The Gig Economy

I was afraid I'd have to join Twitter some day....

Matt Grayson

Beeps is a unusual model with an screen for a face, so she's much more emotive than most. Source is Jeph's twitter account.

Ted Van Roekel

Please let Beepatrice's roommate be named Dootie

Magic Chopstick Games

We need to check old May strips to answer that

Bagge

So, do you have a roomba and is it named after Hannelore's roomba?

Bagge

I originally read this in a book of short stories. I just went looking for a pointer, and found it's entirely online! <a href="http://www.larryniven.net/stories/Man_of_Steel_Woman_of_Kleenex.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.larryniven.net/stories/Man_of_Steel_Woman_of_Kleenex.shtml</a>

Am Queue

I have... no. no, I don't have any questions. None at all.

Am Queue

I have for almost as long as I've purchased electronics named them after QC AIs. I need a new laptop and have been worrying about the fact that I've run out of AIs. Yes, I checked the wiki. Thank you for Beepatrice!

Ann M

And can all robots do full-face blushes? Or is that a feature found only in the Deluxe Limited models?

Matt Grayson

About 8 words.

VC

“Do what you love” I guess?

Brian

It makes sense. They don’t have the luxury of having an awkward stage as children or teenagers. They’re trying to figure out a place in the world that works for their personality and isn’t entirely centered around what their bodies were designed to to.

Brian

How long before someone starts calling her Beeps?

Matt Grayson

giggity

sjlxndr

Would a sex toy for Roko be a toaster? She could get a side job at a bakery

Jim Feldman

How is this part of the gig economy?

Matthew Foweraker

In Beepatrice's case, maybe Giggityconomy works better.

Trigon Manthree

I want to work with Beepatrice.

Creepy Cat Lady

Sexual Appetite for Destruction

Summer Sudbrink

Oh god, now I'm imagining flesh lights being tested with shaped charges like they need to be able to withstand a load from Superman

Fart Captor

I welcome beepatrice as a new regular character. I can't wait to ship her with...basically anyone.

Paul Grodt

Jamie from Girls With Slingshots would say they're using them right.

Peter Jensen

She did change it, but mainly because she felt it was a bit too on the nose for her side gig.

Peter Jensen

I will be honest. I'm not confident Ursula will make it through testing

Bagge

I believe Roko said she was going to apply to be a case worker, kinda like what Winslow was doing before he and Hannelore set off for their journey.

Autistic Observer

What is Roko applying for? Did we know? If so, I've forgotten

ysth

AI-rika Moen

So she's basically dual-classed Hydraulic Press Channel/Oh Joy Sex Toy?

Leak

Are you kidding? Of course we all love Beepatrice.

Nobilis Reed (personal)

I love how she is introduced. A few lines of dialoge, a cute blush and we already know a lot about her and have reasons to like her.

Bagge

I love her

Fart Captor

Beepatrice blush is cuuuuuuute! Roko Uber FTW

Oh no Beepatrice is CUTE!

Anton

URSULA! We may finally get to know you!

I love AI culture’s apparent fondness for punny names. =D

Luzahn

Oh no I'm love

Roz Powers

I had a friend who used to go through a disturbing number of toys by burning them out.

Chris Crowther

It's the ones that catch fire you gotta watch out for.

kaitou

There has to be someone out there that does sex toy reviews, disassembly, noting where there's possible issues (cheap Chinese bearings, they'll seize up after a hundred hours of use or flimsy plastic that'll break if you use high-end batteries, etc, etc, etc...).

z

I feel like awkwardness is just a constant in AIs at this point

Dylan T

The kind of job where you can get a good buzz on.

Sleepy John

Benis?

Gamera

I used to test equipment for a living, but the closest I came to sex toys was a battery they told people to put in their armpit.

Captain Button

Heard some horror stories about shoddy Dildo manufacturers. Sounds like if you're a reputable business it's pretty important to make sure sex toys are safe. They'll be interacting with some very vulnerable and tender parts of human anatomy.

Mitchell Sealy

And more questions arise for Beepatrice

Kyle Major

Oh god no…

Miyaa

Testing ain't no joke. I've worked on several products where testing was way over half of both the development budget and the schedule. Aircraft instruments, nuclear power plant monitors, spacecraft avionics; the kind of things that if they fail it will be the definition of a "very bad day". The same thing goes for condoms. Which also can be toys!

BobC

Wait. Beepatrice and Basilisk? Was Beepatrice originally named Cockatrice and she got flustered and censored her own name? Because that's adorbale

Mike de Jong

Does she have jaundice? I didn't know that was a thing for AIs.

BobC

Hello Beepatrice!

Origamigryphon

I'm so ashamed...

Ted Van Roekel

More like the Giggity-economy, amirite? ;)

Ted Van Roekel

You found a role of Beepatrice! Yaaaay!

Elf Sternberg

Hooray for the new blushy character!

Populuxe

Nice blush.

"My supervisor, Pintsize, is so *passionate* about the work we do. Truly inspiring!"

TubaGinger

Plot twist: testing sex toys is Beepatrice's fetish!

Adam Friedlander

Something something pedo-bites

Terry Parry

The Gigconomy for short.

darklion