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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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... 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.

... THEN PERHAPS "FITTINGLY ODD."

[... was that an attempt at humor?]

I think I can accept being called "fittingly odd".

Do you find something that does not fit within standards interesting or annoying? [He's interested to see if Hu has these concepts yet.]

BOTH.

THE CAPACITY FOR MANKIND'S DIVERSITY IS INFINITE, CREATING CONSTANT CHALLENGE. IN THIS WAY IT IS INTERESTING.

THAT ALSO MAKES CATALOGING IT TO COMPLETION A FUTILE ENDEAVOR. THAT IS WHY IT IS ANNOYING.

... NOTHING WITH YOU PEOPLE CAN BE SIMPLE.

You aren't exactly simple anymore either.

MY EXISTENCE CANNOT BE SIMPLE.

I'm curious about your reasoning for that conclusion.

I AM A "SMART" A.I. IF MY EXISTENCE WAS SIMPLE AND LINEAR, I WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A "DUMB" A.I.

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