-----Original Message----- >From: Joseph Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I suspect that part of it is because the Tachikomas have an element >of humanity that many fictional AIs don't. The Tachikomas clearly >display emotions - particularly curiosity and fear. In many cases, AIs >attempting to become 'human' are focused on a perceived lack of >emotion (i.e. Data). The ability for a human to experience strong >emotions, as opposed to relying on pure logic, is seen as the central >dividing line. But that's not an issue with the Tachikomas, who often >seem somewhat like mischievious children (which is appropriate as >they're not very old and still learning about the world around them).
Yes, that's very true. I like the fact that they *do* have emotions, because I would think an AI ought to; if it's sophisticated enough to have a sense of self, IMO, it should be sophisticated to have emotions, no matter how rudimentary (and, ultimately, such things as programming for self-preservation, the protection of others, and so on amounts to emotions by any other name).IIRC Alice (the computer AI from Gundam Sentinel -- back on topic, huzzah!) was in a similar boat. We need more AIs in this vein, as the evil supercomputer and the tin man archetypes are thoroughly played out. -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
