homophonic: kyoko

[camena]

Comments

[factoring]

We were checking a clients claim about a stalker.

[camena]

That's kind of scary.

But also a little funny. Like hiring a stalker to stalk your stalker.

[factoring]

It does make for a funny cycle.

[camena]

What happens if you figure them out? Like, you can take it to the police and have them arrested or what?

[factoring]

It depends on the culprit. It's impossible to take a program to the police, but a person can be taken in.

[camena]

A program...?

Well, couldn't you take in whoever made the program?

[factoring]

No.

[ Explains nothing else and she takes a kiwi and sets it on a couch. ]

[camena]

[ ma'am your profile says 'lore dumping' where's the lore! ]

Oh. Uhhh. Why not?

[ alex also heads over there with her cushion, putting it on the other end. well now this is a fruit couch so she has to look for more fruit cushions. ]

[factoring]

[ It really depends on the lore. ]

How much do you know about AI?

[camena]

Basically nothing? I mean, I understand the general concept...

[factoring]

Hmmm. Alright.

[ If she understands the basics, then she can talk about it this way. ]

In my world, the AI programs are significantly intelligent. Sometimes the program that does something illegal is doing it of their own accord. However, they can be reasoned with or overpowered in order to stop their actions.

[camena]

That's... way past what's possible where I'm from. But I think I get it.

If you make something smart enough, it can start making its own decisions that you're not responsible for. Kind of like raising kids, I guess?

[factoring]

Yes, that's a way to put it. Sometimes programs decide to do their own thing, and you need to confront them to get them to stop.

[ Sometimes that means deletion, but oh well. ]

[camena]

Huh.

Aren't there like... rules... of robotics... or something? [ shouldn't a society where this is possible be more prepared for it? as if that's ever how anything works. ]

[factoring]

Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"? They don't apply when the AI has its own free will.

People can already hurt each other, even without any technological assistance.

[camena]

I... Guess that makes sense...?

[ help ]

Sounds hectic.

[factoring]

It's been that way for a while.

[camena]

The advancement of technology always comes with its own problems, huh.

[ she has found a a green apple-slice pillow! and thinks that should be enough so she plops down with it on the couch. ]

[factoring]

That's very true.

[ Sometimes people REALLY fuck around and REALLY find out.

She'll find a selfie stick, but honestly... What is it for? ]

[camena]

Maybe I should be glad we're not there yet.

[ godspeed figuring out the selfie stick... alex has never seen one before. ]

[factoring]

Plenty of other things to worry about, I'm sure.

[Squinting at the stic and rotating it around.]

[camena]

Sure. I mean, everyone's got something.

[factoring]

Anything specific for you?

[ She's figured out how to put the phone in the stick. ]

[camena]

Regular high school stuff, mostly. I'm almost a senior, so I have to start thinking about college.

[factoring]

Is there anywhere you'd like to go?