Authorial Quirk

I'm now imagining a whole team of powerful AIs with cutesy names. I presume that, however great Yay's abilities are, Bubbles' raw strength would come in handy on occasion.

Mark

That's ALWAYS been the case. The times they sliip out of it are the anomalies.

Yay seems to have her "snark mode" stuck on 11

Jim Feldman

They said they rented one of the AI-charging alcoves in Roko's building.

Raphael Bressel

Does one of Yay just live with Roko now?

Dan Curtis

Probably just a habit of person who for a very long time lived only with themselves. And dogs.

Evgeniy Semyonov

Besides, everyone can benefit from Yay's wisdom. Even if they don't want to.

dcy665 .

I think Yay regularly thinks out loud. Might be a part of the AI programming? Otherwise AI's would prob never need to speak to each other out loud in meat space. (also they likely could speak in hyper speed and various unbearable frequencies (assuming no actual RF)

Nicholas Sturm

And rule of funny aside, why is Yay saying their response out loud? To impress Roko? To elicit Roko's censure? They must like it, as they court it so often. (I'm using singular, as Yay is a single group, as in "why is Massachusetts changing its COVID policy?" )

Matt Grayson

Won't be gay, orrrrr will be extremely gay? Being attracted to a non-binary person is like having Schrodinger's sexuality! (caveat: everyone's sexuality is their own to decide! Though as an enby myself, i do enjoy jokingly telling my partners that dating me automatically makes you not-straight, congrats)

Yay has blush panels!

...you're hoping, aren't you? Kibo Kibo Kibo! ...Ah, the good old Net.

David Pipes

Two bots, chilling on a blue couch, always seen together but its not gay. (Yay presumably has either no gender or several so it won't be gay even if they do end up rubbing bread on her)

Solomon Garland

Roko feels very sitcomy. Melon helps

Bagge

Tsunde-yayy

Ha! Yay cares what Faye thinks.

SpookyPenguin

jesus christ Faye and Bubbles are so in love My heart T_T

dirtknight

Or were you dropping eaves like Samwise Gamgee?

Andrew

Maybe Yay is like the people who have an automatic search for mention of their name on Twitter or other services. Old 'net hands will remember this used to be called "Kibozing".

Clifton Royston

I literally yelled out "They're blushing!!!!" when I saw that

Kara Black

Like an old married couple who are still in love. NOT like my ex and I would have been had our marriage endured.

Joseph Bonnar

"but what if they talk about me?"

Bagge

It's still the same night when she was in them before. Cute Roko is cute in cute pink jammies.

Shawn K. Younkin

All-seeing-Yay raises so many questions now.

JPMK! {verb}

Oh jeez, if Faye didn't mistake sex for cookies before, would that mean Yay would have gotten a surveillance-eyeful? Lol

JPMK! {verb}

A Roko/Yay sitcom is, "What if I Dream of Jeannie, but Culture Minds?"

Emma Humphries

OxO

Sandrock

Plot twist: Yay has been aware of the audience this entire time and is just rolling with it.

Tim Eldred

Did some eaves dropping myself once, when I fell while hanging rain gutters.

BobC

Aren't we all eavesdropping anyway? Think about that!

mooviies

Damn the torpedoes, SS Yayko to full steam!

Matthew Desy

Please help and old nerd interpret what you mean by "stan." As far as I can tell you are hoping they will turn out like one of the countries of the former Soviet Union.

This is a very good question. Listening through Bubbles seems like it might be skating real close to violating Yay's principle of not meddling in another's mind.

Richard

Her expression in panel 2 and 3 brings me much joy.

Peter Jensen

I stan Roko and Yay's friendship.

Joel Bateman

And Bubbles in general has just been super adorable

Joel Bateman

and I just saw Yay is blushing!!! AWWWWWWWWWW!!

Shawn K. Younkin

Yay and Roko are more and more like an old married couple and I love it.

Dean Reilly

Faye's facial expressions have been extra cute this story arc

Erin Moriarty

weeb.

runrin

I adore Roko’s Rules for Socializing Ultrapowerful AIs.

Matt Grayson

Bubbles in that third frame is so much squish.

Everett Bradshaw

And again, Roko's pink jammies.

Michael Boettger

Awwww.... such a cute, insecure all powerful AI.

Shawn K. Younkin

RUDE

lilibat

Yay-senpai....

Lord Crusade

Was Yay listening through Bubbles? Or does Marten have a device like Alexa?

Michael Boettger

ITS NOT LIKE I LIKE YOU OR ANYTHING

Tamara Macadam

Is Yay more Tsun-Tsun or Dere-Dere?

Miyaa

'course, Roko has to know who Yay are not-talking to somehow...

fluffy

Kawaii~

Max D S

This is so much cuter than I thought it would be ❤️

Nicholas Lopez

Yay is a tsundere? That's news.

Bailey Tighe