Comments on: Chapter 6, Page 44

By: Andricus

Andricus — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:29:13 +0000

Binging through to here, I’m now wondering if Gimel is the one behind bringing AL back. =o

By: Azalee

Azalee — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:37:54 +0000

“The best articles about that explosion!” I love Sulla so… much…

By: comespm

comespm — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:34:29 +0000

In reply to Dotcom.

Yes, but he probably has no option. He is raising a boy that doesn’t exist under the law and probably can’t fully pass for human yet (let’s remember he’s still developing “Buddy’s” limbs and body parts), and the fact this boy is not human is probably unknown to everyone yet. He didn’t reveal this even to Lucille AFAIK.

It would be very interesting to see how Buddy/Sulla’s existence is finally revealed to the world (or was it what happened last time we saw her?), but I imagine that Brendan is also growing his company producing advanced robots that would change people’s perception (and laws) related ro synthetic intelligence in the meantime.

I always thought Sulla was ashamed to be revealed as a robot in front of her friends that thought she was human because of the mere desire to fit, but that the existence of synthetic humans was already known in the open world, including their legal implications (given robots are referred as having rights in the the future). I’m rethinking it now.

By: Q

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:55:23 +0000

Awww, so heartwarming and adorable watching Sulla.

By: Brook Stallings

Brook Stallings — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 02:20:45 +0000

Met you in Boise today, Blue. I just binge-read your story, and I loved it! Looking forward to more, thank you!

By: Dotcom

Dotcom — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:48:56 +0000

In reply to Evan. That's one of the big theories going around—or another AI may be responsible. Potential spoiler - I suspect Al did it himself or somehow Lucille was involved. It felt like the scene with Brendan seeing the simulation of Al's face (with Lucille behaving like she had no idea it was there) was foreshadowing. If Lucille truly wasn't responsible for that simulation, the individual who responsible for Al's AI rebirth probably was.

By: confuzzel

confuzzel — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:48:43 +0000

In reply to Malnulo. The adolescence of P1 is one of my old favorite books. Not sure, but there may have been a low budget (crappy) movie version of that years ago...

By: Malnulo

Malnulo — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 04:47:10 +0000

I am reminded in the old 1970s novel “The Adolescence of P1”, where a self-aware program explains to its creator that it now “reads everything”, and means all computer-typeset text.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:48:49 +0000

Reading this, I have this twist idea where Sulla is the one who put Alastair together.

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 17:58:45 +0000

In reply to Bryn. I get the feeling that she had a different name back in the day (maybe a play on 'Alastair'?) but that the author is eager to avoid handing anyone opportunities to deadname a trans character. (For various reasons, I don't read Questionable Content anymore, but it reminds me of how Jeph Jacques refused to say one way or the other whether Claire had had bottom surgery. Nice to see authors being awesome about trans issues even around fictional trans people. Especially since characters can't consent.)