[ There's a faint look of concern as Komaeda bangs his knee against the coffin, but he seems to be fine and so there's no need to question it. It was too much excitement for one conversation, he supposes, but he doesn't mind that. There is a twitchy little frown at the mention of making an AI of a completely unrelated person, though, and he's quick to dismiss the idea. This was a question of who he could and not who he would, after all. ]
Not really.
[ Moving on. What is of interest to him is the fact that Komaeda is right that his talent can't easily be recreated - there's something to be said about such a unique ability, regardless of how one might categorize it. It bordered on the supernatural, and so it became one of the few things that science couldn't understand in order to control and advance it past what humans were capable of. He folds his arms, looking down at his lap as he considers that, before he takes the cards back up and the lower half of his face disappears behind the one with the open-mouthed grin. ]
Well, I can't bend reality, so I dunno that it'd be possible to recreate it. I guess it'd be possible to mimic it in some way within the confines of the AI program itself... [ Rio reaches over to tap the screen. ] ... Which might be an interesting project, but for the most part, I don't think it'd matter. The problem is that without it, you'd be a different person, right? But that's the point.
[ He flips to the cat card. ]
There's no need for an AI to change. It's just a snapshot of who the person was, so no matter how many years pass, they'll be the same person as they were when you made 'em.
[ The ice cream cone. He's never given any thought to making one for himself. ]
If I were to make one, it would be to preserve a person I wanna keep exactly as they were in my memory. When it's for your own satisfaction, there's no wasting it as long as you're satisfied with the outcome, right? Anyway, I think it'd be good enough.
[ As long as he could trick himself into believing it was that person, or close enough, that should be enough for it to be considered a success. After all, the goal wasn't a complete recreation; much like Maple, AIs based on living people are just tools. They're meant to bring comfort to the living, and that meant they were imperfect creations by default. They weren't human, they were strings of code and functions and syntaxes, even less than Rio himself was.
He looks over at the laptop screen, wondering who might qualify as that person he wanted to talk to endlessly. Who would be worth recreating halfway? Would it be Komaeda? Safalin? He doesn't think so - there's no one in particular that he can think of, no one at all that would be worth it, because no matter how Rio looks at it... There's no way that half a person could satisfy him when the memory of who they were, and the knowledge of how much more they were, would endlessly eat away at him. ]
Anyway, that's not the sorta project I'd take on for myself.
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Not really.
[ Moving on. What is of interest to him is the fact that Komaeda is right that his talent can't easily be recreated - there's something to be said about such a unique ability, regardless of how one might categorize it. It bordered on the supernatural, and so it became one of the few things that science couldn't understand in order to control and advance it past what humans were capable of. He folds his arms, looking down at his lap as he considers that, before he takes the cards back up and the lower half of his face disappears behind the one with the open-mouthed grin. ]
Well, I can't bend reality, so I dunno that it'd be possible to recreate it. I guess it'd be possible to mimic it in some way within the confines of the AI program itself... [ Rio reaches over to tap the screen. ] ... Which might be an interesting project, but for the most part, I don't think it'd matter. The problem is that without it, you'd be a different person, right? But that's the point.
[ He flips to the cat card. ]
There's no need for an AI to change. It's just a snapshot of who the person was, so no matter how many years pass, they'll be the same person as they were when you made 'em.
[ The ice cream cone. He's never given any thought to making one for himself. ]
If I were to make one, it would be to preserve a person I wanna keep exactly as they were in my memory. When it's for your own satisfaction, there's no wasting it as long as you're satisfied with the outcome, right? Anyway, I think it'd be good enough.
[ As long as he could trick himself into believing it was that person, or close enough, that should be enough for it to be considered a success. After all, the goal wasn't a complete recreation; much like Maple, AIs based on living people are just tools. They're meant to bring comfort to the living, and that meant they were imperfect creations by default. They weren't human, they were strings of code and functions and syntaxes, even less than Rio himself was.
He looks over at the laptop screen, wondering who might qualify as that person he wanted to talk to endlessly. Who would be worth recreating halfway? Would it be Komaeda? Safalin? He doesn't think so - there's no one in particular that he can think of, no one at all that would be worth it, because no matter how Rio looks at it... There's no way that half a person could satisfy him when the memory of who they were, and the knowledge of how much more they were, would endlessly eat away at him. ]
Anyway, that's not the sorta project I'd take on for myself.