homophonic: kyoko

[camena]

Comments

[factoring]

Enough on your own?

[camena]

Yep.

Oh yeah! So! What was with the giant robot?

[factoring]

[her ROBOT]

They're a program I'm familiar with.

[camena]

One of those AI things?

[factoring]

Something along those lines, yes.

[camena]

Wanna tell me about it?

[factoring]

What would you like to know?

[camena]

I don't even know where to start, man. Like—what is it? Why?

[factoring]

They are an AI program, and used to assist in hacking. They're specialized in what they do, but they do it reliably.

There are several different kinds of hacking programs, and they all look different.

[camena]

Does the programmer decide how they look?

[factoring]

Yes.

[camena]

That's pretty cool. I'd make mine a unicorn.

[ she has no idea what she is talking about. ]

[factoring]

[ I mean. ]

It's an option.

[camena]

[ ugly. ugly. i hate it. ]

Is it like... part of the coding process, or...? Like, none of this works how I think it would.

[factoring]

Something along those lines. Usually these programs start out with limited functionality. With effort a hacker will be able to raise both their own and their program's power, allowing them both to do more.

[camena]

I guess that makes sense...? Like reprogramming them.

[factoring]

Making improvements upon the base design.

[camena]

Is that something you know how to do?

[factoring]

I'm happy with my program, but I do know how to adjust things if I need to.

[camena]

So what sort of program is it? Like, what is it supposed to do?

Besides look cool.

[factoring]

It assists me whenever I have to track down anomalies in EDEN or on other websites.

[camena]

What's EDEN?

[factoring]

It's a popular virtual reality platform where I'm from.

[camena]

I feel like I should have guessed that.

[factoring]

Now you know for sure.