Now We Are All Toasters

There's a Lije Bailey short story where he has to identify which of two robots is giving false testimony... but points are made about how advanced the technology is in the 50th century as opposed to the Susan Calvin stories in the 21st, which may be where I'm going wrong... As for the sponge, though, yes, I agree. Transient subatomic states underpin both ideas.

Neil Fairweather

Or in order to change who Bubbles was overall ("large scale, gross manipulation"). I'm not sure which is worse.

Zach Hunt

<a href="https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec</a>

Captain Button

Bubbles used to be a Talkie Toaster!

Captain Button

"It is regarded as the ultimate personal intrusion, the most intimate form of trespass... But if an AI were to consent to the process, and find a willing practitioner..." That is...powerful, and horrible. Her experiences during war were so horrible that she invited Corpse Witch to *rape* her in order to lock them away. Well done, Jeph. And man, that hurts.

Zach Hunt

I don't recall it being mentioned specifically. I do recall that the Solarians accepted statements from robots as legally binding - something less likely if memories could be changed. I was actually referring to the Foamed lattice though. Positronic brains were said to be a platinum/iridium sponge.

Al Hunt

The last place we want to end up in QC, though, is going toaster shopping.

Ian MacLean

It's a seasonal Handel reference ... "all we, like toasters, have gone astray"

I always got the impression that Asimov's robots could have their memories rewritten in any way by an expert, the only limitation was that basic Three Laws behaviour couldn't be bypassed...

Neil Fairweather

yaaaaay universe building!

Kenneth Carlile

Now I make bread sad.

"You see, I used to be a toaster. But it all got too much... all that bread, burnt then eaten... it haunts me. No one ever asked if I wanted to be a toaster."

Andrew

you could forget all the bad memories of war...

Kyle Major

Carbon Nanotubes

Sounds very Asimovian. I'm sold.

Al Hunt