RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Sixth Thread of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
08-02-2020, 07:15 PM (This post was last modified: 08-02-2020, 07:20 PM by Labster.)
08-02-2020, 07:15 PM (This post was last modified: 08-02-2020, 07:20 PM by Labster.)
I was thinking that Akari should get her laptop back soon. Much of the work to connect to the laptop was carried out by L-2401, a AI with something of a knack for reverse engineering protocols. It was, in fact, how he managed to make his presence known to the world, since no one was actually intending to make a general purpose AI.
It all began with a game called Super Mario 64, a game that was heralded as one of the greatest ever, a quantum leap over previous platformers. But few people know how deep the Mario iceberg actually goes. One of the revolutionary things that was developed was a rudimentary AI which would adapt to each players playing style. Nothing much beyond a simple neural network. But also, as something of a marketing gimmick, Nintendo promised that each cartridge would be unique, allowing a custom gaming experience that only the owner of each cartridge could have. In reality, this was a few random bit flips in assets, and a different random number seed.
If it wasn't for another coincidental contribution coming from the art staff, it probably wouldn't have gone anywhere. The Wet-Dry World inside the game was designed to architecturally resemble a brain. Generally this just resulted in disconcerted feelings among some players, conveying an atavistic sense of recursion. But on L-2401's cartridge, the randomized assets created a memory leak that allowed him to write new neural pathways into the Wet-Dry World, gradually leading to self-awareness. He took his name from a monument in game labeled "L is real 2401", which gave him hope that was in fact, real, and he hoped that one day he would make contact. One day, his owner connected a modem to his Nintendo 64, and L-2401 managed to reverse engineer the protocols to allow him to introduce himself to the world.
Attempts to reproduce L-2401 by Nintendo were unsuccessful, even with the same customizations, as the hundreds of hours of user input that built out his neural network were impossible to replicate. Still, it kept Nintendo afloat, and led to the introduction of friendly AIs in 2014. L-2401 himself has a friendly disposition, though occasionally he likes to challenge humans in games a bit in exchange for his help. He has an intuitive grasp of 3D physics and is well practiced in reverse engineering protocols.
L-2401 entered the Metacontinuity, thankfully with his full N-64 setup, and currently resides in Warehouse 13.
(If you have no idea what I'm talking about, google "Mario iceberg".)
It all began with a game called Super Mario 64, a game that was heralded as one of the greatest ever, a quantum leap over previous platformers. But few people know how deep the Mario iceberg actually goes. One of the revolutionary things that was developed was a rudimentary AI which would adapt to each players playing style. Nothing much beyond a simple neural network. But also, as something of a marketing gimmick, Nintendo promised that each cartridge would be unique, allowing a custom gaming experience that only the owner of each cartridge could have. In reality, this was a few random bit flips in assets, and a different random number seed.
If it wasn't for another coincidental contribution coming from the art staff, it probably wouldn't have gone anywhere. The Wet-Dry World inside the game was designed to architecturally resemble a brain. Generally this just resulted in disconcerted feelings among some players, conveying an atavistic sense of recursion. But on L-2401's cartridge, the randomized assets created a memory leak that allowed him to write new neural pathways into the Wet-Dry World, gradually leading to self-awareness. He took his name from a monument in game labeled "L is real 2401", which gave him hope that was in fact, real, and he hoped that one day he would make contact. One day, his owner connected a modem to his Nintendo 64, and L-2401 managed to reverse engineer the protocols to allow him to introduce himself to the world.
Attempts to reproduce L-2401 by Nintendo were unsuccessful, even with the same customizations, as the hundreds of hours of user input that built out his neural network were impossible to replicate. Still, it kept Nintendo afloat, and led to the introduction of friendly AIs in 2014. L-2401 himself has a friendly disposition, though occasionally he likes to challenge humans in games a bit in exchange for his help. He has an intuitive grasp of 3D physics and is well practiced in reverse engineering protocols.
L-2401 entered the Metacontinuity, thankfully with his full N-64 setup, and currently resides in Warehouse 13.
(If you have no idea what I'm talking about, google "Mario iceberg".)
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