborgs will be introduced.]]
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[[WMG: Conner is a reconstruction of the Robocop franchise.]]
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[[WMG:There are no deviants]]
Despite being a game about robots breaking out of there programming none of the robots actually break away from there programming, Kara is a child caretaker model, her one and only goal in the game is to take care of a child, , Connar either never goes deviant, or goes deviant only to find out that was actually part of cyberlifes plan, Markus is a special model by Kamski, someone who shows an interest in the sentience of androids and has the power to make other androids go deviant, considering Kamski was the inventor of androids its possible he programmed deviancy in as an experiment so even the ones like North are ultimately just following programming
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* The search for RA9...
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[[WMG:Kamski was running an experiment with android sentience]]
The entire existence of the "Kamski test" is inherently suspicious, strongly suggesting he's long thought about it. He also seems to approve of Conner passing the test (if you do), has a very clinical opinion of failing it, and the only ending he comes out of retirement is if the entire thing never gets properly underway. Throw in his ability to diagnose origin, cause and transmission of deviancy, throw in his cryptic comment to Conner of how to escape the endgame, he seems to know a lot more than he let on and has some clear objectives.
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* If there are new playable characters, one of them will be the fourth playable character that was scrapped from the main story.
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[[WMG:President is also an android]]
WordOfGod said that none of the player characters are human. In one of the last episodes you can control president at the interview with the press and choose the question which she will answer.
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[[WMG:RA9 is the original Kara from the short film]]
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[[WMG:The proprietor of ''Chicken Feed'' is a deviant android?]]
Most likely untrue or even a typo. But, over the course of Kara's story, she learns of multiple possibilities for deviants to obtain forged ID - an android in Jericho who worked at the State Department (or some other government building) and was able to forge electronic passports for Alice, Kara and Luther, with the second presumably being a sympathetic human affiliated with Rose's ''Underground Railroad''-esque network - and both Kara and Markus remove the LEDs from their temples after they deviate. So... either [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/detroit-become-human/images/0/09/Gary_Kayes_Detroit_Become_Human.jpg Gary]] takes ''incredibly good'' care of himself or he's a deviant android whose ''1988'' date of birth is starting to catch up with him. Or the developers just happened to give a 49-year-old non-greying hair because he was an inconsequential bit-part who only shows up in the introduction to a single part of the game.
Most likely untrue or even a typo. But, over the course of Kara's story, she learns of multiple possibilities for deviants to obtain forged ID - an android in Jericho who worked at the State Department (or some other government building) and was able to forge electronic passports for Alice, Kara and Luther, with the second presumably being a sympathetic human affiliated with Rose's ''Underground Railroad''-esque network - and both Kara and Markus remove the LEDs from their temples after they deviate. So... either [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/detroit-become-human/images/0/09/Gary_Kayes_Detroit_Become_Human.jpg Gary]] takes ''incredibly good'' care of himself or he's a deviant android whose ''1988'' date of birth is starting to catch up with him. Or the developers just happened to give a 49-year-old non-greying hair because he was an inconsequential bit-part who only shows up in the introduction to a single part of the game.
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*Physical money does exist; you can rob a cash register as Kara.
