Sexy Saccades
Added 2018-12-16 08:21:55 +0000 UTCb r e a d
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4 and 2 are contenders for me, though
Stoodmuffin
2018-12-18 06:17:47 +0000 UTCWell, an AI brain probably builds links just like a human brain, just at a vastly accelerated speed. So when "bread" pics was fed into her network for teaching, an incorrect divide-by-zero or NaN occurred and linked bread to her pleasure center.
Richard
2018-12-17 18:37:07 +0000 UTCMaybe military AI sensors operate differently, or have deliberately reduced effectiveness so that you can continue to function as a combatant when say, your arm is blown off, or you’re on fire.
Summer Sudbrink
2018-12-17 01:17:45 +0000 UTCLol, whatever man
Mordaeus
2018-12-17 00:05:37 +0000 UTCHeIgHt DiFfErReNcEs...<3
Dev
2018-12-16 23:57:47 +0000 UTCIt's also a plot point in Blindsight, which I know has inspired some comics in the past. There's a really cool way you can quickly experience how the brain tricks you. Put your phone on selfie mode and look around. Notice your eyes moving? Most likely you'll see it, as processing for display takes time and you start seeing stuff again before the image is ready. Now try doing the same thing in a mirror. You will *not* see your own eyes move, because a mirror is effectively instant and you're blind while your eyes move. What you "see" is a fabrication where your eyes are always perfectly still.
Peter Jensen
2018-12-16 23:43:10 +0000 UTCBubbles had a human team, though, right? I would expect her olfactory sensors to be hyper-tuned to military-grade gas attacks.
Elf Sternberg
2018-12-16 21:26:04 +0000 UTCIf only that actually explained why the smell of bread causes her to feel aroused.
Elf Sternberg
2018-12-16 21:25:07 +0000 UTCI sure hope she doesn't run into Pintsize. Or May.
Bagge
2018-12-16 21:04:52 +0000 UTCPanel three may be my favorite picture of Bubs to date...
Hugh Eckert
2018-12-16 17:24:09 +0000 UTCJeph I just want to say I love your comics and I love hearing about robot sifi stuff pls Jeph more robots <3
orangejuicenut
2018-12-16 17:04:21 +0000 UTCSo basically Roko's brain does for physical sensations what the human brain does for visual inputs: a heavily augmented patchwork of best guesses.
Ol' Firebones
2018-12-16 16:51:58 +0000 UTCI would expect Bubbles to have some top-notch visual and auditory sensors, but other senses are probably off-the-shelf. (And that's assuming that some of the tech wasn't sensitive and got removed when she left the service.)
John Fiala
2018-12-16 16:46:38 +0000 UTCA saccade is a quick, simultaneous movement of both eyes between two or more phases of fixation in the same direction. In contrast, in smooth pursuit movements, the eyes move smoothly instead of in jumps. Wikipedia JTYLTK
Philip D Jones
2018-12-16 16:38:44 +0000 UTCOr it could be like any other military procurement project - way overpriced, no better than COTS, painted olive green...
David Howe
2018-12-16 15:46:07 +0000 UTCWhat kind of ship is that? A PentaSchooner?
Zach Elwyn
2018-12-16 15:39:37 +0000 UTCShare?
Zach Elwyn
2018-12-16 15:37:42 +0000 UTCMaybe it's precisely too good. Getting an appropriately incomplete picture of the world means your brain fills in gaps. That's going to have an impact on how you relate to those sensations on a personal level.
Jeremy J Nickurak
2018-12-16 15:21:31 +0000 UTCThe cake is a lay.
Captain Button
2018-12-16 14:25:14 +0000 UTCIt's probably not about how good the sensors are but how much the AI feels them as part of their being rather than just being input they can choose to pay attention to.
John Ridley
2018-12-16 13:28:53 +0000 UTCI would have thought Bubbles had the best sensor array the military could buy.
Miyaa
2018-12-16 12:47:37 +0000 UTCPolycule, polycule! Brun=Clinton=Elliot-Roko=Bubs=Faye!
Bruce Steinberg
2018-12-16 12:40:22 +0000 UTCI need this comic now
Alcaria Swain
2018-12-16 11:58:39 +0000 UTCI can tell that Jeph read that twitter thread about how your optic system is bullshitting most of your temporal experiences
ShinkazeVT
2018-12-16 11:43:37 +0000 UTCforget qabout it
David W
2018-12-16 11:34:52 +0000 UTCI'm still wondering what this is all qabout.
BobC
2018-12-16 10:41:40 +0000 UTCAlso, I love the angle work with panel two
Mordaeus
2018-12-16 09:39:45 +0000 UTCI fully expected her to bring up bread
Mordaeus
2018-12-16 09:38:57 +0000 UTCto many science words, cannot brain
Stoodmuffin
2018-12-16 09:32:04 +0000 UTCToday must be “Everyone Tell Roko Your Sexy Secrets Day.”
Populuxe
2018-12-16 09:18:31 +0000 UTCI wonder what Roko's opinion on cake is?
Grant Swire
2018-12-16 09:11:00 +0000 UTCRoko sure wouldn't mind hearing more about shivery sensations.
Bagge
2018-12-16 08:41:17 +0000 UTCTotally an invite to keep talking
Kyle Major
2018-12-16 08:26:47 +0000 UTCSo if someone were to run bread up Roko's spine she would likely explode?
Celine Chamberlin
2018-12-16 08:24:52 +0000 UTCqabout
ysth
2018-12-16 08:24:24 +0000 UTC
