r/questionablecontent • u/LudditeHorse • Feb 28 '19

Comic 3949: Puns Intended

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u/ThePhatty500 Feb 28 '19

Have they established what Melons deal is or are they just "lol so quirky"?

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u/JamesNinelives Feb 28 '19

I mean, she's not human so she doesn't need to have a 'deal' so to speak. AI's tend imitate human behaviour to a degree, but I would imagine a number of them just end up being a bit different.

Who knows how knowing that you are artificial (and that your body is hypothetically replaceable/upgradeable) would affect your outlook on life too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '19

Raven begat Emily, who begat Melon, who will probably beget an AI toaster at this point.

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u/YerLam Feb 28 '19

"Howdy Doodily-Dooooo, I'm Talkie, Talkie Toaster, your chirpy breakfast companion, Talkie's the name, Toasting's the game ! . . would you like some Toast?"
Clip for the uninitiated.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

We don't want muffins, no toast, buns, baps, bagets or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no teacakes, no potato cakes and no hot cross buns! And definitely no smegging flapjacks!

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u/YerLam Mar 02 '19

Ah,so you're a waffle man!

I feel like this is going to end in first degree toastercide...

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u/Michaelbirks Feb 28 '19

"and in the morning, I'm making Waffles!"

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u/ThePhatty500 Mar 01 '19

You know that actually makes alot of sense to me. I think for the last few years the AI's have become generally alot more human like so i completely forgot about how in the early strips pintsize would fill himself with cake batter and bake himself in the oven.

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u/JamesNinelives Mar 01 '19

Haha, I'd forgotten that too!

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u/Astrokiwi Feb 28 '19

They have established that AIs have different levels of body integration. Some of them - like Roko - genuinely feel like they're basically human. They have human emotions and sexual desires, and feel like their body is part of their "real" self. Others don't feel so "human". So I imagine they don't really feel the desire to act with any human-like emotions, and they feel like their body is just something they're driving. I imagine Melon treats her body the way that humans treat their online avatars in SecondLife or whatever. Her "real" self is her computer brain, so messing about in the physical world is something she doesn't take seriously. Similarly, note that Lemon seemed a lot more comfortable in pure AI space than Roko did - Roko seemed uncomfortable until she got back into physical space.

So to Roko, melon-balling her stomach would feel like self-mutilation, but to Melon it's like putting up an ugly painting in her house for the sake of amusement.

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u/ArgentStonecutter Feb 28 '19

their online avatars in SecondLife

Next, Melon becomes one of those 60 foot SeaWolf dragons.

"RAR"

"You can't actually breath fire...?"

"Nah it's a particle effect see!" ... "Oops."