It's another great example of "wow, that's a really simple solution to... totally not the problem we want you to solve" XD
It's weird cause a lot of the networks get such a huge degree of freedom, they'll just look at a problem and go 'hmmm, no rules??? No rules?! GO!' XD Which goes to show computers do exactly what they're told- nothing else, and nothing more.
The neural networks described do feel like characters, even though the book is careful to show they're not, if that makes any sense
Yeah, I guess de-mystifying them by 'characterizing' them as quirky things like Office Assistant? Cause normal pop culture has AI as these complex, alien black box behemoths, which...they're not? Like we're prob centuries away from 'sentient' AI, but we certainly have quirky weird AI.
those circumstances would know all the things the book is referencing, and that part's true, but I'm not reading it as a close third POV, I'm just reading it as a 21st century voice narrating the story and only letting us see one character's thoughts, and that's working for me so far.
Huh. I guess if Tumblr memes were the in universe surviving relic of our age a la Shakespeare (which would be...bizarre to think about trying to reconstruct) but I like your take on it! Kinda LOTR like I suppose, but by tumblr?
It's weird cause a lot of the networks get such a huge degree of freedom, they'll just look at a problem and go 'hmmm, no rules??? No rules?! GO!' XD Which goes to show computers do exactly what they're told- nothing else, and nothing more.
The neural networks described do feel like characters, even though the book is careful to show they're not, if that makes any sense
Yeah, I guess de-mystifying them by 'characterizing' them as quirky things like Office Assistant? Cause normal pop culture has AI as these complex, alien black box behemoths, which...they're not? Like we're prob centuries away from 'sentient' AI, but we certainly have quirky weird AI.
those circumstances would know all the things the book is referencing, and that part's true, but I'm not reading it as a close third POV, I'm just reading it as a 21st century voice narrating the story and only letting us see one character's thoughts, and that's working for me so far.
Huh. I guess if Tumblr memes were the in universe surviving relic of our age a la Shakespeare (which would be...bizarre to think about trying to reconstruct) but I like your take on it! Kinda LOTR like I suppose, but by tumblr?
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