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Imparted Wisdom

🕑 Added 2019-10-17 01:23:47 +0000 UTC

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seeprybyrun

Or maybe it's a command to launch homebrew to compile the remaining drivers

Martin Krikorian

See this for a better explanation... https://imgur.com/a/YK6f1PL

Jason Zions

In https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4111, Roko says "I need to shut down and go to sleep, but this isn't my body and I don't know the protocols." And here's her new body, telling her *the protocols to use*. Those aren't words; they're triggering mnemonics for specific protocol elements used by the AI mind to communicate with the body. When AI mind was mated so abruptly to new body, it's clear the interface handshakes didn't have time to complete. Well, this is the body, extending the last handshake to the AI. Or so I hope.

Some Ed

Yes, but this is a body that Roko's not getting along with.

Some Ed

That would do it. No wonder she can't deal with the new body if it's all about the Aileron homebrew Labrador laundry chickens.

If, by all this, you mean the strip, I believe that Jeph is playing on how dreams can combine useful insights with complete nonsense. If you mean our commentary, some of it is, in fact, streams of random words, in imitation of that part of the strip.

Thomas Boys

Can someone please explain all this to me? Its very confusing seeing endless streams of random words. D:

Brooks Moses

Another comic artist was asking about examples of limited-color-palette work for inspiration, and I thought of these recent strips even though QC is usually full-color ... and then I noticed that these are basically all done in the hues of Roko's body (or nearly so), and that's a pretty nifty and clever reflection of the fact that this is all about her body. So, Jeph, I see what you did there -- and I like it.

Joe

install excelsior jacket weekend very much!!

I tried her first 3 words in What3Words.com but struck out, unless the closest match NorBOTnia is a really subtle easter egg, not putting it past ya: "//salieron.nombres.labrador Kiruna, Norbotnia" (Norbotten county Sweden/Lapland)...

Tim Keating

Of course not. Mine is in a gist. Which is *probably* private.

Carl

If y'all are posting your cryptocurrency recovery seeds in random comments on the internet, I'd just like to state that is a bad idea (TM).

William Cole

Lottery, sheet music, single-handed, kneecap

Mod Zero

Acknowledged. Fiberglass, Unbecoming, Beacon, Adenosine, Retroscope.

Bagge

"1,2,3,4,5 and your password system sucks"

Tim Keating

Longing, Rusted, Seventeen, Daybreak, Furnace, Nine, Benign, Homecoming, One, Freightcar.

Bruce Steinberg

Hey, that’s the password to my luggage!

Now I'm wondering if there's a community of bedroom nerds trying to create sick aerial loops.

Holly Nelson

“Don't put your chicken on the stage, Mrs. Worthington Don't put your chicken on the stage!”

Miyaa

Reminds me to change the combination to my briefcase.

MiaKitty

Wow, even if that wasn't the idea, I love it. Gratz!

Evgeniy Semyonov

Oh, that's actually an easy one: Aileron - something that helps you steer or stay afloat (in air or water) Homebrew - something you cannot purchase, something personal and close Labrador - a dog famously known as a good and loyal friend Laundry - to make something clean slowly, but without inflicting damage Chicken - famous euphemism for a scared person So, symbolic translation will be: "Help to your personality will come from unique close friends and it will wash away all your fears and anxiety". Simply put - trust Yay and Melon more, they got this.

Granite

New body, by Melon

Thomas Halpin

I've Got it! It's an Anagram! It says, "Owner, Read Brochure. Learn Domain Hack, 'Billy." That explains Everything O.o

BobC

Wow. NewBody should start an advice column.

OldGoat

Better a Labrador than a chicken. At least he MIGHT go outside.

But should we put a Labrador in our laundry???

Bagge

Profound wisdom

Vilinda

Giant snake birthday cake large fries chocolate shake.

Belew is always relavent.

Obtuse rubber goose green moose guava juice.

Matthew Van Gangelen

I’m sorry I was focused on the toaster chasing the anthropomorphic bread. But now that you mention it... you’re thing doesn’t make sense either.

Brent

I'm really liking the Roko expressions in these few pages

Rich Holmes

WHO GAVE HER MY PASSPHRASE?

Clifton Royston

Don't cross the streams!

Todd Perkins

They probably have a miniaturized Rockwell Retro-Encabulator inside them. https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w

Hugh Eckert

At least she didn't say "blueberry waffles".

Firefly Jelly

The world is her oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum. (Thank you, Adrian Belew.)

Trigon Manthree

Albuquerque. See I can do it too. Snorkel.

William Cole

There’s a model of the psyche, called “predictive mind”, that contends much our mental activity *is* unconscious—automatic processing based on past patterns—and that what we think of as “conscious” thought only gets engaged when something new or unexpected occurs that causes the unconscious predictions to fail. For a better explanation than my inexpert understanding, see https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brains-autopilot-mechanism-steers-consciousness/

Lightsabr2

Don't operate ailerons after homebrew.

Hmm I noticed on the previous page that the new body didn't have a neck line, but she does here... Oversight?

awgiedawgie

Well, it's not quite the proverbial smack upside the head that I expected, but I think I can still say I called it.

Will Cuppett

Now they need to compare butt emblems

Andrew Mitchell

That <b>can't</b> be her subconscious... that list contained not a single mention of bread.

David Rogers

I will be pretty unimpressed with Yay Newfriend

Max Kaehn

Roko's subconscious is processing protocol incompatibilities between her original and replacement bodies! Something that she can't perceive consciously because protocols are to her consciousness what neurotransmitters are to ours.

Grace Kieser

So, old Roko is Spookybot and new roko is Melon?

There is probably a lot of computing going on in robot bodies, handling things like proprioception, balance, and various internal equilibria. If AI sentience is possible, such a body having something like animal happiness is possible. It is pleasant to think of, though it would raise hard ethical questions.

Peter McDevitt

"Radiant cool crazy nightmare Zen New Jersey nowhere."

Adam Friedlander

It really is amazing how far this comic has come since it started, in terms of themes, character depth, etc. It's still funny, but it's so much more now. This arc in particular is standing out to me as one of the most innovative to date.

I find the idea of an AI subconscious intriguing. It raises the point - is it possible to have intelligence without a subconscious?