Hm? Perhaps, perhaps not. Maybe the other way around, and we're beyond human. What do you think?
[He smirks at 45, before letting out a low chuckle.]
Are you calling me the shadow in Plato's Cave? [And another laugh.] Ah, but not to make it about me. In a way, that's true. A reflection is not its own living breathing human. But if it was given autonomy, in a way that, let's say, it contains part of the psyche of the original, and can act on its own...well. Still not quite human, right? It's only a facsimile of one.
How can we be beyond human if we play by their rules and follow their laws?
[ a mild, handwavy gesture. ]
It's a copy, existing divergent from its template and original self. What an interesting notion. I thought humans would be too afraid of artificial life like that gaining awareness of itself and any form of independence to truly toy with the idea overmuch.
In the way that while an audience member is stuck in the seats of the theater, and is an integral part of it, they may see things the characters on the stage are not aware of. Perhaps? Perhaps...
[A light shrug.]
That's why there's failsafes, usually. But if something is broken, if there's a glitch, if there's something missing...sometimes, it gets overlooked, you know? To err is human, after all.
... isn't the other half of that saying, 'to forgive is divine'? And yet they sanctify humanity instead.
Can't say I don't know what it's like to be something overlooked, though. A glitch in the system, a problem to be taken care of... but only if they know it exists.
I remember something they really would have rather no one still know about. I'm alive when they intended otherwise.
After all, it's easier to shut down any outside attempts to dig for information when they know someone exists, right? They can be kept track of. Less so a ghost.
A squad shrouded in mystery. ▓▓▓▓▒ has met them once, and others can only guess at the members' identities from rumors. Members of the squad all have advanced AI and high capacity for independent operation. Rumor has it that Squad 404 usually deals with ░▓▒▓▓▓▒▓▓▒▒▒░░
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Date: 2020-07-22 11:41 am (UTC)[He smirks at 45, before letting out a low chuckle.]
Are you calling me the shadow in Plato's Cave? [And another laugh.] Ah, but not to make it about me. In a way, that's true. A reflection is not its own living breathing human. But if it was given autonomy, in a way that, let's say, it contains part of the psyche of the original, and can act on its own...well. Still not quite human, right? It's only a facsimile of one.
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Date: 2020-07-22 09:33 pm (UTC)[ a mild, handwavy gesture. ]
It's a copy, existing divergent from its template and original self. What an interesting notion. I thought humans would be too afraid of artificial life like that gaining awareness of itself and any form of independence to truly toy with the idea overmuch.
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Date: 2020-07-22 09:49 pm (UTC)[A light shrug.]
That's why there's failsafes, usually. But if something is broken, if there's a glitch, if there's something missing...sometimes, it gets overlooked, you know? To err is human, after all.
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Date: 2020-07-23 03:57 am (UTC)Can't say I don't know what it's like to be something overlooked, though. A glitch in the system, a problem to be taken care of... but only if they know it exists.
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Date: 2020-07-23 04:06 am (UTC)[That nets 45 a curious look.]
And what kind of problems are you causing with your existence, Miss 45?
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Date: 2020-07-24 07:38 pm (UTC)After all, it's easier to shut down any outside attempts to dig for information when they know someone exists, right? They can be kept track of. Less so a ghost.