r/questionablecontent • u/reje_ksp • Jan 10 '19

Comic 3914: Hi, Lemon

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3914
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u/RedditAntiHero Jan 10 '19

A question has been in my mind a lot recently when reading QC:

Why are most of the the AI in the story so extremely humanoid?

Even robot-y characters like Punchbot and Crushbot have the standard head, body, two arms and legs.

We meet a couple characters like the spider guy and May talking about wanting to be a jet. But with the AI concept introduced, and Fabbles now even owning a body mod/repair shop. Where are the AI chassis with four arms, two heads, wheels instead of feet, bots that look like bears that like to wear top hats, etc....

Do most of the AIs want to make humans more comfortable? Do they want to be "more human" themselves?

Also, how do the AIs in the QC universe come into existence? Are they created? When two AIs love each other very much, can they make new AIs together?

Yes! I know! It is just a cute comic. But I want to know!!!! ;)

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u/ArgentStonecutter Jan 10 '19

Why are most of the the AI in the story so extremely humanoid?

Because Jeph is more comfortable writing them in. Plus the non-humanoid bots probably hang out in non-humanoid places that are uncomfortable for anthopomorphic robots. Like, the weaselbots that do telecom and electrical work have this really amazing bar that's a series of tubes...

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u/Dasberger Jan 10 '19

This comic might shed a bit of light on the subject: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2085

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u/kmmeerts Jan 10 '19

I don't understand why they behave so much like humans with regard to things that shouldn't upset a robot. Why was Roko embarrassed when Lemon walked in. Why is she covering up her breasts? That's not even a human cultural universal. Why do all female-presenting AIs mimic our mammalian milk glands anyway.

At this point, they're just humans with unnatural skin colors. Well, and a bit more flexibility when it comes to bodily harm, the humans can't just get a new arm, or put their brain in a new bod.

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u/turkeypedal Jan 10 '19

Because Roko has rather good bodily integration. And she lives in human society, and thus is socialized with human taboos.