15 - Bright lights, fast cars, disease

[no_fastolfe]

Why is it always Earth?

Why is it always so crowded?

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Who knows this place? What is expected besides rampant capitalism and hordes of people-- this I have noticed already.

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[no_fastolfe]

Can we deviate from breathing, simply because we wish to? Would we wish to?

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[hourglass_twin]

We'd suffocate and die. I doubt they'd die from harming a human, not directly, anyway.

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[no_fastolfe]

...at the state of robotics as they stand, yes, a robot will go into irreversable mental freeze-out by harming a human. It is the primary of the three laws of robotics.

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[hourglass_twin]

But if they are self aware, there's always the chance they will find a way to work around this.

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[no_fastolfe]

It is... certainly possible. [She's being cagey about something.]

But they were designed to be symbiotic with us, not in competition. Even as they advance they will not compete with us for resources or property; their priorities are different. We are complementary beings.

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[truth_is_cold]

That shirt would be appropriate, yes. [He looks out at the billboard.]

...I don't suppose the food is, though, from the advertisement.

[strangehistorian]

I don't like the majority of ports, but I appreciate that we've been given accommodations, at least.

[no_fastolfe]

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[no_fastolfe]

I was trying not to comment. [She makes a fantastic lemonface]

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[shortsightedlove]

[He nods.] I'll doubt we'll do much outside.

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[truth_is_cold]

I think she was prepared for the commentary. [Neverending tease. Oh, but now he has to go make salespeople swoon so they'll cater especially well to their currently oddly dressed selves.]

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[hourglass_twin]

In my experience, when one is tired of being a servant, it has very little to do with competition over resources and property.

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[no_fastolfe]

It is so arid here-- at least not so hot as it might be but so unpleasant.

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[shortsightedlove]

And I'm not very fond of the general atmosphere.

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[no_fastolfe]

I can only tell you this: an advanced robot is inteligent enough to have solutions other than violence.

Even the most advanced, most unthinkably individual among them considers himself still a friend of humanity. Whether as I once thought, he was malfunctioning, or whether he represents the next step in robotic evolution-- spontaneous and undesigned by humans-- he was nothing like the T-X.

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[no_fastolfe]

More steeped in a capitalist culture of scarcity and desire than even Paris-- which was an appalling first exposure in itself.

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[no_fastolfe]

[She is wondering why she puts up with you, sir.

Besides the whole warden thing.]

Once in the store I will let you do the talking. I have been told that my mannerisms can be abrasive. [Wryface]

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[shortsightedlove]

I found it a lot more tolerable. [He doesn't mind the capitalism as much. But Paris was pretty restaurants and nice shopping and comfortable hotel rooms. Vegas has started with a headache, atrocious clothing and people thinking his robes look funny.]

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[no_fastolfe]

I doubt that I will ever be comfortable on Earth. It is simply too far removed from what I know.

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[shortsightedlove]

Oh, in a few millennia perhaps. But of course, it's be preferable if that weren't necessary.

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[hourglass_twin]

I see. To be honest, I know very little of what T-X is like, as I said before.