Model Train Journal

an·droid
noun
1. a robot with a human appearance.
synonyms: robot, automaton, cyborg, droid, bot
"a space station run by androids"

Real World Control (for humans)


Virtual World Control (for androids)

Are you sure? Do you dream of electric sheep? Do you pass tests designed to provoke an emotional response?

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Are you sure? Do you dream of electric sheep? Do you pass tests designed to provoke an emotional response?

Yes, I had an inspection to make sure.

I have a heart, I am not an android!

I don't dream.

Yes, I pass stupid tests.

It was very emotionally gratifying to be found completely stupid. That means I could not be an android.

webenda wrote:

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Are you sure? Do you dream of electric sheep? Do you pass tests designed to provoke an emotional response?

Yes, I had an inspection to make sure.

Could be all synthetic and just in the shop for repairs and a tune up...changing that synthetic blood out, etc.

I have a heart, I am not an android!

Could be all synthetic...

I don't dream.

Not that you are aware of....

Yes, I pass stupid tests.
It was very emotionally gratifying to be found completely stupid. That means I could not be an android.

Passing a test is one thing; stupidity is another - I am unaware of any requirement for androids to not be stupid and one might very well expect that they would be manufactured to suit.

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:

webenda wrote:

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Are you sure? Do you dream of electric sheep? Do you pass tests designed to provoke an emotional response?

Yes, I had an inspection to make sure.

Could be all synthetic and just in the shop for repairs and a tune up...changing that synthetic blood out, etc.

I have a heart, I am not an android!

Could be all synthetic...

I don't dream.

Not that you are aware of....

Yes, I pass stupid tests.
It was very emotionally gratifying to be found completely stupid. That means I could not be an android.

Passing a test is one thing; stupidity is another - I am unaware of any requirement for androids to not be stupid and one might very well expect that they would be manufactured to suit.

Now you have me worried, so I googled the subject.
First hit:

Aha, they have not built sythetic humans yet, therefore, I could not be one.

Second hit:

Wait a minute...
The team created their synthetic humans using the 3D rendering software Blender, basing their work on existing human figure templates and motion data collected from real people to keep the results realistic.

webenda wrote:Wait a minute...
The team created their synthetic humans using the 3D rendering software Blender, basing their work on existing human figure templates and motion data collected from real people to keep the results realistic.

Might want to check that bar code on the back of your neck

I thought the bar code went in the roof of the mouth so the natural born can't tell.

Tom Dempsey wrote:I thought the bar code went in the roof of the mouth so the natural born can't tell.

True.

Assassins get bar codes on the back of the neck,

Those dates seem odd.

robert. wrote:Those dates seem odd.

Maybe they weren't fresh?