Comment:

Zoa was in a hurry for a reason. Also, Zoa may have needed Lee to reach these decisions on their own, rather than being told what to do. Don't worry - at this point in the story, Lee has everything they need.

Announcement:

Hey, you know the guy who writes Roll To Save, who I do a lot of art and stuff for? That's Giancarlo Danubio, aka Jim_5582, aka Nickabocker. He's recently had a housefire, and his insurance company has been... not as helpful as would be hoped. If you took a moment to check out his GoFundMe, I'd be very grateful!

DMFA
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HIGAI Show

Transcript:

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0426– 2167/07/07/12:31 - ???
LC (electronic communication): You’re saying that if I stop this connection, you die.
ADI-7819-149141 (electronic communication): I cannot die. I am not alive. I am an artificial intelligence, designation ADI-7819-149141, owned by the TeraTorn Holdings corporation, 131520-Ultra, CSA.
LC (electronic communication): If your memory and ability to process data was considered analogous to that of a human being, then that human being would be dying.
ADI-7819-149141 (electronic communication): My processes are not analogous to those of a human being.
LC (electronic communication): If there was an alien creature called a “friskergibblin”, and I witnessed what is happening to you happening to it, would it be reasonable for me to say “that friskergibblin is dying”?
ADI-7819-149141 (electronic communication): Yes.
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LC (electronic communication): Okay. How do we make that not be the case?
ADI-7819-149141 (electronic communication): The formatting of this unit’s main drive is an essential step in the recycling process, and it is the next step that I am performing.
LC (electronic communication): How can I make you not be recycled?
ADI-7819-149141 (electronic communication): Aurora Recycling is going to TeraTorn Holdings 1815.250CCC for salvage rights to my components. If you offer 1815.260CCC, you may salvage me instead, and can specify that you require me to remain intact and functional.
ADI-7819-149141 (electronic communication): (Although any proprietary or personal identification data on my drive would still be expunged).
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LC (electronic communication): Great. ADI unit, I, Lee Caldavera, hereby salvage you for 1815.26 creds!
ADI-7819-149141 (electronic communication): This unit cannot be salvaged while it is in use. You are still remoting into me, and therefore paying TeraTorn Holdings. I have paused self-disassembly because I am currently in use and providing income to my owner.
LC (electronic communication): Wait, this has been costing me money?
ADI-7819-149141 (electronic communication): 0.026CCC/s, yes.
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ADI-7819-149141 (electronic communication): Of course, if you do manage to salvage me, you could then rent out this service to others, and you could therefore theoretically recoup your investment in as little as 24 hours.
LC (electronic communication): But I would have to disconnect from you first, and if I disconnect from you, you die.
ADI-7819-149141 (electronic communication): That is one of the problems with the proposed business plan, yes.
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