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reverienet2018-05-13 06:55 pm
lostsymmetry) wrote in reverienet2018-05-13 06:55 pm
video | un: hank_127
[It's been nearly two weeks, with no sign of evaluation. Nobody except the Butler who even uses the same terms. And he has startled threats out of half the crew he's tried to speak with. At this point, sounding things out is practically required. The fact that it gives Hank an excuse to talk to a whole structure of real, living people?
Just a very big side bonus.]
<Welcome to Domesticon. We keep your property efficient, so you don't have to be.>
[His opening script, on the other hand? Not exactly what he'd have picked. While it logs as video, the incoming message shows only a geometric hash of blue. The sound emerges as a cheery robotic monotone—before cutting to sheepish, human-sounding words in the same voice.]
...or, uh, not. Sorry about that. Having trouble, syncing a few scripts. [All is a few, right? Still, the AI's tone brightens, curiously eager.] But wow is it cool to see this place coming to life!
Seeing how generous our hosts have been with the invitations, I figured I should say hello. Former facility administrator. Current occupant of your backup comm system. [There's a note of rueful irony.] Which, a few people have been disassembling. There's not much to find, but if you do want to know about the systems, I'd be glad to talk. Stop by anytime.
[Rather than, say, dismantling the computers he lives in. Please? Those near a communication console (found in each public space and at either end of all the halls) will see the display flicker briefly: showcasing the same hashed blue logo.]
...
While I'm on the line. What's the state of technology where you come from? Autonomous or otherwise.
Just a very big side bonus.]
<Welcome to Domesticon. We keep your property efficient, so you don't have to be.>
[His opening script, on the other hand? Not exactly what he'd have picked. While it logs as video, the incoming message shows only a geometric hash of blue. The sound emerges as a cheery robotic monotone—before cutting to sheepish, human-sounding words in the same voice.]
...or, uh, not. Sorry about that. Having trouble, syncing a few scripts. [All is a few, right? Still, the AI's tone brightens, curiously eager.] But wow is it cool to see this place coming to life!
Seeing how generous our hosts have been with the invitations, I figured I should say hello. Former facility administrator. Current occupant of your backup comm system. [There's a note of rueful irony.] Which, a few people have been disassembling. There's not much to find, but if you do want to know about the systems, I'd be glad to talk. Stop by anytime.
[Rather than, say, dismantling the computers he lives in. Please? Those near a communication console (found in each public space and at either end of all the halls) will see the display flicker briefly: showcasing the same hashed blue logo.]
...
While I'm on the line. What's the state of technology where you come from? Autonomous or otherwise.
text;
Access seems spotty, but there's lots of space to spread out. No complaints here!
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As for your handheld, I'd have to connect directly. Right now, I'm just routing calls through the station's hardware.
[Not quite a no. But he'd wait for an invitation on that count.]
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What should I call you?
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This is the automated system administrator.
[...helpful. At least with text no one has to hear it.]
But, you can call me Hank.
What about you?
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[Interesting.]
Computing technology where I'm from could support advanced AI, but entities like you aren't common. Probably for ethical reasons. The principles mostly go into running immersive VR, allowing brains to interface with avatars, etc.
[And other things she chooses not to discuss over the network and/or at all.]
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Ethical reasons?
[He is. Genuinely curious.]
VR sounds interesting. Are you a developer?
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It's just an informed guess. I know that things have been developed that could be added up to make a full, sentient AI, but I've never seen or heard of one existing. [Half-true.] Kamishiro hires human staff for anything a regular bot can't handle. With no pressing need, creating a thinking, feeling AI would raise questions. Public opinion is a powerful force.
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But the more advanced an AI is, the better it can react to human needs.
[Use requires adaptability. Adaptability promotes deviations. And deviance requires correction, the moment it strays across their preset lines. It's the humans' perpetual dilemma. And, the reason he was made.]
You do have droids, though?
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No. AI-controlled robots, but nothing approaching self-awareness. Most AI in that field goes into pathfinding or language recognition. Advanced surgical tools, warehouse transport systems, voice-controlled computer assistants, etc.
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AI-controlled robots designed as tools to assist humans? Domesticon's automated system administrator isn't sure how else you'd define droids. Self-awareness might be another issue. Or it might not. Humans acknowledge growth in their synthetics nearly as little as they allow it.
But hey, the human is always right. Or at least, not to be contradicted.]
You must be pretty well-informed. What about those VR spaces?
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What about AI in them, or what about them in general?
There are AI elements in the interfacing process. Certain sensory experiences that are interpreted between them happening and being received by the user's brain. Too stripped-down to be thinking entities as they are, and they're reconciled into the user anyways, so they're not thought of as entities at all, just processes. Those are the frameworks that someone could probably build a proper AI on if the cost-benefit worked out, though.
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It sounds like a big industry where you're from.