Oh, bother.
I've always been fascinated by the concept of a philosophical zombie.
One of the scariest SCP Foundation entries was SCP-1915 — one of the comments in the discussion outright described it as what happens when a p-zombie becomes a Reality Warper. Essentially, he's an office worker whose ambitions have been ground into powder by his day job. As a result, when he manifests reality bending powers all they do is maintain his routine. The result is that he's stuck in a neverending loop — since he cannot imagine his life ever changing, his life will never change thanks to his powers.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Nah, she wouldn't actually deny a person their personhood. She's just making a joke that the guy seems to be super shallow and uncaring.
Meh, the concept itself is empty. It's basically on the tier of magical teapot.
Scion of the Dragon
Is being a spambot a day job for an AI in the post singularity world?
"You are never taller then when standing up for yourself"
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Maybe. Some places use people to post stuff even right now, so that may stick around. Actual regular spambots are still probably far below the robots in complexity. Although it is also a possibility that some darker places in the world could have actual A.I.s created and enslaved for their purposes, this stuff is kinda on the dark side for the comedy comic.
That's what I would have thought, but between the straight face and the fact that it's a very esoteric joke requiring familiarity with the concept (if I hadn't been rereading the robot-fight arc recently, I might not have recognized it), I wasn't sure.
But a joke makes more sense than that the entity responsible for May's substandard chassis is an actual p-zombie, because that would take away from the systemic-oppression-of-felons allegory.
Probably that second one. It looks like Beepatrice is over her hero worship of Roko and is settling into a role in this investigation—advocating a bit of restraint.
Also, I guess the point is moot now, but here's the strip where Bubbles talks about p-zombies
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Hey, Roko isn't going to resort to it immediately, which is plenty restraint. Having as many options as possible available is always good.
The One with Knowledge of Things
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
Roko’s sudden burst of self-awareness is nice, but in the long term she needs a therapist.
Scion of the Dragon
Well yeah, but she's working on it.
"You are never taller then when standing up for yourself"
The One with Knowledge of Things
Regressing or not, it's not a bad idea.
C-E-O-3, H-N-I-C
Bringing Beep along isn't a bad idea. Good Cop Bad Cop? Especially since one of them was never a cop? Horrid idea.
I'm Charlie Owens, good night and good luck. PSNID: CEOIII 1117
Alternately, if she brings Melon...
You're right, of course. But if Beeps comes along, there will be at least a bit of carrot-and-stick going on.
Well, now I want to see that.
The One with Knowledge of Things
Ah, there it is. I was wondering how long we would be without the most important plot point of this comic.
Edited by jouXIII on Oct 29th 2019 at 1:52:36 PM
I assure you, I'm a completely trustworthy person.
The One with Knowledge of Things
Is it just me, or is the RSS feed not updating properly?
You mean (_!_!_)
The One with Knowledge of Things
Well, I went with version that Jeph used, so I don't know.
The One with Knowledge of Things
Honestly, that occured to me afterwards.
In any case, guess who's back?
...so... she's found a bot.
I'm not sorry.