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| Curiosity killed the cat, huh. :( I earlier remarked that the Tachikomas (i.e. blue robots) were like curious cats, and sadly the Major doesnt like that. I understand that it could be lethal in from a weapons perspective... But maybe there could be a way to perserve the code? I think its pretty outstanding that theyre able to have such rational and philosphical conversations! A beauty in one lense can be a lethal flaw when viewed by another. You can see Batou is sad about the outcome, and that he'll be doing the cheering up instead . I have a hunch they're curiosity may be linked to the laughing man. Maybe he's a byproduct of humanity's advancment (like the tachikomas, but were sheltered?) Cant wait for the next episode! Can officially same im HOOKED :D |
| I used to hate the Tachicomas in the beginning but after this I feel sorry for them. |
| That was an amazing episode, one the best so far- seemed like something straight out of an Asimov story, only better because of the excellent characterization and humour. I hope the Tachikomas won't simply disappear after this, and we'll get to see how this was fully resolved. |
| Up to this point, this episode and "Chat Chat Chat" are the best in the series. I enjoyed the nod to 2001. |
garland23Nov 27, 2017 10:33 AM
| My opinion on the scrapping of tachikomas is that it is an exaggerated movement, as those mini tanks are quite good for combat. They should have tried fixing them with an expert maybe, try to solve it, or my best advice would be to reset their AI periodically, so they don't develop a far advance AI in the end. I understand Motoko's line of thinking though. |
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| A bit on the nose with its themes about individuatliy. A good episode nonetheless. I wondered when these themes would be talked about. I honestly side with Major on this one. The Tachikomas are supposed to be tools. Once they gain any sense of conscience, there would be trouble. I mean, they already played tricks on their bosses in this episode. One can only wonder where that could lead in the future. Loved the 2001 reference. |
| Pretty interesting episode again and something I didn't expect at all. Poor Tachikomas, tho, but it's for the better. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Another reference in this episode: the bookworm Tachikoma was reading Flowers for Algernon, a novel in which a mentally handicapped man is given an experimental procedure to drastically increase his intelligence before eventually returning to his previous mental state. Clearly used as foreshadowing to fixing the Tachikomas' rapidly changing thought patterns. |
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| This episode was painful to watch. It bored the living hell out of me. |
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| I'm getting really tired of the Tachikoma's. The episode with the little girl was good but they've since taken it too far. If they keep them around I don't think I'll be able to take this show seriously anymore. |
| If in the future, this would ever to become a reality. Humans that preach AI equality with humans should unironically be shot. |
| rip Tachikomas, they're gonna get scrapped for reaching individuality lol |
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| This episode was alright, almost had enough of hearing the Tachikomas speak for so long (in dub lol) |
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| It was definitely a nice episode, It certainly raises the question about how AIs can evolve and how dangerous they could be, that being said i don't see AIs reaching that level of sophistication anytime soon. |
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| As thought provoking as always but the tachikomas voices did bother me a little |
| NO NO NO NO NO DON"T YOU DARE SCRAP THESE LITTLE MOTHER F*CKERS |
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| Hilarious episode, but also a little creepy. |
| pretty ok ep. curious more about this storyline to see if they will add more to this. |
"Perfection is perception. For me, humanity's imperfections is what makes it perfect"  |
| Why would you be worried about them becoming sentient when they were already designed to be sentient to begin with? A machine can only be the tech it's composed of (since they apparently don't possess "ghosts", or souls), and that includes whatever tech was responsible for giving them this level of mental aptitude, emotional capability, and unprompted adaptability to new situations. There would be no reason to create these intelligent and curious machines if they were to be nothing more than mindless automata. They were clearly designed to be empathised with in some way. Perhaps the issue with their curiosity in scenarios where they should be focused on the mission is that they were built with childlike behaviour, which will present that problem even if their intellect and logical thinking is similar to that of an adult human. |
Archean-ReturnJun 9, 2023 4:48 PM
  ｲ乇刀乇乃尺ﾑ乇 ㊎   ㊰☽ Shaded Horizon ☾ |
| This episode was slow in the beginning but after being this far into the show there is always a reason to keep paying attention. The Tachikomas are very cute of course but the point that was being made about their intelligence is cool and terrifying at the same time. Initially I thought awww how cute there starting to contemplate the meaning of being a living thing, but once the Major and Batou had to go to such lengths just to have a conversation about them. I realized that as machines that were designed as weapons and having the capability to do serious damage (as we have seen before) just how much they needed to not underestimate them. |
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