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2019-02-25

by shaenon on February 25, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Green Noah
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  1. David B Huber
    February 25, 2019, 12:18 am | # | Reply

    Seems like Mistycorn has the lethal duels down pat. Just what sort of assistance does Unity have in mind? Leg Sweep 101 classes??

    • awgiedawgie
      February 25, 2019, 12:33 am | # | Reply

      Well, the first two contestants we’ve seen don’t even have legs, so Unity would have to be a little more creative. And I have this terrible fear (and morbid curiosity) that she could.

      • Daibhid C
        February 25, 2019, 2:04 pm | # | Reply

        As we saw during her epic battle with Moustachio, Unity is quite capable of leg-sweeping someone who doesn’t have legs. Repeatedly. Creativity is for people who lack the determination to never acknowledge their standard approach isn’t working!

        • awgiedawgie
          February 25, 2019, 6:25 pm | # | Reply

          The key word is “effective”. Unity tried to leg sweep Moustachio, but it was quite ineffective.

    • Frank
      February 25, 2019, 10:22 am | # | Reply

      It’s not an AI-killing bloodsport if they kill organics instead

  2. Robert Nowall
    February 25, 2019, 12:27 am | # | Reply

    I still think this is a job for the Battledome Champs, Hitty and the Ramshambler.

    • Toby Fernsler
      February 25, 2019, 2:18 am | # | Reply

      called it

    • David B Huber
      February 25, 2019, 2:54 am | # | Reply

      With their Annex One accessory, agreed!

    • Shadowmehr
      February 25, 2019, 9:23 pm | # | Reply

      Four part plan:
      1. Enter Hitty and Mustachio (competing as Ramshambler) into the contest.
      2. Bet heavily on them to win. Wait for them to demolish opposition (possibly literally).
      3. Collect winnings.
      4. Use winnings to expand out the mainframe in order to collect all the AI intelligences.
      5. Collect Hitty and Mustachio (Mustachio can’t enter the VR environment with his clockwork intelligence, and Hitty wouldn’t leave him) and take the building to the next problem. No bribes, no fuss, everyone wins (or at least can be repaired).

      • awgiedawgie
        February 25, 2019, 10:25 pm | # | Reply

        I’m not sure Hitty could be uploaded even if she wanted to. We know she’s fusion powered, but all she knows how to do is hit. (She also knows how to work with Excel, but really, that’s just more hitting.) So I’m not sure what sort of “brain” she has.

  3. Dr. Steve
    February 25, 2019, 10:21 am | # | Reply

    wouldnd that sound be: hop-clang, hop-clang, hop-clang

    • Frank
      February 25, 2019, 5:05 pm | # | Reply

      Maybe that’s why it’s a yellow hop

  4. Robert Nowall
    February 25, 2019, 10:58 am | # | Reply

    Oh, when can I tune in?
    Scheduled fights begin?
    Network, cable, or streaming?

    If I wanna look
    At these robot schnooks?
    Network, cable, or streaming?

    You need to tell me now,
    Of robot battleground.
    When at the ringing bell,
    The bots begins to pound and pound.

    When scheduling the sight,
    This Robo-Union fight?
    Network, cable, or streaming?

    —from “Sunday, Monday, or Always,” Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke.

  5. Bruce A Munro
    February 25, 2019, 11:07 am | # | Reply

    It occurs to me that Aimee is only familiar with the Baron through his idealized simulation form. She didn’t really understand the potential consequences of leaving him in charge on the Meatspace side of things.

    • ruggs
      February 25, 2019, 11:47 am | # | Reply

      Given how antiviolence that Nik is–a reckoning is at hand!

      • Candace
        February 26, 2019, 12:12 am | # | Reply

        This.^

  6. Ogden Wernstrom
    February 25, 2019, 11:46 am | # | Reply

    1. Anyone who has watched robot blood sports knows they’re called “tread shovels” not “leg sweeps.”

    2. The blender is winning because we don’t understand how.

    3. The oven doesn’t know it has a broiler setting because its parents fed it only pizza and frozen battered fish filets.

    • Bruce A Munro
      February 25, 2019, 9:19 pm | # | Reply

      Well, if it’s a mad science blender possibly it can chop, mix, and liquefy things _outside_ its container. Possibly with a multiple meter range.

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