week 1 - katara - friday post-investigation

[completelycrazy]

[It's later in the evening when Newt doubles back to check on Katara. He's made his rounds and had some time to calm himself down... Here's hoping she has, too. He knocks on the door of her hut.]

Katara? You around?

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[completelycrazy]

[He laughs a little. He wishes, too.]

The thing about robots is that they're pretty bad at learning from experience. Their program would need to be updated in order to truly learn something. Granted, AIs might be different, but it's tough to say without knowing their coding.

[He doesn't actually know all that much about robotics, if he's being honest.]

[seaclipsed]

Hiro said something similar to that earlier. He's a really smart kid.

[ katara you're literally the same age as him. ]

But what you're saying basically is that the chances of them changing their ways are slim.

[completelycrazy]

Hiro's the resident expert on robotics, really. I know enough to get by, but biology is my expertise.

[It's a high compliment coming from him. He likes Hiro.]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. They aren't likely to change unless whoever's programmed them decides to change the coding. Sorry. I think we're stuck with these jerks.

[seaclipsed]

Ugh. For now.

[ she says that, but she's aware that overthrowing the robot overlords will be pretty difficult when none of them have powers. so she just looks really grumpy about it. ]

[completelycrazy]

For now. [He nods. Sorry, Katara.]

But hey! That might change. We have no way of knowing, really.

[seaclipsed]

That's true. It seems like it would be hard to predict this kind of thing.

[ which is also a bad thing. ]

[completelycrazy]

Exactly. So, the way I see it, we just need to focus on the information we're working with in the moment. Trying to stay one step ahead when we don't have hardly any data is just going to confuse the issue.

[seaclipsed]

That's true... and if we keep trying to solve things that we have no idea about, then we might end up missing what's already right here.

[completelycrazy]

[He nods.] Yep. Occam's razor, and all. This situation is complex enough as it is, and whoever's behind it all likely wouldn't risk overcomplicating things.

[seaclipsed]

[ who the fuck is occam ]

[completelycrazy]

[...]

It just means that the simplest explanation is often the most viable.

[seaclipsed]

Oh! Okay, yeah, I agree.

[ stop making references that go over her head. ]

[completelycrazy]

Cool. [no???] So, you're good? You're not gonna go beating up on any robots without me?

[He tries to say it as lightheartedly as possible, but also: do not.]

[seaclipsed]

I don't want to make any promises, but I'll do my best to behave.

[ then two weeks later she goes and has one arm. ]

[completelycrazy]

[He snorts.] Don't look at it as behaving. It's more like you're biding your time. Strategizing so you can hit 'em where it hurts later, y'know?

[seaclipsed]

The problem with that is the longer we wait, the more people die.

[ katara has always been the kind of person who reacts to things immediately. ]

[completelycrazy]

[He's quiet for a moment. She has a point.]

Well, all the more reason to strike smart. If we're gonna be reckless, we need to make sure it has a chance of paying off.

[seaclipsed]

[ she nods in agreement. ]

Right. We wouldn't wanted to come out completely empty handed.

[ ha ha get it ]