So, when he plays it through his speakers, does it censor the lyrics? Because if not, he could get audio clips of the various swears, and play them as appropriate.
The swear filter can only work on what Nick says. It doesn’t work on what he types out, and I don’t see how it could work on something he plays on a speaker.
But I suspect that the whole point for Nick is the spontaneity of the swear, and if he uses sound files, he loses that spontaneity.
Or as Nick might put it: “Yeah, I thought of that. I grabbed a bunch of George Carlin, because the world needs to hear more of him. But if I wanna say ‘What the plunge is this swirlyspigot?’, I gotta cue up the files I want, say ‘What the’, play the file [fx:George Carlin saying ‘fuck’], say ‘is this’, play the file [fx:George Carlin saying ‘goddamn’], then play the file [fx:George Carlin saying ‘horseshit?’]. I can do it fast so that you don’t hear any pauses, but I would have to do that every bankrupt time. It’s too scripted to be fun for long, and it still isn’t me swearing, so I might as well put up with the filter.”
You’re thinking like an operator. Nick is the system. He doesn’t have to type commands. And everything he says comes over a speaker.
And while he can swear in his online posts, he may or may not be able to successfully swear on a screen in the cockpit. Like I said, the filter learns. He might be able to do it a few times, but the filter would catch on.
I didn’t write or imply that Nick types anything. But he still has to interface with things. His brain is distinct from other parts of the Osprey, and the Osprey’s flight computer, other computer(s) (whatever it is that can play audio and video), and sound system.
“Nick’s vocal output” is a sound channel that can be sent to different speakers. The swear filter affects that sound channel, but not any part of the Osprey’s systems directly.
Of course, since I’ve been thinking about it, it occurs to me that when Nick plays the sound file “fuck”, his swear filter could emit the word plunge (or whatever) at the same time, so that what is heard is a confused mix of swear and replacement.
Even more extreme, his swear filter might learn to parse the sound files and create the auditory inverse of the sound files, and emit that along with the replacement, so that the sound file is destructively interfered with. It probably would not be 100% perfect (if the sounds are coming from different speakers, then depending on where one stands, one might still hear the word “fuck” somewhat faintly), but it would probably be pretty close.
But I can’t think of any way for the filter to affect something displayed on the Osprey’s video screen. That’s not Nick’s vocal output.
Yes, his brain is a distinct element, just as your own is. But the whole helicopter – not just his brain – is Nick. His “interfacing” with the other elements of the helicopter is analogous to you interfacing with your hands or feet.
And again, you’re assuming that the swear filter can only operate on his “vocal” output (at least that’s what your comment seems to imply). Like I said, the filter learns. It, too, is another element of everything that makes up Nick as a whole.
The fact that it doesn’t filter his language for online posting is not indicative that it would not apply to everyting that is output directly – either audibly or visually. We simply do not have enough data to be sure that it would not act on the output itself. So it might not make any difference whether said output was from a speech synthesizer or from an audio file, or even text displayed on one of his screens.
1) This comic [dated 2013-09-24] (a bit of a spoiler for anyone reading sequentially at this point) has Dr. Lee reference transceivers and filters and the override as being implanted in Nick’s brain, and requiring actual surgery to change, where “filters” includes the swear filter.
2) The fact that Nick integrates so well with the Osprey is more of a fortuitous situation than a necessary one. He was considered a human brain in a helicopter (until after he actually flew and declared otherwise).
3) It’s reasonable to conclude that the swear filter only affects vocal output because everything that Nick says or does (gestures; produces text) is an output from his brain, but Nick can make rude gestures with his rotors or the drone’s hands, or craft swear-laden posts, and the filter does nothing. Only vocal output is seen to be affected; non-vocal output is seen to not be affected, therefore, the most reasonable conclusion barring new data is that only vocal output can be affected.
Something tangential I’ve been thinking about: I wonder if the swear filter is actually active in the VR of his room, but in that one situation, his output is fed back to his auditory input unfiltered. But it’s only his auditory input. Everyone else in the VR hears the filtered output.
Why did it censor that word?
Because whoever designed his censor was a a FLUTING prude!
Because it’s funny.
Virginia blushes – 5, although this one is more angry than embarrassed.
I don’t know if it’s called blushing if it’s angry, is it?
OK, not a blush, which gets my count back in synch 😀
That might be more of a flush. (Easily confused.)
“Paradise by the Dashboard Light” is kinda fitting for this situation.
So, when he plays it through his speakers, does it censor the lyrics? Because if not, he could get audio clips of the various swears, and play them as appropriate.
Wouldn’t work. His swear filter is intelligent, and recognizes his intent. It also learns from his behaviour.
The swear filter can only work on what Nick says. It doesn’t work on what he types out, and I don’t see how it could work on something he plays on a speaker.
But I suspect that the whole point for Nick is the spontaneity of the swear, and if he uses sound files, he loses that spontaneity.
Or as Nick might put it: “Yeah, I thought of that. I grabbed a bunch of George Carlin, because the world needs to hear more of him. But if I wanna say ‘What the
plungeis thisswirlyspigot?’, I gotta cue up the files I want, say ‘What the’, play the file [fx:George Carlin saying ‘fuck’], say ‘is this’, play the file [fx:George Carlin saying ‘goddamn’], then play the file [fx:George Carlin saying ‘horseshit?’]. I can do it fast so that you don’t hear any pauses, but I would have to do that everybankrupttime. It’s too scripted to be fun for long, and it still isn’t me swearing, so I might as well put up with the filter.”You’re thinking like an operator. Nick is the system. He doesn’t have to type commands. And everything he says comes over a speaker.
And while he can swear in his online posts, he may or may not be able to successfully swear on a screen in the cockpit. Like I said, the filter learns. He might be able to do it a few times, but the filter would catch on.
I didn’t write or imply that Nick types anything. But he still has to interface with things. His brain is distinct from other parts of the Osprey, and the Osprey’s flight computer, other computer(s) (whatever it is that can play audio and video), and sound system.
“Nick’s vocal output” is a sound channel that can be sent to different speakers. The swear filter affects that sound channel, but not any part of the Osprey’s systems directly.
Of course, since I’ve been thinking about it, it occurs to me that when Nick plays the sound file “fuck”, his swear filter could emit the word
plunge(or whatever) at the same time, so that what is heard is a confused mix of swear and replacement.Even more extreme, his swear filter might learn to parse the sound files and create the auditory inverse of the sound files, and emit that along with the replacement, so that the sound file is destructively interfered with. It probably would not be 100% perfect (if the sounds are coming from different speakers, then depending on where one stands, one might still hear the word “fuck” somewhat faintly), but it would probably be pretty close.
But I can’t think of any way for the filter to affect something displayed on the Osprey’s video screen. That’s not Nick’s vocal output.
Yes, his brain is a distinct element, just as your own is. But the whole helicopter – not just his brain – is Nick. His “interfacing” with the other elements of the helicopter is analogous to you interfacing with your hands or feet.
And again, you’re assuming that the swear filter can only operate on his “vocal” output (at least that’s what your comment seems to imply). Like I said, the filter learns. It, too, is another element of everything that makes up Nick as a whole.
The fact that it doesn’t filter his language for online posting is not indicative that it would not apply to everyting that is output directly – either audibly or visually. We simply do not have enough data to be sure that it would not act on the output itself. So it might not make any difference whether said output was from a speech synthesizer or from an audio file, or even text displayed on one of his screens.
One more attempt to argue the points:
1) This comic [dated 2013-09-24] (a bit of a spoiler for anyone reading sequentially at this point) has Dr. Lee reference transceivers and filters and the override as being implanted in Nick’s brain, and requiring actual surgery to change, where “filters” includes the swear filter.
2) The fact that Nick integrates so well with the Osprey is more of a fortuitous situation than a necessary one. He was considered a human brain in a helicopter (until after he actually flew and declared otherwise).
3) It’s reasonable to conclude that the swear filter only affects vocal output because everything that Nick says or does (gestures; produces text) is an output from his brain, but Nick can make rude gestures with his rotors or the drone’s hands, or craft swear-laden posts, and the filter does nothing. Only vocal output is seen to be affected; non-vocal output is seen to not be affected, therefore, the most reasonable conclusion barring new data is that only vocal output can be affected.
Something tangential I’ve been thinking about: I wonder if the swear filter is actually active in the VR of his room, but in that one situation, his output is fed back to his auditory input unfiltered. But it’s only his auditory input. Everyone else in the VR hears the filtered output.