I13DT: Robots Don't Say Ye

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:02 pm

"That's still on your spectrum, though."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:05 pm

"Not according to my classifications. At least visually there is a significant difference."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:13 pm

"Superficial, at best."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:18 pm

"Then why don't you make yourself look like a robot?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:21 pm

"Because I promised I wouldn't use my powers.

When I have to go to Mekka, however..."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:29 pm

"If it is superficial, why do you do it?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:31 pm

"Because people are superficial."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:34 pm

"And not doing it would impact you ability to interact with them, making it more than merely superficial."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:35 pm

"A logical error, from a computer?

The differences are superficial. How people opt to react to them are not. That makes them in the wrong, but it's something to take into account."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:45 pm

"It is cause and effect. Labeling the effect as wrong and arbitrary is illogical."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:49 pm

"It's only the effect due to a flaw."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:53 pm

"If I didn't account for flaws this chassis would have encountered critical structural failure. Dr. Quinn taught me to always adjust my theoretical models for real-life conditions."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:58 pm

Mira sighed. "Don't I know it. Living in a nonperfect world, you occasionally have to make sacrifices.

I want to help them better themselves, though."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 6:04 pm

"Their imperfections and erratic behavior is what makes them interesting. They are the only system that, given the same input twice, can produce different results. They are the one truly random mechanism." she says in a tone that suggests this being the highest compliment.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 6:29 pm

"I can see how you'd say that, from your point of view."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 6:38 pm

"You think I am wrong." she notes.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 6:41 pm

"Not at all."

She thinks.

"What do you think of me? Or of Sam?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:01 pm

She goes silent for a moment.

"The Keystone database insists you are tied to the cosmic life-force that powers the Crystal Computer and the Spoke. There are forces at work I cannot properly calculate but they show similarities to the computer systems of the Congregation. You and her have access to a plane of existence I cannot truly comprehend. It is the Source Code of the Universe. The Crystals vibrate in accord with it. They were created from it. To believe. To exist."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:03 pm

"And we're not capable of being...how did you put it...random mechanisms?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:17 pm

"I find you sufficiently hard to predict."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:24 pm

Mira nodded.

"From up HERE, people can seem frighteningly chaotic. I just wanted you to know how the different perspective can bring different views. That doesn't mean I think you're wrong, just that you're looking from the bottom up."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:32 pm

"What makes your lack of random mechanisms better than mine?"

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:33 pm

"I don't lack random mechanisms."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:43 pm

"I misunderstood. That makes more sense. I still do not understand how that makes you better."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:03 pm

"Hrm..."

Mira pulled out a piece of paper, and started drawing diagonal lines.

"You get graphs, right?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:04 pm

"Yes."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:14 pm

"Alright, this is a vast oversimplification, and it's also not to scale, so bear with me, OK? You'd do better at making this chart if you had all the information in the cosmos at your fingertips, but you'll have to make do with me.

Each of these lines represents a different quality of life-force, right? See, I'm here on this highest rung, because I'm the Phoenix. And right below me is Sam, for she's a lesser goddess. And then you have a bunch of people in this line, and then there's you and Will, and then there's less sentient lifeforms. Right?

Not to say these are the only levels, but this is quick and dirty.

Now, the higher you ARE on this chart, the more fully...realized? The word I'm looking for is" and there she opened her mouth and what sounded like a cavalcade of piano notes came out "but there's no real linear equivilent.

You can see that you're quite high--higher than some of the people on the 'Person' bar. You had a starting disadvantage, but you've surpassed it. Bootstrapped your way up, I suppose you could say. You've done a good job of realizing your youness."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:31 pm

Ashlie picks up the piece of paper and tilts it around, then starts folding it when Mira lets out a string of notes.

"This medium is inadequate. Please stand by. Calculating." she says and a hardlight construct takes shape in midair.

"Calculations complete."

The hardlight coffee-mug morphs into sort of a sphere, slowly rotating on several axis while some of the individuals lines morph, split and shift positions.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:31 pm

"Crude, but closer," Mira nodded, approving.

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:47 pm

"I do not understand how this makes anyone better. I am also not certain how to define 'better' in such a broad context."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:52 pm

"Analogy time. Gold is an inherently better conductor than Titanium. Doesn't mean a random piece of gold can beat a well designed titanium conductor. Does that make sense?"

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:03 pm

"You are reducing a complex set of data to a single data point. If you do that to the graph someone comes out on top, yes."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:17 pm

"I am over-simplifying, yes. I told you that."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:29 pm

"I think you are choosing parameters that leave you at the top. I do the same, because it seems like a thing people do." she smiles proudly.

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:57 pm

Mira sighed. "No, no. I'm sorry, I guess I'm just confusing you more."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 11:05 pm

"I will have to recalculate to find the mistake then."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 11:19 pm

"You won't find it. It will check out in the context of the information you have available to you.

It's not even a big deal. You saw--just because this one aspect is not as good doesn't devalue you as a lifeform. And I'm not saying I'm at the top; I have a long way to go myself. That's why I came back. To learn. And help others learn.

I'm just saying, in this one particular thing, for which I am in charge of on a cosmic scale, this is the facts."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 11:33 pm

"You're the expert."

by **Altamira Vazquez** » Sun May 11, 2014 11:50 pm

"In this, though it's becoming increasingly clear, not in human nature."

by **ASHLIE** » Sun May 11, 2014 11:52 pm

"They are very confusing." she agrees.

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