1.1 - Come at me, ro's
Jun. 3rd, 2012 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no_fastolfe[The last port had sounded... traumatic. Indeed, five years later it brings back Vasilia's memories of Sanitarium Island quite clearly, and that only from listening to network traffic.
It's getting more difficult to restrain her homesickness. And the lack of her household robots, each in their way individual and attuned to her, is never more pronounced.
She desperately needs to talk Robotics.]
For those recovered from the recent port, or any who stayed aboard-- I wonder if any of you I do not know are familiar with robotics? Mister Stark, I believe, has mentioned AI in his posting, among others. A comparative discussion on local robotic design practice or the aspects of Programmatic Intelligence might not be particularly useful in rehabilitative efforts-- but still might be a pleasant way to spend an hour or so?
It's getting more difficult to restrain her homesickness. And the lack of her household robots, each in their way individual and attuned to her, is never more pronounced.
She desperately needs to talk Robotics.]
For those recovered from the recent port, or any who stayed aboard-- I wonder if any of you I do not know are familiar with robotics? Mister Stark, I believe, has mentioned AI in his posting, among others. A comparative discussion on local robotic design practice or the aspects of Programmatic Intelligence might not be particularly useful in rehabilitative efforts-- but still might be a pleasant way to spend an hour or so?
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Date: 2012-06-03 11:05 pm (UTC)[private]
Date: 2012-06-04 01:40 am (UTC)I may indulge you past your capacity-- but I am interested in your input as well, into botanical aesthetics and how you came to be interested in them? I want to provide more resource for Armiston when I return.
[Her gardening robot. She's so fond of him.]
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Date: 2012-06-04 03:37 am (UTC)[private]
Date: 2012-06-06 05:13 am (UTC)[private]
Date: 2012-06-06 12:15 pm (UTC)The major considerations are soil, light and moisture conditions of the garden itself. In a greenhouse all is controlled, but in nature you have the high sunny hills and the shady spots under trees, little sinkholes where moisture gathers, riverbanks and stony fields. A survey of the land, the chemical and moisture balance of the soil and which areas get the most light form the basis for successfully creating a garden.
Next comes compatibility of plants. Some compete for the same nutrients to the point where they would damage each other; others require too much light to be planted together. But others can exist together harmoniously. For example, a climbing vine adds interest to a mature tree, but will strangle the life out of a young one. Sun loving plants can have shade-friendly ones planted with them. And so on.
And once all that calculation is done, you know the limits within which you are free to be artistic.
[Yes, he's been reading a lot on this subject.]
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Date: 2012-06-07 05:22 am (UTC)[The idea softens her face.]
You make these natural pursuits seem very appealing.
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Date: 2012-06-08 03:25 am (UTC)One of the things I have noticed about artistic inspiration is that it often operates best within certain limits or with certain requirements.
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Date: 2012-06-08 02:40 pm (UTC)[She smiles, despite that unfortunate recollection of her own people's folly.]
There is a story, an old fable of robotics, about a robot who gained true sentience and chose to become human. But in the story, his artistic inspiration was carpentry. I do not want Armiston to become human; but to go beyond his programming. As I look for the potential in all of my household.
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Date: 2012-06-09 01:37 am (UTC)Sometimes even I think of getting a computer. Though I would make a fool of myself figuring it out, if my brief adventure on a motorcycle was any indication.
...it made a very nice fireball.
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Date: 2012-06-09 01:55 am (UTC)Computers, at least, are capable only of destroying themselves, unlike ground machines. [Something of a disapproving face.]
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Date: 2012-06-09 04:39 am (UTC)[All the shifty eyes.] No one got hurt but me...
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Date: 2012-06-09 05:03 am (UTC)[private]
Date: 2012-06-09 05:34 am (UTC)...though next time the opportunity comes up I shall allow someone else to drive.
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Date: 2012-06-09 05:37 am (UTC)I know that it is difficult to delegate-- but we all must.