Pink Floyd

😂

Brenda

Roko is so cute when she goes Boston XD

Kaylynn Sabik

oh i love roko's accent

I just read about Roko's Basilisk (the thought experiment)... Jeph, you sneaky motherfucker.

Josh

We already knew she speaks with a Boston accent when drunk.

Lily Ballard

Erm... which definition of "Yankee" did you mean? American, Northerner, or New Englander? For the record, my accent is mostly New England, but not like hers -- western New England accents are rhotic. I agree that Boston seems most likely.

Jeffrey Nonken

I was gonna ask, can AIs even shit? But then I remembered that Pintsize was able to do so as an in-app purchase.

I think its meant to be a Boston accent

Castlerook

So now Miss Basilisk starts to speak with a Yankee dialect? I read her last quote balloon with my Aunt Bahbra's voice. Sorry, Barbara.

Dang Fool

❤

SKULLMASTER RULES ALL TEA!

Captain Button

Hoo boy. Adding Roko to the mix? We'll see how it goes... I'd be on board with it, but I feel like shipping Bruncliot is ambitious enough XD (Pwease, Jeph?) ETA: I do like how the ship name sounds like a Gundam.

enchantedsleeper

Hahahaha xD

enchantedsleeper

Working on the moon base would have to pay really well, which means it’s a Great Gig In The Sky.

Brian

That skull is drinking Bubbles's tea !

For the record, Ellibrukoton is my current, rather ambitious, ship.

Gary Walker

brain over load

Stoodmuffin

CUTE ACCENT. GAY. ROBOTS.

Stoodmuffin

Roko is a special. She talks in a human font, has a dietary fetish, and gets a strong regional accent when stressed. Is she really an AI?

Chris Heg

I think spookybot is an atom heart mother.

Paul Grodt

I love this arc.

Kuragari

Solid holograms?

David Howe

I'm with Bubbles on this one. I know a lot of people have suggested the solution that Roko presented, and it just doesn't seem to me like it would ever improve the situation. Wait, I take that back; I do recall a farmer I used to know asserting that that he'd shit a brick if the expensive, new fangled fertilizer he had bought didn't work. In that case, falling back to the traditional means seems like a perfectly valid approach.

Some Ed

Spookybot have either mastered teleportation, or they have discovered how to make an apparition tangible, which is just as good.

awgiedawgie

Another possibility is that, since Roko was alone, spookybot just hacked her sensory inputs and just simulated her presence.

Nematrec

It seems to appear when she's stressed! :D

Ben C

What's with the sudden outbreak of Boston Accent? Is Roko a native of eastern Mass?

Phil Nadeau

I think Spookybot lives in a saucer full of secrets

Hugh Eckert

Of course, I can summon spirits from the vasty deep, as can any bot. But will they come when I call?

Abhayakara

Just a momentary lapse of reason

Manuel Schumacher

Re: Spookybot - Do not call up that which you cannot put down.

Am Queue

Just another bot in the wall.

Thomas Boys

Robo-scat.

Matt

Can she?

Brian

Both Roko and Bubbles have vented coolant from their neck seams before. Roko while buying bread, Bubbles while discussing a potential romantic relationship.

Matt Grayson

Uh... what does Roko MEAN by "shit"? Did she download the May/Pintsize app?

Matt Grayson

Yes. <a href="https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3014" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3014</a>

Holly Nelson

A semi-quick survey says most if not all humanoid AnthroPCs have them. So it is a standard part of android neck design. Or a thin chain holding the remote controlled explosives they all are legally required to wear to keep them from taking over the world.

Captain Button

Roko has one too. I think it’s a seam.

Philip D Jones

Is that a thin chain around Bubble's neck, or a visible seam in her skin? I can see a robot cosmetician like herself leaving a visible seam as a design decision.

Carl Fink

More accurate would be "Thinks better of it and says something even more infuriating"

Rudolph Gerber

"There is no dark side of the moon...in fact, it's all dark..."

When will Marvin turn up? He can hum like Pink Floyd, you know...

Andrew Armstrong

It's more of a Boston accent, no? Love it regardless

Waffles the Mooose

We know from chassis changes they can transfer their consciousness, so they are not specifically hardware-bound. I see no reason to believe it couldn't work with wifi (if you are willing to take pretty horrible risks with your consciousness, that is). We have not yet seen copying outside of whatever the fudge spookybot is doing, but I see no reason why not. All the standard cloning tropes would probably apply though. Instead of one AI with multiple bodies you would have multiple robots, each with the potential to develop distinct personalities (just imagine a multiplied Pintsize, each with different language settings). To get a Spookybot level hive mind there would probably also have to be constant communication between them, or even some sort of mainframe/terminal deal. I hope we get some Station/Hanelore exposition on the subject

Bagge

the spookybot appearance was 54 comics ago :o <a href="https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3838" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3838</a>

David W

It's a perfectly valid respons to Spookybot. Greet the fudger with the level of respect they deserves.

Bagge

"Hahaha, THAT'S not what we put on the dark side of the moon"

Bagge

At that moment Spookybot steps out of the restroom behind them, prepares to say something, thinks better of it, and leaves unnoticed through the back.

Dean Reilly

Does Bubbles know that Spookybot is a hive mind, or would an ordinary AI be capable of possessing bodies around the world at will like that?

Mitchell Sealy

That looks like a nervous laugh in panel 1. Military secret? :)

Andrew

Okay I know the Pink Floyd reference is cool and all, but robots should know that there is no such thing as the "dark" side of the Moon. All parts of the Moon receive light at some point in time as the Moon rotates. The part of the Moon not visible from Earth is called the FAR side.

darklion

Oh god, Roko is telling people she barely knows about Beepatrice when they only just met IS THIS HAPPENING? :3

Fart Captor

I always chuckle when she drops to Jersey accent.

Kurtis S Whittington

I love these two so much!

Lord Crusade