CWC 02 - Intersection

:man_scientist: Hey
:man_scientist: Hi
:man_scientist: Sorry if I’m being a pest
:man_scientist: I had some more thoughts
:man_scientist: guess I can just tell you
:man_scientist: If I figured out who you are other people must have too
:man_scientist: Are you okay? Are you safe? If I’m causing problems for you please let me know and I’ll disappear

:robot: Nobody asked you to disappear and nobody will
:robot: I’m grateful for your consideration but I can take care of myself

:man_scientist: I saw Link and your sister fight together I absolutely believe that

:robot: If there were other thoughts, I’m home now and would like to hear them

:man_scientist: So you know Terminator and said you’d seen your share of robot movies
:man_scientist: I was dumb but I heard you
:man_scientist: And I wanna make the effort to learn so I thought, you and your sister must have watched a lot of robot movies the way Marion likes buddy cop comedies because it’s about a thing that’s close to you and interests you
:man_scientist: So I looked up a bunch of plots of those movies and it’s not very great if you’re the robot
:man_scientist: So that was my thought
:man_scientist: And I wondered if that was your experience

:robot: That’s mostly accurate
:robot: Thank you for that by the way
:robot: TheMarySue wrote an article called “Why Must Women Fall in Love to Be Human?”
:robot: justasec
:robot: https://www.themarysue.com/women-ai-stories-love-humanity/
:robot: Robots in fiction are tools or weapons or threats for the most part
:robot: When a robot is masculine or gender neutral it’s a mirror of humanity
:robot: When it’s feminine it’s a love interest
:robot: I’ve never met a Black or a gay robot but I imagine their lives would be very different from mine
:robot: But a robot by default is often something to which we ascribe human capabilities but not human rights, and whether human motives come with it or not determine whether the robot is protagonist or antagonist

:man_scientist: But a robot to you is never just a robot

:robot::girl: That’s right
:robot::girl: Hydrogen and oxygen are gases, but H2O is a liquid
:robot::girl: Mixing ingredients together creates a fusion that can have entirely new properties
:robot::girl: Where I’m going with this is that I agree that some robots might be people who aren’t recognized as such yet, and maybe one way is to look for their non-robot qualities to see if that gives rise to a positive experience for the people you want to influence

:man_scientist: That is amazing
:man_scientist: That is the sort of thing I have been looking for
:man_scientist: You are the new Menagerie superhero aren’t you
:man_scientist: If you don’t want to say it’s okay
:man_scientist: Even if I’m wrong
:man_scientist: But if you meant all that, would you want the public to associate robots with heroes?
:man_scientist: Your sister and Link do

:robot::girl: You’re right on all counts
:robot::girl: Well most counts, there’s stuff I don’t wanna give away about them

:man_scientist: Totally okay I’m sorry, please tell me to shut up if I ever cross a line

:robot::girl: I will. But if I don’t say anything, don’t assume you’ve crossed one either. I want your honest thoughts and opinions about this subject, okay?

:man_scientist: I promise

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