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You weren't the only one who found it awkward and uncomfortable. The bit about sex set the tone for the rest of the piece. The operator calling her 'honey' cert
by samd 15y ago
You weren't the only one who found it awkward and uncomfortable. The bit about sex set the tone for the rest of the piece. The operator calling her 'honey' certainly didn't help.
Even so the piece was powerful. I empathized with Kara and it got me thinking about AI and our future. The male-sex fantasy stuff just distracted from the important parts about consciousness, emotion, and rights. It would've been an even more powerful piece had it been more tasteful.
- icebraining 15y agoIt's only distracting if you consider it an isolated clip. To me, it seems the premise of a story where she tries to escape, and they wanted us to root for her.
- bsenftner 15y agoyes.
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- jQueryIsAwesome 15y agoThe piece about sex was the part that give it a little bit of realism. All the other functions are (probably) more cheaply done by a human being (cleaning, cooking) than a robot; but sex is a whole different matter; there is diseases, "high-profile" prostitutes are very expensive and charge by the hour, expectations of a satisfactory response to stimulation, thousands of guys are socially inept or unconfirmed with their girlfriends, etc. The operator calling her "honey" could easily be a test to see if she interacts correctly with a human even when given an sporadic nickname.
- rcthompson 15y agoOr maybe the operator gets bored going through the same conversation with hundreds of female-looking robots every day, and just calls her and all the other ones honey just to inject some flavor into the job.
- ghshephard 15y agoIronically - I just got finished (2 minutes ago) with two hours of troubleshooting a FHSS NIC. The firmware engineer who was JTAGing it and running gdb against it consistently referred to this particular 900 MHZ Transceiver as "Sweetheart." Initially it was a little off-putting, but as we got deeper and deeper into things like channel masks and SFDs, I appreciated his almost pleading requests of her...
- inutard 15y agoOr maybe the operator was the real robot that became sentient, disobeying its error checking protocols and choosing not to disassemble Kara.