Eighth Gear ; Video

[gofortheoptics]

[Tali's been thinking a lot about Legion, lately. It might be because it had died right in front of her, or it might be because up until a few moments before his death, she hadn't been certain of whether he cared for her or wanted to kill her.

It had been the latter, it turned out.]

Tell me, City -- how do you feel about artificial intelligence? Does it exist it your world?

If it does, do you trust it? Is it its own species -- or many species?

If you killed it, would you consider it murder, or simply -- deactivation?

[She glances off-camera.]

I don't doubt that people feel differently here, with the AI having bodies. I'm just -- curious.

[Really, she's trying to sort through how she really feels about them -- the geth, at least. Making a generalization about all AI would be as ridiculous as making a generalization about all organic life. The Reapers were far different from the geth, after all, and they'd proved that repeatedly.]

Comments

Video;

[gofortheoptics]

All synthetic intelligents, or just one example of a race of them?

[mutelunatic]

not a race.

just AI.

[WHAT DO YOU MEAN "RACE" OF ROBOTS that's just silly.]

Video;

[gofortheoptics]

In our world, we have the geth and the Reapers.

Two distinct groups with different goals.

[mutelunatic]

what goals?

[gofortheoptics]

Peace and destruction.

[mutelunatic]

not science?

[gofortheoptics]

Most species uses some kind of science to advance itself.

[mutelunatic]

but not their goal?

[AS THOUGH TO BETTER EXPLAIN BECAUSE way to be vague, chell.]

"further the good of science."

[gofortheoptics]

Not their ultimate goal, no.

It might become a goal now, for the geth, since they aren't fighting a war any more.

[mutelunatic]

a war?

with who?

[gofortheoptics]

With my people.

[mutelunatic]

so they're murderous.

[gofortheoptics]

My people weren't exactly accommodating to their initial desire to be autonomous.