tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post1281842040751732851..comments2024-03-26T14:48:15.857-07:00Comments on Rocket Stack Rank: Mika Model, by Paolo BacigalupiGreg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-37777949738507452052017-02-03T22:23:13.135-08:002017-02-03T22:23:13.135-08:00I thought the same thing about the corporate lawye...I thought the same thing about the corporate lawyer stabbing the Mika Model. :-) Mika and Mike Models would make such effective salespeople.EFWonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13802595693863129468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-32181528785187501262017-02-03T22:21:40.415-08:002017-02-03T22:21:40.415-08:00I agree with RSR's ★★ rating. The writing is g...I agree with RSR's ★★ rating. The writing is good and feels spot-on for a classic detective story. The believability of the detective's behavior, though, is tough to swallow. I get that the story is a setup to explore AI personhood, but the detective and DA both seemed too uninformed given their line of work for me to enjoy reading them grapple with these issues. I'm also not a big fan of perfectly human AI's (unlike the imperfectly human Breq in the Imperial Raadch series or even Data of ST:TNG). And don't get me started on perfectly human robot bodies that would be more of a miracle by today's technology than human-like AIs but are just treated as a given in the story. I look forward to writers exploring Siri-level AIs embedded in Mika/Mike Model-level bodies to do all the scut work in our society. :-)EFWonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13802595693863129468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-6580247066334035702017-02-03T04:17:42.340-08:002017-02-03T04:17:42.340-08:00So where's the male *Mike* Model? And do they...So where's the male *Mike* Model? And do they all look the same that Rivera recognizes this one from the ads? I'd think they'd be more customizable. Also, you wouldn't ruin your valuable robot by stabbing it in the eyeball. Since it receives updates wirelessly, surely you could remotely reset it. Only reason is to make the robot look more human than the lawyer. While I got tired of the detective knowingly letting himself be manipulated, I also didn't like the lawyer's dismissal of him as a typical foolish man.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119082365881285289noreply@blogger.com