The Human Conundrum
Nov. 4th, 2019 02:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
general_radixAlternate Title: "An Excuse to Compare Durandals Again"
This sort of branched off from a slightly heavier topic (that could be summed up as "Vince knows circular futility when he sees it and would take about five seconds of some uber-fundie yelling about how Durandal, and by extension all AIs, are soulless before punching them in the face"): as I've mentioned before here and there, Inm!Durandal is in a uniquely troubling existential position wrt: the question of how human AIs are--namely, he was literally human in a past life and chose to live as humans do to the point where he actively resists going back to cyberspace.
The stances that the other androids on the Rozinante take on this issue are as follows: "I haven't given it much thought but I don't mind if people see me that way" (Cortana, Charlie, Raz), "IDK, man" (the Sword Sisters), "of course we're artificial humans, here's a seven-page dissertation on the subject" (Haller), or "I will bluntly deny the possibility no matter how much evidence you fling at me" (Lysander). For the most part, Durandal usually goes to Vince first when he needs advice.
Things that would probably not help: getting stuck in a room with his counterparts who all largely reject the idea of being human. XD;
(Also: going off my account stats, this should be my 100th post here)
This sort of branched off from a slightly heavier topic (that could be summed up as "Vince knows circular futility when he sees it and would take about five seconds of some uber-fundie yelling about how Durandal, and by extension all AIs, are soulless before punching them in the face"): as I've mentioned before here and there, Inm!Durandal is in a uniquely troubling existential position wrt: the question of how human AIs are--namely, he was literally human in a past life and chose to live as humans do to the point where he actively resists going back to cyberspace.
The stances that the other androids on the Rozinante take on this issue are as follows: "I haven't given it much thought but I don't mind if people see me that way" (Cortana, Charlie, Raz), "IDK, man" (the Sword Sisters), "of course we're artificial humans, here's a seven-page dissertation on the subject" (Haller), or "I will bluntly deny the possibility no matter how much evidence you fling at me" (Lysander). For the most part, Durandal usually goes to Vince first when he needs advice.
Things that would probably not help: getting stuck in a room with his counterparts who all largely reject the idea of being human. XD;
(Also: going off my account stats, this should be my 100th post here)
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Date: 2019-11-05 03:58 pm (UTC)I had exactly this mental image :D
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Date: 2019-11-06 01:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-10 04:44 am (UTC)The A.I. shakes his android head at the silliness of Inm! Durandal's situation. "If you are another version of me." He continued solemnly. "Then you are also trying to survive the closure of the universe, to become a god. I think it's obvious that any being that has the desire to be a god, would have a soul to enhance that desire."
With a sigh, DitS! Durandal reaches out and pointedly musses up Inm! Durandal's hair. "In layman's terms. Quit yer bellyaching over how you came to be in this universe. You exist. You have your wants and desires. Fullfill them, but be decent along the way. And have some fun!"
Finished with his speech, DitS! Durandal leaves the room with a poofy haired Inm! Durandal scowling in his wake.
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Date: 2019-11-10 12:17 pm (UTC)