To: "Nene Romanova" (nene@jmc.fen)
From: "Jeph
Antilles" (lordandmaster@jmc.fen)
Subject: RE: I expect you've seen THAT post by now
>I won't insult your intelligence by saying which post, or where. I also
expect a few of you have also figured out where it came from.
We can appreciate that over here.
>Most of the StellviaCorp higher-ups (read: the adults in the Scott
family who are still resident on-station) have had a meeting about this.
>We see a couple of matters here that do not require our immediate
attention, because the people involved don't want our immediate
>attention – they want to solve this one themselves. When he's ready to
deal with the fact that he's a lookalike of a known fictional
> character,
then we can help him come to terms with being thrust into this crazy
world. But until then, I strongly suggest we follow the
>guiding
principle of the Fenspace Convention and butt the hell out of
this until they ask us to help. Then, and only then, do we volunteer
>to
get the kid some professional help. Or even some knowledgeable-amateur
help; everybody receiving this email is either a lookalike or
>living
with one or more lookalikes, so we have practical experience that most
professionals lack.
Well, to be fair (Nene's fine with you knowing this), she came through the 'waving process with full knowledge that she was based on an fictional character - having knowledge of at least FOUR different incarnations on oneself tends to do that, and it was easier that way. Still, I take your meaning on that. I've not created an AI yet that wasn't aware of their nature upon awakening, but I am well aware of the various concerns and dangers of such.
>And he'll need that help. Everything he's sure of is wrong, and everyone
he meets who he thinks he knows has changed. (Especially Gina,
> who left
her old persona behind years ago and now has an adopted daughter – I
can't begin to imagine how he'll handle that.) But that's
>for later. The
problem that we have to address is how to keep well-wishers and curious
people from overwhelming the poor boy. We
>aren't the only ones who can
run the same origin analysis that Takami ran as a matter of course –
it'll just take most people longer, if they
>can do it at all. And I'm
stumped here. Any ideas, anyone?
Well, for our part, we're reassigning the freight run personnel for the Blue Midget that we send out there. Only one person on board isn't familiar with living with a lookalike, and she's due to get moved into one of the captain slots anyway, so we'll just move up that timetable. The remaining crew will get briefed and explicitly ordered to not interfere unless pointedly asked by Jet herself.
To: "Jeph
Antilles" (lordandmaster@jmc.fen)
From: "Nene Romanova" (nene@jmc.fen)
Subject: RE: I expect you've seen THAT post by now
>Most of the StellviaCorp higher-ups (read: the adults in the Scott
family who are still resident on-station) have had a meeting about this.
>We see a couple of matters here that do not require our immediate
attention, because the people involved don't want our immediate
>attention – they want to solve this one themselves. When he's ready to
deal with the fact that he's a lookalike of a known fictional
> character,
then we can help him come to terms with being thrust into this crazy
world. But until then, I strongly suggest we follow the
>guiding
principle of the Fenspace Convention and butt the hell out of
this until they ask us to help. Then, and only then, do we volunteer
>to
get the kid some professional help. Or even some knowledgeable-amateur
help; everybody receiving this email is either a lookalike or
>living
with one or more lookalikes, so we have practical experience that most
professionals lack.
I'm already ready to offer my assistance... such as it is.
>Well, to be fair (Nene's fine with you knowing this), she came through
the 'waving process with full knowledge that she was based on an
fictional character - having knowledge of at least FOUR different
incarnations on oneself >tends to do that, and it was easier that way.
Still, I take your meaning on that. I've not created an AI yet that
wasn't aware of their nature upon awakening, but I am well aware of the
various concerns and dangers of such.
Between original, 2040, both Hutchins works, the Bert Van Vliet works, and Hosmer's writings, that estimate is perhaps low there.![[Image: banana-dance.gif]](http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/forumimportfiles//banana-dance.gif)
>And he'll need that help. Everything he's sure of is wrong, and everyone
he meets who he thinks he knows has changed. (Especially Gina,
> who left
her old persona behind years ago and now has an adopted daughter – I
can't begin to imagine how he'll handle that.) But that's
>for later. The
problem that we have to address is how to keep well-wishers and curious
people from overwhelming the poor boy. We
>aren't the only ones who can
run the same origin analysis that Takami ran as a matter of course –
it'll just take most people longer, if they
>can do it at all. And I'm
stumped here. Any ideas, anyone?
Well, I can talk to Anika, and see what I can do to run some cyberspace interference... but yeah, it's not going to be IF, it's going to be WHEN others piece things together.
--
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
From: "Jeph
Antilles" (lordandmaster@jmc.fen)
Subject: RE: I expect you've seen THAT post by now
>I won't insult your intelligence by saying which post, or where. I also
expect a few of you have also figured out where it came from.
We can appreciate that over here.
>Most of the StellviaCorp higher-ups (read: the adults in the Scott
family who are still resident on-station) have had a meeting about this.
>We see a couple of matters here that do not require our immediate
attention, because the people involved don't want our immediate
>attention – they want to solve this one themselves. When he's ready to
deal with the fact that he's a lookalike of a known fictional
> character,
then we can help him come to terms with being thrust into this crazy
world. But until then, I strongly suggest we follow the
>guiding
principle of the Fenspace Convention and butt the hell out of
this until they ask us to help. Then, and only then, do we volunteer
>to
get the kid some professional help. Or even some knowledgeable-amateur
help; everybody receiving this email is either a lookalike or
>living
with one or more lookalikes, so we have practical experience that most
professionals lack.
Well, to be fair (Nene's fine with you knowing this), she came through the 'waving process with full knowledge that she was based on an fictional character - having knowledge of at least FOUR different incarnations on oneself tends to do that, and it was easier that way. Still, I take your meaning on that. I've not created an AI yet that wasn't aware of their nature upon awakening, but I am well aware of the various concerns and dangers of such.
>And he'll need that help. Everything he's sure of is wrong, and everyone
he meets who he thinks he knows has changed. (Especially Gina,
> who left
her old persona behind years ago and now has an adopted daughter – I
can't begin to imagine how he'll handle that.) But that's
>for later. The
problem that we have to address is how to keep well-wishers and curious
people from overwhelming the poor boy. We
>aren't the only ones who can
run the same origin analysis that Takami ran as a matter of course –
it'll just take most people longer, if they
>can do it at all. And I'm
stumped here. Any ideas, anyone?
Well, for our part, we're reassigning the freight run personnel for the Blue Midget that we send out there. Only one person on board isn't familiar with living with a lookalike, and she's due to get moved into one of the captain slots anyway, so we'll just move up that timetable. The remaining crew will get briefed and explicitly ordered to not interfere unless pointedly asked by Jet herself.
To: "Jeph
Antilles" (lordandmaster@jmc.fen)
From: "Nene Romanova" (nene@jmc.fen)
Subject: RE: I expect you've seen THAT post by now
>Most of the StellviaCorp higher-ups (read: the adults in the Scott
family who are still resident on-station) have had a meeting about this.
>We see a couple of matters here that do not require our immediate
attention, because the people involved don't want our immediate
>attention – they want to solve this one themselves. When he's ready to
deal with the fact that he's a lookalike of a known fictional
> character,
then we can help him come to terms with being thrust into this crazy
world. But until then, I strongly suggest we follow the
>guiding
principle of the Fenspace Convention and butt the hell out of
this until they ask us to help. Then, and only then, do we volunteer
>to
get the kid some professional help. Or even some knowledgeable-amateur
help; everybody receiving this email is either a lookalike or
>living
with one or more lookalikes, so we have practical experience that most
professionals lack.
I'm already ready to offer my assistance... such as it is.
>Well, to be fair (Nene's fine with you knowing this), she came through
the 'waving process with full knowledge that she was based on an
fictional character - having knowledge of at least FOUR different
incarnations on oneself >tends to do that, and it was easier that way.
Still, I take your meaning on that. I've not created an AI yet that
wasn't aware of their nature upon awakening, but I am well aware of the
various concerns and dangers of such.
Between original, 2040, both Hutchins works, the Bert Van Vliet works, and Hosmer's writings, that estimate is perhaps low there.
>And he'll need that help. Everything he's sure of is wrong, and everyone
he meets who he thinks he knows has changed. (Especially Gina,
> who left
her old persona behind years ago and now has an adopted daughter – I
can't begin to imagine how he'll handle that.) But that's
>for later. The
problem that we have to address is how to keep well-wishers and curious
people from overwhelming the poor boy. We
>aren't the only ones who can
run the same origin analysis that Takami ran as a matter of course –
it'll just take most people longer, if they
>can do it at all. And I'm
stumped here. Any ideas, anyone?
Well, I can talk to Anika, and see what I can do to run some cyberspace interference... but yeah, it's not going to be IF, it's going to be WHEN others piece things together.
--
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor