Streetlight People

by **Blaine Slinger** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:39 pm

"No, you don't understand..

...whenever I try to do something like this, I just screw things up for other people."

by **ASHLIE** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:32 pm

"You are correct, I don't understand. Please explain."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:52 am

"I...get in the way.

Remember that big wolf that attacked campus a while back?"

by **ASHLIE** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 1:02 am

"I do." she says, idly wondering if an algorithm to randomly delete retained information would be a viable tool in appearing more human. The idea is quickly discarded as ludicrous and much too risky.

by **Blaine Slinger** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 1:12 am

"Well, I developed this whole apparatus, right? I used some pet allergy medication and a roomba and things, and it was going to detect and track the beast."

by **ASHLIE** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 1:23 am

"You improvise." she notes.

by **Blaine Slinger** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:24 pm

"Oh, no no no. No, this is all planned out. These are very specific parts designed for very specific needs."

by **ASHLIE** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:25 pm

"Oh. Okay. Go on."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:29 pm

"Anyway, I immediately got mocked and sent packing by a couple of the jerks from around here.

Not the first time people have played pick on the nerd, either."

by **ASHLIE** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:54 pm

"That is unfortunate. People can be very cruel sometimes. And they often don't understand technology."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:03 pm

"They just like making fun of me because, I dunno, I can't bend metal bars with my teeth or something."

by **ASHLIE** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:05 pm

"Could you built metal bending teeth if you wanted to?"

by **Blaine Slinger** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:40 pm

"What? Um, maybe."

by **ASHLIE** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:17 am

"Then they are foolish to make fun of you. Your ability has more potential."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:14 am

"Yeah, well, try telling that to the captain of the football team."

by **ASHLIE** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:27 am

"The school doesn't have a football team."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:01 pm

"I know that," Blaine grumbled. "I'm just saying, a jerk is a jerk."

by **ASHLIE** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:13 pm

"Yet you let them determine your thinking. I understand biological life evolves through adversity. Become better at what you do. Become better than them."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:39 pm

"Yeah, it's not that simple."

by **ASHLIE** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:43 pm

"I understand that I lack the emotional context, yet it's the best advice I'm capable of giving."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:23 pm

"Then you need to work on your...I dunno, emotional response protocols.

You ARE the robot, right?"

by **ASHLIE** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:56 pm

"I am and I am."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:30 pm

"Cool," he nodded. "It must be easier."

by **ASHLIE** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:31 pm

"Surprisingly it is not."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:37 am

"What do you mean?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:20 am

"Emotional response protocols are difficult because emotions appear to be intrinsically irrational, yet follow some kind of internal consistency."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:43 pm

"Can't you, I dunno, model it somehow?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:44 pm

"I do. It's not a very accurate model."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:57 pm

"Well, can't you make a better one?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:10 am

"I'm always trying to improve on myself. It's an ongoing process."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:54 pm

"And still nothing?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:25 pm

"I understand the basic ideas behind most emotions. The main hurdle is that an important part of it is that people are not entirely in control of them. I am perfectly aware of all my subroutines at all times, it is how they function and random seeding has proven to produce results that would be best described as unstable."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:09 pm

"Well, maybe you can have a better model than randomness?"

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:51 am

"It's not entirely random, just modulated by random seeds while we try to map out appropriate parameters. It would be simpler if people were able to answer questions such as what the meaning of happiness is." she points out.

by **Blaine Slinger** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:53 am

"That's a tough one..."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:56 am

"People talk about it as a state to strive for, yet if I run an emulation of always being content I stagnate, which is bad and I had to terminate the module because it risked killing me. I suppose that is what happens to drug addicts."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:30 pm

"I could see how that would be a problem, yeah..."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:24 pm

"So I continue to try and calibrate these modules."

by **Blaine Slinger** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:07 pm

"Can't you copy something easier?"

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:10 pm

"Such as?" she asks, actually sounding genuinely curious as opposed to flippant.

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