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Robot_Names.xls

🕑 Added 2022-12-13 02:53:54 +0000 UTC

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fluffy

Shape of her speech bubbles says "yes"

William Burns

Blood sugar for the Blood God!

Michael Voorhis

Hey Evan! Has anyone done a count of all individual characters that have appeared in QC? i.e, 1. Martin; 2. Pintsize; 3. Steve; 4. Faye; 5. Sara; [.....]

Lisa

I'm intrigued at the clear distinction between "automated" work and work that can be performed by an AI. In my world, I'm used to thinking of any work that's performed entirely by a machine to be "automated." But I guess once the machines gain sentience, it makes sense to move that boundary. So "automated" here refers to work done by a non-sentient machine?

Clifton Royston

You know there are. BUT considering 90% of the AIs are cosplaying as humans, it seems only fair.

awgiedawgie

A better question, Claire, would be "how many times have you had to do that last one?". Because "how often" is far too inviting for vague answers.

Cole Blackblood

I love Evan

David Howe

But But.. they lack gravitas....

CaseyAEC

Everyone deserves a turn!

CaseyAEC

Robots names: just one of the many ways that QC keeps the magic of Iain M. Banks alive.

Douglas E. Smith

Thanks! That was a good refresher of some music I hadn't heard in a while!

David Garrett

Mavis Staples: https://youtu.be/uY3vgBzgYn4

I interpreted Evan's panel 2 statement as: My job is to make sure that intoxicated residents don't: a) operate motor vehicles b) talk down a scientist who has decided it's their turn to blow up the planet

Douglas E. Smith

Who's Mavis? I'm not familiar with this reference. Ms. Paperclip-Staple was an NPC in a D&D game of mine decades ago, but she's lived in my head ever since.

Bill Silvia

The Paperclip-Staple union came about to end a nasty war.

Mad Marie

Genevieve plays trombone in Mavis’s band.

Mad Marie

@Jaysyn: omg…what if there are Botties who are like Furries but for AIs?

Mad Marie

When they do security for politicians, they codename any potential presidential candidate as “POTABLE”

Mad Marie

^eesh…so aquard when that happens!

Douglas E. Smith

I am in favor of random surname generation for all subsequent humans and AIs. This is how you get such awesomeness as Nathan Explosion and Genevieve Paperclip-Staple.

Sam Suchabutt

I think so, she has a seam where her neck meets her torso. It's more visible in the previous comic.

Jaysyn

Either that or the line on her neck is mascara to better fit in.

Matt Pedone

I'd feel worse for Aquafina. "Oh, like the actor?"

@Jeph YOU are a robot name generator

lazymagpie

Evanescent Incinerator is such a perfect name for a QC-verse AI... Wait, is she actually an AI?

Miyaa

I misread her as Evian like the French water maker and wondered if all military/security AIs are secretly named after water brands or kinds. In other words I really feel sorry for Dasani.