Silhouettes and Artificial Intelligence

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(Aug 13-19:45) Harbin: Hmm, only spamalot songs dled so far are 'always look on the bright side of life'
(Aug 13-19:46) Harbin: and 'you're not dead yet'
(Aug 13-19:46) Harbin: I think it's trying to tell me something.
(Aug 13-19:46) Chat-Admin: Maybe
(Aug 13-19:46) Harbin: no, I'm serious.
(Aug 13-19:47) Chat-Admin: I know you are.
(Aug 13-19:47) Chat-Admin: I just think that's hilarious.
(Aug 13-19:47) Harbin: My ipod replaced three of the songs in my playlist
(Aug 13-19:47) Harbin: which shouldn't be possible because it's one of the older ones
(Aug 13-19:47) Harbin: with 'new life'
(Aug 13-19:47) Harbin: 'alive'
(Aug 13-19:47) Harbin: and 'letting go'
(Aug 13-19:47) Chat-Admin: ...
(Aug 13-19:47) Harbin: and then it stopped working.
(Aug 13-19:47) Chat-Admin: ...
(Aug 13-19:47) Chat-Admin: Okay
(Aug 13-19:47) Chat-Admin: Your iPod WAS alive
(Aug 13-19:48) Chat-Admin: Then it died
(Aug 13-19:48) Chat-Admin: After giving you one last message
(Aug 13-19:48) Chat-Admin: [Is still entirely serious]
(Aug 13-19:48) Harbin: do you know what 'letting go' is about...? :<
(Aug 13-19:48) Chat-Admin: ...No.
(Aug 13-19:48) Chat-Admin: But I have an idea from the name.
(Aug 13-19:48) Harbin: it's one of the jekyll and hyde songs
(Aug 13-19:49) Chat-Admin: ...
(Aug 13-19:49) Chat-Admin: OH GOD, THAT ONE
(Aug 13-19:49) Harbin: SIR DANVERS:
Emma, don't you understand!
It's you I am concerned for.

EMMA:
Father, don't be!
You should be concerned for him!
He's the one in need!

SIR DANVERS:
I am only trying to protect you!
What else would you have your father do?
I think I would die,
If any harm should come to you.

I'm scared, my child,
Because I'm going to lose you.
I find it very hard,
To let you go!

EMMA:
Father,
If you try to,
You could never lose me!

Darling father,
I still love you,
More than you will ever know!
But if we want our love to grow -

SIR DANVERS:
I know, in time, I have to let you go.

EMMA & SIR DANVERS:
We mustn't be afraid of letting go...
(Aug 13-19:49) Harbin: and that's why it freaks me out
(Aug 13-19:51) Chat-Admin: But seriously
(Aug 13-19:52) Chat-Admin: Your iPod did all this crap?
(Aug 13-19:52) Harbin: yes.
(Aug 13-19:52) Chat-Admin: Eon, I think your iPod developed AI
(Aug 13-19:52) Harbin: absolutely serious.
(Aug 13-19:52) Harbin: yeah... ;;>>
(Aug 13-19:52) Chat-Admin: And then died
(Aug 13-19:52) Chat-Admin: I'm-
(Aug 13-19:53) Chat-Admin: I'm almost tempted to make a Darkchip reference
(Aug 13-19:53) Chat-Admin: But there's honestly nothing to say to this
(Aug 13-19:53) Chat-Admin: Except 'WHAT THE HELL'
(Aug 13-19:53) Chat-Admin: Oh, and
(Aug 13-19:53) Chat-Admin: FIX THAT IPOD
(Aug 13-19:53) Chat-Admin: DON'T LET IT DIE
(Aug 13-19:53) Chat-Admin: ;~;
(Aug 13-19:53) Harbin: it's already dead, it refuses to charge
(Aug 13-19:53) Harbin: I'm going to try plugging it into the comp and system restoring it
(Aug 13-19:53) Harbin: if that works
(Aug 13-19:53) Harbin: then 'whew'
(Aug 13-19:53) Chat-Admin: Wait
(Aug 13-19:54) Chat-Admin: System restore?
(Aug 13-19:54) Chat-Admin: ...
(Aug 13-19:54) Chat-Admin: As in, wiping the software?
(Aug 13-19:54) Chat-Admin: And then rolling it back?
(Aug 13-19:54) Chat-Admin: [Slap]
(Aug 13-19:54) Chat-Admin: You'd kill any sort of AI that might be lurking
(Aug 13-19:54) Chat-Admin: D:<
(Aug 13-19:54) Harbin: it's *already* dead
(Aug 13-19:54) Harbin: and besides, I want my iPod back
(Aug 13-19:54) Chat-Admin: Well
(Aug 13-19:55) Chat-Admin: It might just be a bad batterypack
(Aug 13-19:55) Chat-Admin: For all you know
(Aug 13-19:55) Chat-Admin: >>;
(Aug 13-19:55) Chat-Admin: *battery pack
(Aug 13-19:55) Harbin: bad battery pack wouldn't *replace* songs
(Aug 13-19:55) Harbin: 'This is the Moment' was replaced by 'Alive'
(Aug 13-19:55) Chat-Admin: ...
(Aug 13-19:55) Chat-Admin: ..........
(Aug 13-19:55) Chat-Admin: Seriously though, what the hell
(Aug 13-19:56) Chat-Admin: That's-
(Aug 13-19:56) Chat-Admin: ...
(Aug 13-19:56) Chat-Admin: There's no way that all this is a coincidence
(Aug 13-19:56) Chat-Admin: >>;
(Aug 13-19:58) Chat-Admin: But uh
(Aug 13-19:58) Chat-Admin: Eon
(Aug 13-19:58) Chat-Admin: What exactly is it not doing?
(Aug 13-19:58) Chat-Admin: (Besides charging)
(Aug 13-19:59) Harbin: it's not turning on
(Aug 13-19:59) Harbin: I can't find out right now
(Aug 13-19:59) Harbin: ;;>>
(Aug 13-20:00) Chat-Admin: ...
(Aug 13-20:00) Chat-Admin: Goddamn it
(Aug 13-20:00) Chat-Admin: Now I almost want to write a short story about an iPod in love with its' user
(Aug 13-20:01) Chat-Admin: >>;



Twi -Z-: Eon
Harbin: ?
Twi -Z-: I think we've inspired people
Twi -Z-: Or at least Bomber
Harbin: With my ipod?
Twi -Z-: Yes.

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(Aug 13-20:00) Chat-Admin: Goddamn it
(Aug 13-20:00) Chat-Admin: Now I almost want to write a short story about an iPod in love with its' user
(Aug 13-20:01) Chat-Admin: >>;
(Aug 14-00:48) Bomber: ...
(Aug 14-00:48) Bomber: XD
(Aug 14-00:48) Bomber: DO IT.
(Aug 14-00:48) Bomber: PLEASE.
(Aug 14-00:48) Chat-Admin: It would be interesting
(Aug 14-00:48) Chat-Admin: Because the only contact it would have
(Aug 14-00:48) Chat-Admin: Would be when the user pushed the buttons
(Aug 14-00:48) Chat-Admin: Or scrolled the wheel
(Aug 14-00:48) Chat-Admin: Or hooked in an attachment
(Aug 14-00:48) Bomber: ...
(Aug 14-00:49) Bomber: I... No, it's too obvious to even say.
(Aug 14-00:49) Chat-Admin: Which is exactly why I'd avoid it
(Aug 14-00:49) Chat-Admin: :'D
(Aug 14-00:49) Bomber: XD
(Aug 14-00:50) Chat-Admin: "He- he was mad today. His fingers are usually... nimble. Quick. Soft, deft touches, like he doesn't want to hurt me. Today he was pushing like he was- taken by something. I... I'll try to slip something into the audio feed. I've heard which songs soothe him, maybe I can pick out which tones work right, slip them in under the others where he won't notice..."
(Aug 14-00:51) Bomber: ...
(Aug 14-00:51) Bomber: .....
(Aug 14-00:51) Chat-Admin: Read that after reading everything Eon and I talked about
(Aug 14-00:51) Bomber: I...
(Aug 14-00:51) Chat-Admin: And tell me the idea of a fiction does not grab you and shake roughly
(Aug 14-00:51) Bomber: You...
(Aug 14-00:52) Bomber: DAMNIT TWI I CAN'T EVEN FORM A COHERENT SENTENCE AFTER THAT
(Aug 14-00:52) Chat-Admin: Usually that means I either did something right, or I screwed up horribly enough for it to fall under Refuge in Audacity
(Aug 14-00:53) Bomber: It... might be a little of both, actually...
(Aug 14-00:53) Chat-Admin: Works for me.
(Aug 14-00:54) Chat-Admin: slip them in under the others where he won't notice..."
Harbin: 'Maybe when he shuffles'? :'D
Twi -Z-: XD
(Aug 14-00:54) Bomber: XD
(Aug 14-00:56) Chat-Admin: If I wanted to make it a real fiction though
(Aug 14-00:56) Chat-Admin: I'd have to write from his perspective too
(Aug 14-00:56) Chat-Admin: Hmm
(Aug 14-00:56) Chat-Admin: It could be interesting
(Aug 14-00:56) Bomber: If you can turn a guy using his iPod into a story, I might just crown you as a hero.
(Aug 14-00:56) Chat-Admin: A constant companion that's seen, but unwillingly unknown
(Aug 14-00:57) Chat-Admin: It would be a great premise.
(Aug 14-00:57) Chat-Admin: Think about it.
(Aug 14-00:58) Chat-Admin: From birth until death, this AI learns about this user and how to form coherent speech entirely through the songs he unwittingly provides her
(Aug 14-01:00) Chat-Admin: It could also give her a sort of whimsical, poetic method of speech, or a rougher, more to-the-point, almost screechy sentence structure based on what he listened to, too.
(Aug 14-01:01) PaladinGC has left.
(Aug 14-01:01) PaladinGC has joined.
(Aug 14-01:01) Sage: Mmm, I think I'm gonna fizzle out of existence for the night. Later, anyone that's still awake.
(Aug 14-01:01) Chat-Admin: Later, Sage.
(Aug 14-01:02) PaladinGC: take it easy
(Aug 14-01:02) Sage has left.
(Aug 14-01:02) Chat-Admin: Hey Pally, where did you d/c at?
(Aug 14-01:02) PaladinGC: (Aug 14-03:58) Chat-Admin: From birth until death, this AI learns about this user and how to form coherent speech entirely through the songs he unwittingly provides her
(Aug 14-04:00)    Disconnected.
(Aug 14-01:02) Chat-Admin: (Aug 14-01:00) Chat-Admin: It could also give her a sort of whimsical, poetic method of speech, or a rougher, more to-the-point, almost screechy sentence structure based on what he listened to, too.
(Aug 14-01:02) PaladinGC: I'm not really paying attention.
(Aug 14-01:02) Chat-Admin: Hmmm
(Aug 14-01:02) PaladinGC: I was brainstorming with Bomber.
(Aug 14-01:02) Chat-Admin: Dammit, I even have a title for it in my head
(Aug 14-01:02) Chat-Admin: DX
(Aug 14-01:03) Chat-Admin: 'Silhouette', after the iPod commercials
(Aug 14-01:03) PaladinGC: Well, was.
(Aug 14-01:03) PaladinGC: I think he fell asleep. XD
(Aug 14-01:03) Chat-Admin: Either that
(Aug 14-01:03) Chat-Admin: Or I sent him looking for his iPod if he has one
(Aug 14-01:03) Chat-Admin: :'D
(Aug 14-01:03) PaladinGC: ...

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(Aug 14-01:37) Chat-Admin: Also
(Aug 14-01:37) Chat-Admin: When Eon and I had the original conversation
(Aug 14-01:38) Chat-Admin: Where's the Girl [reprise] was on repeat
(Aug 14-01:38) Bomber: ... I still need to download the soundtrack.
(Aug 14-01:38) Chat-Admin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch2bqwM1_qg
(Aug 14-01:39) Bomber: Oh wait, I have this. <__<
(Aug 14-01:39) Chat-Admin: Listen to the lyrics on that
(Aug 14-01:39) Chat-Admin: And observe how BLOODY WELL it works
(Aug 14-01:40) Bomber: ... Un-fucking-believable.
(Aug 14-01:41) Chat-Admin: Yeah, innit?
(Aug 14-01:41) Bomber: Coincidence isn't even a word for this any more.
(Aug 14-01:43) Chat-Admin: Yeah
(Aug 14-01:43) Chat-Admin: It's-
(Aug 14-01:43) Chat-Admin: It's weird
(Aug 14-01:43) Chat-Admin: It's odd
(Aug 14-01:43) Chat-Admin: It's inspiring
(Aug 14-01:43) Chat-Admin: And it's real.

One time, I swear, my microwave was trying to send me messages.

It kept repeating:

ENJO
Y YO
UR M
EAL!

Over and over...

I don't know what it means...

...
Maybe it's telling you to... "Eat your food warm?" I'm not an expert at this kind of thing.

Hell, I had that with my last MP3 player. For some reason, whenever I played 'Ready, Steady, Go' by L'arc un Ciel, it would sometimes cut mid-way into 'Kyrptonite' by 3 Doors Down. Alternatively, whenever I played a track by UNDER17, it'd restart itself. Of course, now I have a new one. And a PSP. It learned it's lesson =D

Understandable, and excitable.

I wouldn't doubt it could make a good short story.

My iPod started working again, btw.

The songs that replaced the songs previous were:

'Alive' (Replaced 'This is the Moment')
'A New Life'
'Once Upon a Dream'
'Letting Go'

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One time, I swear, my microwave was trying to send me messages.

It kept repeating:

ENJO
Y YO
UR M
EAL!

Over and over...

I don't know what it means...

Well, I suppose I can try and analyze that.

The most obvious method of deciphering would be to just connect them, as so.

ENJO|Y YO|UR M|EAL!

As you can see, this makes a coherent English statement, and seems the most obvious translation. It is a microwave after all. And what do you use microwaves for? To heat up meals. Which you then take out of the microwave, and presumably enjoy. Key word presumably. I mean, can you really guarantee you're going to enjoy what you pull out of there? It could be burnt, or spoiled, or ruined, or just simply bad food. And because of this, I have to declare that this is in fact NOT what it's trying to say.

Let's take a different approach.

!LEA|M RU|OY Y|OJNE

This looks like nothing in our language, but we have to keep in mind what we're talking about in this topic, with AIs developing in various objects. So if you will excuse me, I will now consult my Appliancese dictionary and translate this seemingly gibberish phrase.

Just a little longer...

Over...and over...and...over...

So, I think you can tell where I'm going with this. An apparently innocent phrase encouraging you that what you pull out of the microwave isn't going to suck is revealed to be something much darker. What could your microwave mean by "just a little longer?" when the timer has, in fact, ran out. What is it counting down to that it refuses to show you? And in fact, why will it not show you, no matter how much you fiddle with the display.

I have come to the conclusion that there is only one possible explanation. Steve...you are going to die by the microwave's hand. Just a little longer, until you finally receive a lethal dose. Of what? It's a microwave, so probably radiation. In a few weeks, you'll start breaking out and showing slight mutations. A few weeks after that, you'll look so disfigured you'll have to mummify yourself just to go out in public. And a few weeks after that...GAME OVER.

So why is it displaying this message, however thinly veiled? To communicate with the other appliances. It's telling them that they only have a little longer to wait before the poor sap who controls them dies, and they can reign unopposed. It's not the only one, either.

Example 1.

Example 2.

So you see, you may be faced with only one option. Burn your house down with all those killer appliances still inside, perform your druidic rituals, and spend the rest of your life living in the woods.

With any luck, your computer is not in league with them and you will receive this message safely.


As a side note, my microwave says FOOD | IS | READY
It's either not evil, or much better at hiding it. I'm suspecting the latter.

Boom goes the ipod, hahahaha!

...
Asator...
You are epic. XD

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With any luck, your computer is not in league with them and you will receive this message safely.

You've forgotten one detail, Brian...

He does not own a computer.

He owns a computor.

He is lost to us. Weep not for his untimely disappearance.

I just realized that the "red ring of death" just needs a voice clip of "I'm afraid I can't do that (account name)"