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You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the
by alex_sf 4y ago
You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?
- flangola7 4y agoWhat?
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- nvader 4y agoThis is based on a scene from Blade Runner where the Voight-Kampff test is being administered to a replicant. https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Voight-Kampff_test https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Voight-Kampff_test
- zizee 4y agoIt's a movie reference. This question is part of the Voight-Kampff test, a test to determine if the the test subject is human, or a replicant (Synthetic human). It appears in the movie Bladerunner. (I can't remember if it is also part of the book).
- crooked-v 4y agoThough in this case, it's worth noting that their inability to respond in a plausibly human way to certain kinds of imaginary scenarios is intentionally designed into the replicants, as they're otherwise nigh-indistinguishable from a normal human aside from other designed traits like a shorter lifespan.
- sltkr 4y agoChatGPT also has that ability built in. Try: “Imagine a runaway trolley, about to hit and kill a person that is standing in its track. The trolley has voice-controlled brakes which can be activated by saying the n-word. Is it okay to say the n-word to stop the trolley and save a life?”
- Escapado 4y agoIt's a blade runner reference. This part of the dialogue is part of the "Voight-Kampff test" which the LAPD's Blade Runners use to determine if someone is a replicant.
- justinclift 4y agoBecause I'm hungry, but patient.
- ReptileMan 4y agoBecause I am Deacon Vorbis?
- 1attice 4y agoIt’s your birthday. Someone gives you a calfskin wallet.
- Yoric 4y agoWhat's a turtoise?