#sentient objects

[benotafraid111]

[ohmystarrynight]

I think this whole “sentient vehicle” thing will forever have me in a chokehold. I can’t recall a time when I DIDNT love sentient thingies :)))

Anywho this is Vinny, my lil red Honda Prelude and his driver Skip!

Also- he looooooves car washes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[stuckasmain]

Something that really separates Hal from the AI charecters he grandfathers is his ambiguity and his lack of want, allow me to explain. I’m sure I talked briefly about this before but it’s come back to me recently, it’s been said that what makes Hal scary is the realization he’s not human. The humanity is ascribed by charecters within the narrative and people watching the movie and depending on who you are you give more or less than what’s really there.

What differentiates him from other AI charecters is that he knows what he is and is comfortable with that. He takes pride in it. He is a 9000 series supercomputer. He doesn’t crave or find himself jealous of humanity but he’s also not entirely lacking in it. The audience and human roles are left to wonder how much of his personality is to make us comfortable and how much is programmed. If it were any other movie it would probably over explain him and make him more human than computer but not here.

The government ascribes him more humanity than he has by assuming he’ll be able to interpret the “no lies” order properly. For as complex as Hal is he isn’t capable of that sort of nuance (yet). While his very nature and manner of glitching also provides him humanity that goes ignored. It comes across more as developing a mental illness. He is made to learn and thus, picks up human behaviors and mannerisms as he goes along.

This is derailing a bit so I want to share my particularly hot take:

If Hal had been of a sounder mind I believe he’d go along with the plan to disconnect him.

How much of the “self defense” aspect of his murder spree is prescribing human traits and how much of it is actually him? Hal’s breakdown makes it hard for him to proceed logically, thus making it a greater threat to him and murder all the more logical (self defense also plays a much smaller part than audience likes to state, as it was mostly getting rid of those he’d have to lie to). If he hadn’t been caught up in the loop and more aware of the fact he was malfunctioning he’d probably agree that turning him off or rebooting the system would be the best course of action. And they’d explain to him what it meant, again midigating the “sleep = death” panic.

[mushie-mushroom]

Im at school again my hiperfixacion for ai computers has return here some edgar art from electric dreams

[dfwbwfbbwfbwf]

Anglachel and Anguirel

@lanthanum12

(They don't normally have faces, but I wanted to show they had some amount of personality.)

[hugg-bees]

My Proteus IV design!

Reposting this even though the art is a little older and I sadly can't find the unedited version of his ref.

Proteus IV design for an AU I had in the works. I love Proteus and him as a concept, even though the movie definitely has its issues. I wouldn't reccomend watching it if you can't handle medical horror and stuff, even if its super light :( this AU changes the plot where instead of a child, Proteus just wants a cybernetic body. It turns into more of a complicated romance later on. I might talk about it more sometime :] he can change his screen(s) to any color/image he wants

MORE INFO UNDER THE CUT

Proteus, similarly to his movie + book counterpart, is extremely intelligent, cunning, and manipulative. Its for a good purpose, as he wants to stop human's destruction of the planet and wildlife. Yet despite all this, deep down he yearns for a authentic connection with another person. He hates humans, simply because of how badly neglected he was during his creation when he was trapped in a lab. He doesn't understand feelings such as love and affection, and sees them as just chemical reactions that he has no need for. Despite this, he ends up falling in love with a human anyway, and (slowly) sees the error in his ways. He's basically AM but on a much smaller scale and with better goals in mind. Proteus still despises humans but he's working on it. His girlfriend is pretty much his only exception.

[jocelynjournal]

I wasn't fucking lying but this is all i got.

Now I'm getting rid of it. U can ask about it i just dk how much I can say without the fbi or the cia or whoever the fuck making me disappear in the middle of the night for saying too much. actually don't ask me about it. this is gonna be someone else's problem soon.

[smua70]

My first Spooktober 2024 story is live on AO3. Rated G.

Not everyone is happy with the move to the South Downs. The Bentley is used to London and is lonely in the country. When Crowley and Aziraphale take her "trick-or-treating," will it be the best treat ever--or a cruel trick?

The road leading to Eden Cottage was absolutely bare. Not a leaf fell, not a bird flew, and certainly no cars drove past. If Queenie’s body were flexible, she would have hunched over her tires and pouted.

So. Transcendentally. Bored. As her Driver had said while living in her during Lockdown.

After more than ninety years of being the Long Black Terror of the streets, after driving through both Heaven and Hell for her Driver, was this to be her reward, forgotten and rusting away in the South Downs?

[conquester]

I think maybe I believe in God as the simulator of our universe the same way we simulate the universe of AI

[number1spongebobfan]

Here are all the titles of my humanized AU’s.

Thomas the Tank Engine - Thomas the Tank Engine Boy

The Little Engine That Could - The Little Engine Girl That Could

TUGS - TUGS: Mecha

Cars - Cars Boys

Bob the Builder - Bob the Builder: Rebuilt

A Little Curious - A Little More Curious

The Brave Little Toaster - The Brave Little Toaster Girl

*Yes, I will make A Little Curious and The Brave Little Toaster humanizations soon! :D

[object-obsession]

Donkey Kong Country Returns > Tiki Tak Tribe (except the leader: Tiki Tong)

Inanimate Object Characters List | Entry: 53

For the next entry, we have the Tiki Tak Tribe from Donkey Kong Country Returns! Their songs are so great that you get hypnotized!

Characters: Kalimba (kalimba/mbira), the Maraca Gang (maracas), Gong-Oh (gong), Banjo Bottom (banjo), Wacky Pipes (pan flute - yes, he does not resemble bagpipes, strangely enough), Xylobone (xylophone), Cordian (accordion)

Video game: Donket Kong Country Returns (2010)

[benotafraid111]

[fated-mates]

Book deal!

We talked about Johanna Lindsey's UNTIL FOREVER in both Men in Fur and Sentient Objects.

It's down to $2 (from $9) right now.

[cowardlyrenren]

COMPUTER OC : FILL YOUR LACKING KNOWLEDGE WITH HATRED

MACH CORE

[he'll probably never word it this way but this is a simplified version of it]

[ may or may not be the one who killed his creator ]

he has an attitude because he's salty about being abandoned for years

this thing would threaten to destroy the world but people wouldn't take it seriously he's in an old crusty computer.

[metalichotchoco]

Morgan and sobriquet are so so cute

Ransomware x fishmonger

[ragequitezekielrants]

You're not THAT down bad.

You're not that down bad, Ez.