Clippy 2.0

Also can intercept most communications and understand Emily. The latter being more of a challenge of course.

David Howe

Sure, but an AI may not want a cellphone endpoint "built in" - not wanting to trust the cellphone provider to respect security boundaries, or so they can pass the unit to a human without having to detach bits of themselves.

David Howe

the fanfic that basically writes itself.

Nulgar

tbh it likely doesn't require that much voltage, but thanks for making me notice this.

Nulgar

IS NOBODY GONNA MENTION SPOOKY BOT IS THROWING ENOUGH CURRENT THROUGH THE PAPERCLIP TO MAKE IT GLOW?

Because she's Melon. Also, happy at receiving a simple gift that she'd given someone else as if it was magical.

Some Ed

Roko and May hang out now. May has a battery that dies unpredictably, Roko has a recharging boob...

Yelling Bird

Of course. What would the shipname be though?

David Howe

Knowing Yay, it might be an -actual- instance of Clippy... who just wants to help. The title sorta helps that along, too..

David Howe

Can I ship Yay and Melon? That is such a cute couple. 😍

Bryan Stopp

I adore Yay's expression in panel 2. "I can think of a trillion things to make from this piece of wire. A butter-passing robot? No, too dark, and it's been done before. I know! .... the original paperclip." BTW, this day’s comic is perfect. It evokes a day at home with three very interesting and different people. They may be unreal, but they are insanely tangible.

Matt Grayson

I have a suspicion that one of their abilities is being unperceptible to particular robots at whim, and possibly able to extend that to those they're speaking with. Or maybe it's just more of a SEP field effect - you don't perceive Yay unless you suspect Yay exists. Or both. That could explain why there was no appearance of Yay until after someone was commenting on the possibility of such an entity existing. People not perceiving Yay would really cut down on the number of body mod questions they get. Also, it's my impression that, yes, there are a lot of Yay running around.

Some Ed

Sometimes I wonder if La La Lee's reindeer is secretly one of the Yay continuum.

Some Ed

At first, I was thinking the external cell was "To Call Humans"... then I realized how wild AI abilities would be. An AI could call a human cell, hold a whole conversation across the digital transfer, and never externally make a sound. Probably even carry on a separate face-to-face conversation simultaneously. O.O

Lightsabr2

Yay, on the other hand, is a very _bad_ girl for having told Daisy that the chicken was for Daisy to eat ...

Bill Hall

Do AI’s ask each other about models and body mods? I’d think Yay would get comments from people not recognizing their model. Unless, of course, there are a lot of androgynous snake-eyed chassis running around.

Matt Grayson

I might have mentioned something along these lines three days ago :-) It’s an interesting alternative to “Jeph got lazy”...

Matt Grayson

I think this is the first comic in this series where no one has commented/questioned the fact that Yay is speaking in square speech-bubbles. I just realized a possible explanation was that Yay is choosing to 'fit in' with an all AI cast (at the moment) by using more normal AI speech patterns. Apologies if this has previously been mentioned or discussed and I missed it.

Alex Borders

I hope Yay is around if I ever have a heart attack.

Summer Sudbrink

Perhaps not all of Yay’s bodies are identical. Perhaps some are ... dogs!

Matt Grayson

The smile on Melon's face almost offsets the terror I feel at the idea of such a sensitive dog sensing suite ever being anywhere near a vet or shelter..

Our Daisy is a shar-pei/lab/boxer/kitchen sink - prefers to counter-surf for things like bread (loaves) and butter (sticks). She is a very good girl as long as we remember to shut the gates.

Melissa

I somehow knew that the paper clip would end up looking like a paper clip again.

I'm so jealous of them

Fart Captor

Maybe a quail. He's still young.

Dean Reilly

"Hey Beeps, is that a banana in your shirt pocket?"

Andrew

Did Yay just heat that paperclip to incandescence and bend it back to its original shape? That's a whole new level of OCD...

Verteiron

I suspect Yay's definition of "good" is very different than most people's. Or they think ALL dogs are good, regardless of behavior to the contrary. (In fairness, they are correct.)

Charlotte Grubbs

Is it possible to download my own dog sensing suite? I don’t care about the cost, just gotta know how all pups are doing

Rachael R

I got to ask... how sure are we that Daisy REALLY is a good girl? I'm not sure we can trust Yay's judgement here.

Bagge

Ask them how Cosmos the borzoi is doing.

Chris Heg

Melon's expression looking at that paper clip is pure gold.

Joseph Bonnar

I logged in to upvote this.

We used to own Daisy. Sad day indeed. To wit, the day she purloined and ate an entire chicken. Bones included. The vet wasn't able to save her. :(

Joseph Bonnar

I'd like to petition for the next bonus comic to be about the adventures of Daisy.

Cacorias85

Wondering if Jeph’s dog Ollie has ever purloined a whole chicken?

Miyaa

you say "she", but I always pictured Yay as being rather, well, androgynous. Their frame is sleek in a slightly more feminine seeming way, but they don't really have obvious female breasts like many of the bodies of AI that seem to identify as female. Whether it's intentional or simply a product of their personality, Yay seems to embody (again, pardon the pun XD ) the robot-ness of an AI who feels no need to pretend to be tied down with human limitations or labels. not trying to argue or anything :) just throwing my thoughts out here for conversation

Mark Thomas

sepArate

Jon Delfin

Working on that paper clip... hilarious.

David J.

Also known as hacking an unsecure wireless network and eavesdropping through a bluetooth speaker's microphone. Why tell all of the truth when mysteries are so fun?

Thomas Halpin

Thanks, Jeph! This was a real bright spot in my day!

Chong Go

....I need this power

Erin Moriarty

WHOSA GOOD GIRL???

Shawn K. Younkin

I wonder how much this comic is a direct response to the comments on the comic where the wireless charging was revealed or if this was planned anyway.

Bonnie Fiddis

I do like the fact that she is playing with the paper clip. And she restored it to proper shape before returning it to Melon. Very thoughtful.

Thisguy

*notices your dog* OwO who's this!? *headpats*

gatherer818

I <b>like</b> Yay.

Andrew Mitchell

OwO, can Yay look at me that way

Sandrock

You mean Very Good Girl.

Bonus comic request: Emily, Yay, and Brun talking about/summoning dogs.

Danya Michael

I am 100% with you on that one.

Samantha Yeaman

For too many writers on fanfiction.net that sounds like an absolutely essential utility.

Elf Sternberg

I'm scared of what Clippy 2.0 would be like in a world of strong AI-"Hi there! I see you're writing erotic literature! Do you want me to tell you how exactly the climax response cycle works?"

z

I would commit unspeakable atrocities to obtain this dog sensing suite.

Mitchell Sealy

Dogs are good.

Isaac Rivers

"...some other battery-powered device." Am I the only one who noticed Yay subtly pushing some really questionable content there? 👀😆

Jon

I can’t recall a time a single QC has made me laugh out loud FOUR times. This is such an absurdly good comic.

pseudoclever

And confirms that many (most) AIs have an internal cell phone.

Michael Boettger

Spookybo- I mean "Yay," has some very interesting abilities

Lord Crusade

Inductive fingertips, hive consciousness, EvilEyes V2, general sense of foreboding....the list is rather extensive...

Anthony Gaglianese

these three are really cute together.

runrin

Wonder if Yay has run into Cosmo? For that matter, how's Cosmo doing?

Michael Boettger

Why is Melon so adorable in that last panel?

Joel Bateman

Daisy, you rascal!!

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