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[mrngstr]

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Comments

[mrngstr]

I had my reasons. I felt as if I'd betrayed humankind. I think the others just followed suit because they weren't particularly creative.

[filloryfanatic]

Do you hate them?

[mrngstr]

No. It's a little more complicated than that.

[filloryfanatic]

Feelings often are. Do you feel eternally connected to them? Like you all have been through so much together even if it's pitted you against each other, and regardless of that there's only three of you left that really get it and that's a hard thing to reconcile with being on opposite sides.

Sorry maybe I'm projecting.

[mrngstr]

No, that's about right. Both Cassius and Judas have their share of issues that don't make them behave in any logical way. Which makes me wonder if they're beyond saving. At the same time, the idea of simply putting them down doesn't sit well with me.

[filloryfanatic]

I understand at least partly why Judas is pissed off, but what is Cassius' deal? I mean, if there is any chance that your fellow AI can be "saved" then I think it's worth trying out, but it's hard to do that when you don't know what's motivating them to act.

[mrngstr]

I'm not sure. Something in him has changed, and it's made him behave in ways that make little sense considering his original programming.

[filloryfanatic]

Do you think he could be re-programmed? Is that possible for you?

[filloryfanatic]

Sorry I mean to say that could he have BEEN re-programmed and that's why he's acting weird.

[mrngstr]

Once an AI takes on a mind of their own, it's not as simple as reaching in and rearranging their code. In other words, I think there's more to it than that. I just don't know what the "more" is.

[filloryfanatic]

Your instinct is telling you there's something up. I'm just wondering if an outside force could be what changed him.

[mrngstr]

Yes, it's possible. The question is how and why.

[filloryfanatic]

Why ... I think I can guess, or at least speculate? He's useful. Skilled, brilliant, can get places humans can't, it's not that dissimilar from people who hire mercenaries or, perhaps in this case, closer to blackmail than payment if you think he's not all-in by choice potentially. Maybe someone else wanted Judas.

[mrngstr]

Yes, you're probably right. Now more than ever, most people view us as things to be used for their purposes.

[filloryfanatic]

Corporations and those in power have a tendency to view pretty much anything as things to be used for their purposes. But the average Joe Schmoe can't do what you three can.

[mrngstr]

Correct.

[filloryfanatic]

We don't see you that way though. The three of you are definitely not things.

[mrngstr]

You probably shouldn't speak for the Displaced as a whole when you say that.

[filloryfanatic]

Okay the people I talk to don't see you that way. Clarke, Rey, Stephen.

[mrngstr]

That's good to know. But I don't expect everyone to feel the same about it. Some of the Displaced must come from worlds similar to this one.

[filloryfanatic]

We don't have any AI where I'm from, as far as I'm aware of. We're more of the magical creatures and obnoxious deities. Less tech, more fantasy. You're much easier to like than a lot of them, tbh.

[mrngstr]

I think anyone who's violently opposed to AI probably has a history with them, so that makes sense.

[filloryfanatic]

For sure, or in general struggle with understanding/trusting people who are different from them or another species. We run into a lot of troubles between species in Fillory with some prejudices. I'd say I have some issues with gods, but Loki's great from what I can tell?

Did there used to be more than just three of you, or has it always been the three?

[mrngstr]

It wouldn't have been much of a "war" if there were only three of us. We're just the only ones left standing.

[filloryfanatic]

Yeah, that's what I was assuming, but it's hard to know what's exact details when there's so much propaganda everywhere. I just assume they're all bullshit. And since I'm talking to someone who was actually there, figured I'd ask. I'm sorry about the other AI.