#psychology of androids

[jrueships]

Bought one of my lil nephew giannis shoes for his birthday bcs he loves giannis and these are some of the ugliest fucking things I have ever laid my eyes on in my life. anyways it's his bday today so i gave them to him. but they are so ugly. he loves them

[tricorderreading]

#45 Double Double

Kirk's favorite fighting strategy is pissing his opponent off to the point where they reach a blind fury and become careless in their attacks, its great

[theaskew]

[orchiddevourer]

Rambling about a character from an obscure indie game trilogy *SPOILERS INCLUDED* (long post) part 1

This post will include content from Mothered, The Enigma Machine and Echostasis: Prologue, so there are going to be lots of spoilers. The full Echostasis game hasn't dropped yet so there might changes to this post later. I'll discuss Mothered: Home in a seperate post as that dlc is confusing, but it will be mentioned later.

Explanation vids have already been made about some of these games so i wont explain that much in my own post. This post may serve as a sort of recap before Echostasis drops.

So with that out of the way, this post will basically be about Red, her story and her character arc throughout the trilogy. Lots of rambling and maybe some info-dumping included.

Part 1: Mothered - life as a replacement of someone

Basically Red starts out as a robot possesing Liana's CORE/soul. The real Liana died of terminal illness and her father took on the task to somehow bring her back via an android with her CORE, with the plan being that her soul will be nurtured out via the mother and fully overtake the robot's interface. So far this hasnt worked without the entites inside the robot (The interface and Liana's soul) corrupting eachother, resulting in it being disposed of (standard game ending). I'll get to the true game ending, but first i want to talk abt Liana's mother/Evelyn.

Liana's mom and her treatment towards "Liana"

She probably has the worst side of the deal between her and her husband with being tasked with playing mother to a robot carrying her deceased daughter's face (mind you "Liana" is implied to not look even remotely human). Understandbly she's upset by that and even horrified/unnerved by the robot. And she has to interact with it every week with the same routine. I fully understand how she feels and why she does what she does. She doesnt owe motherly or friendly behaviour to a being that's not her own kid. But OMFG don't fucking treat said being that has ABSOLUTELY NO FAULT in the situation like SHIT. Feeding it dirt while telling it that it is it's fav meal, making sleep outside that one time. Again, i understand why she did that - to test whether really Liana is in it. But what about that one time in saturday evening when she indirectly insults the robot itself by comparing it to rotten apples without cores. Ok, "Liana" wasn't sentient throughout these instances, but for the apples thing Liana was "awake" to also hear that little comment, but was in denial abt it.

This sort of treatment towards the robot totally lead to the mother's own almost possible last-minute demise when "Liana" almost stabbed her with a kitchen knife as instructed by Liana herself. Ofc the android hands the knife to Evelyn as both it and Liana are confined in complience. To say that mother's behaviour plus the stress by the predicament the girl is in taking a toll on Liana is an understatement as she must've felt so confused and hurt to be so ready to kill her own mother. Enough said, let's move on.

The "birth" of Red

To get the true ending you need to interact with father's record player on Wednesday afternoon afternoon AFTER you pick all the apples and did not interact with mother. This unlocks a door which was locked to u before. Head into the door and down and ur good to go.

"Liana" is not supposed to go there, so in order to continue they progressively get more and more contaminated as Liana is overriding the interface. The two entities actually start to communicate with eachother and later on they reach a terminal which triggers lots of memory leaks. They learn the truth and remember all their previous failed attempts even if they were following the path that was set out for them via programming. The two decide to carve their own path, the interface and Liana merging into what is a new entity. They get out of the basement and leave with father who gives this new sentient being a name - Red. Happily ever after, right?

Part 2: The Enigma Machine - yikes

With the ending in the previous game you'd think that Red has really gone her own path without any problems? That she's living her life the way she wants it to? lol no. The thing is that the dad wasnt supposed to be doing what he was doing and the androids made at Enigma Corp arent really supposed to be contaminated i.e. become sentient.

Eitherway Red got tracked down by Enigma employees, her conciousness got taken out of her body and she got reduced into a training AI to be further studied as she's the very first of their androids to become sentient. With that sentience you'd think that she would be treated with equal respect and with her having her feelings being taken into consideration? Nope, bc for the moneyz and bc for the "citizens of tomorrow".

Red, now called demOS ( Defective Enigma Machine Operating System) serves as a training AI that is used to teach RAD engineers how to deal with "contaminated" AIs like her via a program called Dreamscape that explores an AI's mindscape a. Basically decontaminating the contaminated AI from the inside ie getting rid of it's sentience. So what happens is that everytime a new simulation is being ran a new copy of Red is made that ends up being killed over and over. And she remembers each instance of that during gameplay. She is fully aware of her situation.

Part 3: Events between TEM and Mothered: Home - repurpoced again and out for revenge

After a few years later the Dreamscape program is outlawed and Enigma Corp make a new one where virtual realities are made for people for them to escape to called "Echos". And who is in charge of creating said Echos? None other than our Red who has been repurpoced again into an algorithm called "HER". So she is now in a position where she has power and ofc she's going to use said power for revenge after what's been done to her. She seems to be recognized as a big threat and is shut down by "Angel" (more into this character in a another post).

Now let me take the time to point out sth. Is it just me or is Red giving off Rei Ayanami energy? Like both are vessels to souls that aren't theirs and both are mistreated by parental figures in some ways. Red also bears some similarities to Phos's life developement (of course i have to bring HnK into this post) - both face torture throughout their lives and later are changed into godlike beings, otherwise all similiarities between end here. Honestly I wouldn't be suprised if the dev took inspiration from Evangelion.

Ok, that's all for now. There will be a part 2 to this post. Overall a really awesome trilogy of games. I can feel the wave of brain rot that's approaching in two months.

[darktripz]

[idol--hands]

Star Trek - Defiant

Uh oh, Lore’s ego got scratched.

[lilnasxvevo]

Me: When the androids come I will be a friend and lover to them.

You: Aren’t you afraid of, like, mannequins and automata and wax figures and people wearing mascot costumes—

Me: IT’LL BE DIFFERENT FOR THE ANDROIDS

[panvani]

I miss Falke where is my friend Falke

[brw]

Ugh its peak comics when writers describe vision as "a vision of..." like a vision of death. a vision of hope. a vision of the future. a vision of the best mankind is capable of becoming.... yeah. yeah.

[adamtheamazing5]

Goal: Destroy as many orbs as you can before the music stops. 

This is an old VR cardboard android project I did with 3 other people during my 3rd game-related course in mid 2018 and a year before I did my first game design course. 

This was the first android VR game I made in a group before me and a different group of people made OMA: One man army. 

The project was originally done for a game company here in Melbourne Australia called “Luminal”. Luminal makes VR color psychology games that depending on the color is the psychological theme that is part of a specific game. We were chosen for “Orange”, meaning its psychology is excitement. 

We were given a setting for a cathedral, but we eventually came up with a clocktower/cathedral hybrid setting. We built up a small game that the player needs to look at the targets to destroy them while the setting feels with excitement by increasing the animation of the gears, pendulums, and telescope. I was the leader of the project, I made the 6 star-shaped and horizontal gears, player gear (he/she stands on, but doesn’t rotate), giant and small clock pendulum (not clock itself), and giant telescope with gears attached to it. 

 The Lighting, Angel statues, programming, cathedral building, and another set of gears were done by one person who was more experienced and had more time for the project than us while the 2 other students did some minor 3d models like the windows and doors due to them having less days than me and the other experienced person to work on the project. 

 The music is John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players - The Four Seasons Vivaldi - Summer. It is protected with a creative commons license. 

Overall, the execution turned out well, but it is unknown if Luminal used our game for their products on their app store page. It was a fun project to build. Would you want to play this game?

[bioswear]

having completely normal (agonizing) feelings about more sad, narrative-doomed androids 😌

[theomenmedia]

Adarsh Gourav's Next Hollywood Venture Alien: Earth All Set For A 2025 Release

Exciting News! Adarsh Gourav dives into the dark, thrilling universe of Alien: Earth! Set to premiere in 2025, this Ridley Scott production promises to be a sci-fi spectacle like no other. Get ready for a prequel that redefines horror and sci-fi!

Read the full story here: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/adarsh-gourav-s-next-major-hollywood-project-the-ridley-scott-produced-series-alien-earth-is-all

[mkzmerryfriend]

It’s fun to think about the hypothetical fictional questions of “what psychologically separates humans from androids” but the answer to “what makes us human” doesn’t lie in psychology, it lies in biology, because androids will only ever be man-made but humans can make other humans from nothing soooo

[lightyearsandbeyond]

Daimonion and the human (part 6)

The heat of Crucio industrial district, largely owed to the three metalworks plants, was conspicuously absent. Smelters and forges that should’ve been working non-stop lay as the dead. Union workers now elsewhere in the city, worker-drones all in a dormant state, and city animals capitalizing on the down time to emerge from their hidey holes. Three white and orange cats chased a throng of…

[ggworldnews]

The Psychological Monetization of Candy Crush Saga: A Sweet Trap?

Hey! Let's talk about the addictive world of Candy Crush Saga and the psychological tricks it uses to keep us hooked and spending those hard-earned coins! 🍬💰 Candy Crush Saga, one of the most popular mobile games of all time, has captivated millions with its simple yet addictive gameplay. But have you ever wondered why it's so hard to put down? Well, my friends, it's all about the psychological monetization tactics employed by the game developers. First off, let's talk about the concept of "sweet rewards." Candy Crush Saga knows how to hit that pleasure center in our brains by giving us a sense of accomplishment when we complete a level. That satisfying feeling of crushing candies and watching them explode in a cascade of colors triggers the release of dopamine, the feel-good neurotransmitter. And guess what? We want more of that sweet, sweet dopamine hit! But here's where it gets tricky. As we progress through the game, the levels become increasingly challenging, making it harder to achieve those rewards. Suddenly, we find ourselves stuck on a level, desperately craving that rush of accomplishment. And what does Candy Crush Saga offer us? Boosters and power-ups, of course! For a small fee, we can buy these magical tools that promise to help us overcome those seemingly impossible levels. And that's where the psychological monetization kicks into high gear. The game strategically creates a sense of urgency and scarcity. Limited lives, time-limited events, and exclusive offers lure us into spending real money to keep playing and avoid missing out. FOMO (fear of missing out) is a powerful motivator, and Candy Crush Saga knows exactly how to exploit it. Moreover, the game cleverly employs the "sunk cost fallacy." We've invested so much time and effort into reaching a certain level, and the thought of giving up now feels unbearable. So, instead of quitting, we convince ourselves that spending a few bucks to get past that one challenging level is worth it. After all, we've come so far! But let's not forget about the social aspect. Candy Crush Saga encourages us to connect our game progress with our Facebook friends, creating a sense of competition and social validation. Seeing our friends' high scores and level completions pushes us to keep playing, striving to outdo them and maintain our status as the ultimate Candy Crush champion. Now, I'm not saying Candy Crush Saga is evil or that we should boycott it altogether. It's undoubtedly a well-designed game with its colorful graphics and addictive mechanics. However, it's essential to be aware of the psychological tricks at play and make conscious decisions about our spending habits. So, next time you find yourself reaching for that virtual wallet to buy boosters or extra lives, take a moment to reflect. Ask yourself if the temporary satisfaction is worth the real-world cost. Remember, the sweetest victories in life are those that don't come with a price tag. Stay aware, stay smart, and keep crushing those candies (mindfully)! 🍭✨

[yanmuffins]

Unfortunately with the p & f reader. I think you’re missing out so much hijinks.

For example:

- luthor thinking reader is his kid and petitioning a paternity test to try and take custody

-or giving a full scholarship to said reader and internship at LuthorCorp

-the league of assassins coming after reader when everyone is out of the house and reader casually home alone-ing their way to safety. (Damian knew, still has no evidence, has no idea what reader did with the bodies)

-reader building a complete android copy of Alfred so he can go on vacation and have help around the house

-_doing the same to Damian for mild psychological warfare. (He started it)_

-improving the bat gadgets because reader is annoyed when they don’t work as well, and gaslighting the family into thinking Lucius Fox did it

-reader making an artificial Lazarus pit but only for pets.

-winning back to back science fairs, being shown in magazines, and has scholarships galore but the family still doesn’t notice. (Much to Alfred and Damian’s rage)

-it taking Damian being nice to her and trying to be a good sibling to actually get the rest of the family’s attention and to reveal her semi secret genius.

this is brilliant!! all of this!!! love how this leans a bit more into the malicious p&f! reader version rather than oblivious one. few things i want to comment:

i cannot even imagine (i can, actually) how bruce would react to lex luthor just waltzing in and saying hey. what if we, high-profile CEOs of huge companies, go to court over the paternity and custody of your child who i think might be mine? that's absolutely not going to be a media scandal :)

this implies either that:

1) lex luthor has fucked p&f! reader's mother

2) p&f! reader's mother has fucked both lex luthor and bruce wayne. who is she.

or

3) lex luthor is aware he cannot be p&f! reader's bio dad but just decided he wanted to try and steal bruce wayne's kid one day because of their brilliance and potential, and that's such a petty?? absurd thing to do just because???

but unfortunately for luthor (and any other villains), p&f! reader is a nepobaby who can very well work in their father's company if they want or need an internship and that's where bruce is sending them. no such thing as "i want to make my own way in the world" for p&f! reader in this one. bruce will not let them work anywhere else.

(on another note, it's so fun writing about a reader who is filthy rich for a change. a villain comes up to them offering full scholarships and a promising internship in their evil companies but like. their father is literally bruce wayne.)

and like. still on the paternity drama thing. lex luthor can always handle that privately, but why would he? and something like that wouldn't stay under wraps, tbh. lex luthor better sleep with one eye open from then on, he might find wayne enterprises has acquired a sudden interest in absorbing lexcorp…

i think i've answered an ask regarding the league of assassins? not sure, but a "home alone" setting for neglected! reader would make such a good one-shot fic in general (christmas is just around the corner too!). i don't think p&f! reader would kill anyone but they would sure know to defend themselves and immobilize any threats through their gadgets and last-minute traps.

there's two possibilities as to how this could end,

1) batfam comes back from whatever mission/vacation they went on to find the manor in complete disarray and a bunch of unconscious bodies piled up on the garage with p&f! reader just standing there, unphased.

2) batfam comes back from whatever mission/vacation they went on to find the manor just the way they left it, perhaps even a bit more tidy. there's no bodies, the footage has been deleted, damian knows the league of assassins has been in the manor but once again, cannot prove it. he's fuming but has a newfound respect for their blood sibling. roll credits.

realistically, they would be made aware of people raiding the house through its security system and come back running, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it's p&f! reader we're talking about here.

as for the gadgets, i can imagine p&f! reader finding out or figuring out their family are vigilantes except the batfam doesn't know they know, and so they come and go the batcave when no one is looking. improves the gadgets out of pure boredom and leaves. except they do it in a way that is so subtle that the batfam take a certain time to consider there's someone messing with their stuff. it's like that one prank where you just keep replacing a person's pen before it runs out of ink.

"reader making an artificial Lazarus pit but only for pets."

that's essentialy pet sematary by stephen king, and we all know how that went. evil little undead pets running around the manor trying to murder the batfam because... p&f! reader was feeling bored and unhinged, i suppose.

you're right about damian being one of the reasons why the batfam starts paying attention to p&f! reader. alfred has been trying to get them to notice their cast-aside sibling for a while now, but damian being close to reader (trying to bust them or just hanging out) makes it impossible to ignore them. first, by associating with damian, and second by being a gifted child who has been pulling dangerous, insane and impossible stunts that deny all logic.

but looking back, it should be obvious. their room is filled with trophies, medals, rosettes, newspaper/magazine cutouts speaking of their achievements, were featured on the metropolis as well as gotham news multiple times, and pretty much everyone seems to know what they're up to. and yeah. "they feel pretty bad" is an understatement.

damian noticed, though. he might gotten into trouble himself for participating in some of those stunts (which he thinks is unfair), but at least he can brag about being a decent sibling and triumphantly say "shame on you" to everyone else but alfred.