office hours: round 1.

[foo_bar]

office hours daily. i'm here to help... i think.

(screened PCs with han)

Comments

[donotlick]

Yeah, they call those models "deviant." Means they broke out of their programming and went against their orders.

Nobody really knows what causes it, but it's freaking people the fuck out.

[foo_bar]

In my own way, yeah.

[he sighs and rubs his temples.]

But I'm not even sure of what I'm going to find out. If I had to guess, there's probably going to be repercussions for it.

[foo_bar]

Were the orders contradictory? Were they inconsistent with an android's internal programming?

thursday.....but later :sweats:

[preconstruction]

Were you able to make any progress?

[ guess who is here its your favorite android ]

[foo_bar]

[he's still working at it, and at this point. he's a little :/ about it.]

No. I'm still trying to figure out where I'm going wrong here.

[it's not a direct mention to what he's trying to do, but at least it's obvious he really wants to do it.]

[preconstruction]

It's strange, I didn't see anything wrong with it. But I've been having similar problems with the internet.

[ it's all these gosh darn fire walls. ]

[donotlick]

Shit, don't ask me, I've only ever seen one of those things and it was -- it was defending itself.

So yeah, it's fucked up, but androids aren't programmed to have self-preservation. They're not human.

[foo_bar]

Ah-- so you noticed.

[he pushes away the laptop at that point, and turns, in his whirly chair, to face Connor more fully.]

I mean. Of course you did but, I just felt like doing that.

[preconstruction]

It would be hard not to.

[ he shrugs. it was going to be weird for him once he lost his connection to cyberlife no matter what. ]

[foo_bar]

Right, the firewalls are significant. But... they shouldn't be a problem.

[he looks back at the computer for a moment, and then back to Connor]

But that's not why you're here, right?

[unhalting]

[In all honesty, he's not entirely sure how much Han could be trusted either, but.]

Well, just don't get your ass killed over it. Better that you're here than Todd.

[foo_bar]

[he chuckles. ah, todd.]

I'm kind of a coward anyway. I wouldn't count on my getting killed.

[preconstruction]

No, that's not why I'm here.

[ it's an easy answer. ]

I promised I would stop by.

[foo_bar]

[he weighs that, but... it's hard to say. He doesn't know what cyberlife's products look like, besides Connor. And he can't help but believe that whatever learning protocol they've got... probably could learn self-defense.]

Huh.

[foo_bar]

Right, right. I'm really glad you're keeping that promise, too.

[he does seem delighted.]

You can interface with technology.

[donotlick]

Yeah, exactly. They're getting smarter.

[ Hank shudders. He doesn't like the sound of that. ]

They're perfect machines that are stronger, smarter and never need food or get tired. Like humans but better. They already made everything else obsolete, why not try humans next?

[swordsinternally]

Yeah, I am. But oyakodon, huh... that's a relatively easy donburi to make. I'll do it.

[foo_bar]

Good, because it's one of my favorite meals. Thanks Shirou.

[foo_bar]

... But have you ever considered the androids are doing their best?

[preconstruction]

That's right. Is that so surprising to you? It's easier than having to deal with USB cables.

[donotlick]

.......

[ Hank stares at him. Long and hard and... real confused. ]

Androids don't "do their best." They do what they're programmed to do.

[foo_bar]

No. It's interesting that you did it without my noticing. And you processed my code so quickly. I know you're advanced, but that wasn't exactly a light script.

[swordsinternally]

No problem. I enjoy cooking so being able to feed everyone to work their hardest is just something that I'd like to do for everyone.

[preconstruction]

You were a little busy at the time.

[ he's beauty, he's grace ]

[foo_bar]

Well, that's a polite way of putting it.

[he fell on his ass, it's fine. he knows.]

But that was... five seconds?