WEEK 5

[lockdownmods]

[ You're doing well! In fact, there's a nice message in your inboxes on Sunday reminding you about your midterm evaluations, and how those will be coming very soon. Make sure you're studying! And, of course, there will be support services on campus to help you cope with the stress. The message almost looks like it should go on and list what those services are, but it cuts off abruptly, and that's that.

Meanwhile, the wall is more ominous than it has been in the past. What felt oppressive last week feels oddly eerie, and if you let yourself stay near too long, it feels oddly comforting and calling. Your freedom is just on the other side of the wall, after all. But that's okay, someone has posted a warning outside all buildings to not go near the wall.

Oh well. At least there are new locations to explore!]

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Comments

[whatsmytalentagain]

[That snaps him out of those thoughts. He didn't think twice about androids having free will, but then again most of the robots he's met so far had some kind of free will.]

Is this related to the robots passing the turing test?

[donotlick]

Not really. The Turing test was just what made people want to buy 'em.

The free will thing started up recently, but it's pretty much coded into every android. This ain't some glitch, much as CyberLife might wanna paint it like one.

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Rantaro's raising his eyebrow here.]

And folks just found out recently?

[donotlick]

They're starting to, at least as far as I can remember.

[ Good ol' android revolution ]

[whatsmytalentagain]

So they might have learned it from us.

Who do you think we have to blame for that?

[donotlick]

Kid, you're misunderstanding me. They didn't learn it from anybody. I'm saying Kamski wanted to make androids capable of sentience. We call it "deviancy" back home.

CyberLife's been trying to keep the deviancy thing on the down-low for years. It's only recently that one of the deviants made a big statement on TV, so they can't just keep sweeping it under the rug.

[whatsmytalentagain]

...

[Well...]

I've personally haven't met an android that didn't have free will of some sort. That includes K1-B0. So I can't really argue against it.

Just wondering why this Kamski guy would want to make a bunch of sentient robots and market them as dumb products. Seems kind of backwards to me.

[donotlick]

You ain't seen what it's like back home, then. They were made to serve people, not replace them.

Kamski's a fucking nut, far as I can tell. I haven't remembered him, but from what Connor told me, he thinks he's some god, so of course he wants his own creations turning into people.