Tali'zorah vas Normandy (
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capeandcowl2012-04-19 06:21 pm
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Eighth Gear ; Video
[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.]
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.]
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[It's not exactly the shining peak of her peoples' kindness, but she nods.]
What is it you want to know?
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[easy way out in case you don't. he seems polite enough, at least, without planning to pry.]
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My people created the geth some time ago, in order to be skilled labour. They developed their own intelligence.
[She ... hesitates.]
Our people tried to wipe them out. It wasn't a successful endeavor.
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[She does remember something Shepard told her, though.]
Not everyone. There were some who allied with the geth and tried to help them. I can only assume the majority were killed or captured.
[Or there should've been small pockets of quarians left on Rannoch.]
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Such empathy, I believe, is a part of what leads a creature or their species in to being termed 'alive'. If one can put aside their beliefs, if only for a moment, and see things through another set of eyes...
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[Oh look, she is talking about the Reapers after all!]
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To achieve any purpose, or simply because of 'destiny'?
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[She pauses.]
Do you have something similar in your own world?
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There was...one species, whom I recall. Felt as though all others had committed grievous crimes against them, and felt it was their duty to judge - and execute - them all.
As for destroying in the name of destiny...
[he shakes his head, a bit, face darkening. he can name one off-hand, but that doesn't mean he /wants/ to.]
That would be something entirely different.
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