@Everyone | Text | UN: Skateboard Sniper

[duel_wielding]

So it has sorta come to my attention that not everyone might be familiar with the concept of an AI. Apparently some time line differences and stuff. So Theta's asked me to do what he says used to be called an 'AMA'

He says it stands for 'Ask Me Anything.'

So basically does anyone have questions for or about Artificial Intelligences? I'll probably let Theta be in charge of answering, he's better at understanding this particular part of the stuff than I am.

Oh, right. I'm North Dakota, and the little guy in my head, his name is Theta.

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UN: Theta!

[duel_wielding]

Well, AIs themselves are really, REALLY complex. So humans tried for a really long time to make a complex neural network program, but it didn't work. But they found that the creation of them comes best through the human brain. So AIs are made from brains. Usually from the recently dead or mortally wounded. I'm different. I'm an AI Fragment.

That's... a sadder thing to talk about.

Anyway, so AIs are from dead people, except for me and my brothers and sister. We're different and special.


We're not stiff at all. No, that's not right. So, uh, it depends on the AI? We choose a lot about ourselves. Our names usually. What we look like, what we sound like. Our personalities are like people, we're all super unique. Like me. I like skateboarding and dogs. And fireworks. Fireworks are amazing. But yeah, AIs can take the forms of stuff that aren't humanoid.


I think I have a soul. North says he thinks I have a soul. Because he died and he's here. But I'm with him here and I was set to be deleted if I died out of Freelancer's control. So I guess I have a soul too because I'm here.


Uh. Death. Yeah. That's... That's sad. Do you really want to hear about that?


I'd rather talk about the things that we're put in. Like, a lot of AIs are in ships. Some are in space stations. Military institutions. I'm in North's head. That's SUPER rare. Only Freelancers and SPARTANs can directly integrate with us like that. But we can be stored in special chips.

[to_defend]

Fireworks are amazing. You're in his head?? What about dolls?

I met someone else talking about space and ais ... he said they were assholes but you seem really nice.

[duel_wielding]

Yeah. I'm integrated with him. I use unused portions of his brain as my processing space at this point. I used to be in a chip in his implants but that chip is gone now. He also had armor that I could shunt other processing over to. It's really weird, but we like it.

What do you mean, dolls?



Wait. AIs aren't that word. That's a rude word. Okay, well, maybe Sigma was mean, and Gamma told lots of jokes and they didn't always feel nice. And Epsilon hurt Washington...

But me and Delta are nice. Really nice. Who told you about AIs?

[to_defend]

dolls, like ... steel skeleton, canvas skin, something like that?

I didn't get his name. he didn't really trust people. or food. he may have starved to death by now. he was blond?

[duel_wielding]

Oh, yeah. Like Texas. She didn't have canvas skin, it was synthetic skin. I think the term is a gynoid. She was SOOOOOO badass. She's my sister.


North is frowning at your description. Did you meet him here? Can you tell me more?

[to_defend]

gynoid?

I met him here, at a party. The details are a little fuzzy, it was my first time drinking. Do you know him?

[duel_wielding]

When a robot with an AI looks like a boy it's an android. When it looks like a girl it's a gynoid.


I hope not. Because it sounds like Washington.

[to_defend]

Does it make a lot of difference?

Is he bad? We had a talk about

trusting people. he seemed to think it was a bad idea.

[duel_wielding]

Uh, no. Not really. It's just terms. Humans are weird with their construction of and emphasis upon gender.


That's Agent Washington then. I don't want to talk about Agent Washington. He was mean to North. But he wasn't mean before. He was my favorite Freelancer that wasn't North. He was nice to me. Well, he thought I was really small. But I liked him other than that. He likes skateboards, and I learned about them from him.

[to_defend]

He used to be nice? What happened?


What are skateboard?

[duel_wielding]

North says that it's not mine to talk about. And I'm sure he feels weird typing that and this, seeing as we have to use his hands for me to talk to you. He pretty much is just typing what I tell him.


Flamingo.

Hehehehe


Skateboards are the best! They are these pieces of wood that you make this specific shape and then you put wheels on them and they roll around like ZOOM! And you can do tricks!

[to_defend]

skateboards sound pretty cool! Are you going to make one here?

What's flamingo?

Are you just in his head or can you turn into anything else? Like turn into singing else when north is asleep?

[duel_wielding]

I would if I could. But North won't skateboard.


Flamingos are big pink birds.


So North used to have this armor that I could interface with. Could use holoprojectors to be seen, and I'd do math and stuff in his head. But here I'm just in his head.

[to_defend]

I didn't know birds could come in pink

but the ones I've seen here I guess I shouldn't be surprised.


Do you wish you could get out?

[duel_wielding]

I like being with North. He's like my brother. And sometimes like a a dad. It's good. He's my best friend too. Because we don't have a dog.

[to_defend]

I didn't have a dad until I got here. He's nice. I'm glad you have North, then.

Why would you want a dog?

[duel_wielding]

I'm really sorry you didn't have a Dad. North doesn't have one anymore either.

Because dogs are cool!

[to_defend]

I met a dog here, he made me nervous. I'm used to things trying to hurt us, we didn't have pets.

What makes them cool?

[duel_wielding]

Well, they're fluffy. And they like to lick your face. And they always love you. And they play games and fetch sticks. They're awesome.