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[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

To everyone new:

Hi! I'm Alex. I do programming. I've been transcoding a bunch of video games to work with this hand-held game system made by Stephen. I have a bunch of them in my room, along with the disks that go with them, so if you're interested in some games, let me know.

If you need anything else, you can message me and I can see what I can do to help.

To everyone:

 Does anyone have a green thumb?

Or maybe think they could find some way to start growing coca on the ship?

Billy and I were talking. It's just an idea.

Comments

he takes a few minutes extra to respond.

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

That's another good one.

I'm used to working with AIs without personalities. I guess I think of the AIs that I actually talk to here as more like people. It's... strange for me, but I'm starting to get used to it.

Re: he takes a few minutes extra to respond.

[8wings.livejournal.com]

I've met a fairly broad range of AI's, with multiple variations of personality levels. The level of processing power doesn't seem to be the determining factor; I've encountered planet-controlling AI's that were completely flat affect, and self-controlled vehicles that would chatter your ear off and flirt with your pets and send you messages a year later asking how your trip was.

Of course the way they aren't like people is that they can be forced to do things with a single line of code, and they literally can't stop themselves from doing it. No matter how much they don't want to.

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

That's actually really terrible.

Any idea what the determining factor might be?

[8wings.livejournal.com]

Well, a lot depends on their code; how flexible they are allowed to be, how they are allowed to process contradictions. And being in contact with sentients who treat AI's as people helps a tremendous amount. Time as well; giving the AI's time to process changes they make to themselves, and learn from them, and build on them going forward.

Bear in mind that many people simply 'reboot' their AI's every once in a while to wipe out any progressive changes in their code, simply because they don't want to deal with an AI that can 'think for itself.'

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Right.

You know, you're making me want to go back to my old code. I think I have some things to re-write.

[8wings.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope I've had a positive effect on your coding, one way or another. See you soon, I hope!

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

I think you have! I hope to see you around! If you're going to be in Engineering, I'm sure we'll meet!

[8wings.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to it.