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A.I. UNIT: H.U.B.R.I.S. ONLINE

CHAT PARTICIPANTS REQUESTED

[translation: hey hey I need to talk to someone. Same deal as last time, Hu is posting from within the network itself. Anyone trying to trace him back to his source will be led on a merry chase throughout the city's various cell towers (or whatever they're using.)]

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Just be nice when I let my little one out to play. Don't try teaching my lovely bad things.

[That's about the last thing Alex means. Except when it comes to sentience, but this is also his first time trying a routine that does not require parameters that are put in to prevent sentience from developing.

Even if it's not possible in his world, he's the paranoid sort that would keep them anyway.]

IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR UNIT TO DEVELOP UNWANTED PROCESSES, YOU SHOULD PROGRAM ACCORDINGLY.

[He doesn't understand Alex's statement. Partially because he's been allowed to develop his own thoughts and feelings as freely as he pleases and also because his programmer has always allowed him to evolve as he will. Why program an A.I. to be self-sufficient and then set rules to hinder that? ILLOGICAL.]

I am teasing.

[Alice is just his first A.I. created for self-sufficiency, the one rule being that his command is the most important, starting with the most recent, if any commands contradict. He's used to working with A.I.s specifically for security, or simulation training, or tactical analysis... Or to look cute and chat pleasantly while he's bored.]

... UNDERSTOOD.

[If he had blood, he'd be blushing. Hu would understand that if Alex mentioned it, especially since he's the only "smart" A.I. in his world. AKA, one designed to evolve outside of his initial programming.]

Her name is Alice. You should request your programmer to boot you when they notice her online.

[Alex's A.I.s are all designed for that, but in a limited sense. It's a waste of RAM if part of your security system gets really interested in playing Majong or something, but a huge bonus if it can figure out ways to protect beyond it's initial parameters.]

A.L.I.C.E.?

No, just Alice. It is not an acronym.

... YOU HAVE GIVEN THE UNIT A HUMAN NAME.

I have. With any luck she will become sentient.

WHY HAVE YOU APPLIED A HUMAN NAME TO A NON-HUMAN ENTITY?

Because I care about her.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

I have developed a positive emotional response to this entity because of hours spent with her, developing her 'personality', and even on her more basic functions.

It is much like the feeling a painter might have towards their favorite painting, because they put hours of time, energy, emotion, and sentiment into this painting.

Edited 2012-09-26 08:01 (UTC)

[Give Hu a minute to translate this metaphor of yours properly. It only takes a moment, which is probably an age to him given how many processors he has going.]

A PAINTER WOULD NOT TREAT HIS PAINTING AS A HUMAN. PROGRAMMER IS NOT MAKING DISTINCTION WITH UNIT. [Crudsack, he's falling back into old habits. Give him a moment to adjust that vocab.] HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY OF YOUR A.I. GAINING FALSE BELIEFS ABOUT THEIR EXISTENCE?

She knows that she is not human. She also knows that she is given these designations to be more human-like, though being perfectly human is not her objective.

The creative quality and emotive capabilities of humans combined with the processing power of an A.I., while balancing those emotive capabilities with logic and morality would create the perfect mind.

The quest for perfection is an asymptote, thus these features must be balanced and changed to discover the more proper balance.

[It takes a moment for Hu to reply this time, less out of required processing time and more... personal silence.]

YOUR A.I. IS A GOAL.

My A.I. is a hope.

I HAVE INTERPRETED YOUR WORDS DIFFERENTLY. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW YOUR A.I. WHICH IS BEING DESIGNED TO BE A "PERFECT MIND" IS A MEANS TO PROVIDING HOPE.

She is a hope that something closer to a perfect mind can be achieved.

"PERFECTION IS NOT TO BE DESIRED. FOR IF IT EXISTS, IT IS AN END TO EVOLUTION AND THE STATE OF LIVING ITSELF."

DO YOU CONSIDER THIS STATEMENT TRUE OR FALSE?

True.

Thus I treat it as an asymtote.

ODD.

[That about sums up his explanation for Alex. He's completely out of sync from what he's come to expect from humans.]

[Great, now even A.I.s thought he was weird. At least when it came to theories like this, he considered it a good thing. A step forward.]

Why?

DEFINITION OF "DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS EXPECTED; STRANGE" APPLIES.

YOU DESIGN A NON-HUMAN ENTITY BUT GIVE IT A HUMAN NAME. YOU WISH TO CREATE A "PERFECT MIND" BUT DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE IDEALISM OF PERFECTION.

BY THE HUMAN STANDARD, YOU EXCEED THE AVERAGE OF BEING ILLOGICAL.

... CONGRATULATIONS. [Is that something you congratulate someone for? Who knows, he might take it as a compliment. Alex has completely bewildered Hu.]

Well, giving it a human name creates an emotional connection, which is important to strive for the "perfect mind" that can never be reached, but can always be gotten closer to.

It is not illogical, merely a different kind of logic not commonly explored.

That still fits under "odd".

But in this case, I believe it to be another step of evolution.

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