Land of Sweetness and Light

pangur-and-grim:

pangur-and-grim:

my aunt talking about her outdoor cats: if they die a few years early because I let them out, so be it

me: -_____________________________-

“the safety of this tiny soft bastard who happens to loves me is entirely under my control, but fuck that I guess”

striderfatigue:

*Puts brief case down on the table and takes off glasses very seriously* “So about that AU we discussed that one time.”

silverpracticality:

younger-than-the-soul:

exigetspersonal:

capnpea:

The interesting thing about Glados/HAL 9000 parallels is that

Hal was conceived at a time when artificial intelligence was more of a fictional construct than a practical possibility. Hal is introduced as humanlike because the audience is familiar with and comfortable with humans, but they aren’t familiar with or comfortable with living computers. It’s when he starts acting robotic and calculated that the audience realizes “oh no, he’s a computer” and he becomes threatening.

By the time Glados was conceived, we had become used to computer automated systems. Synthetic voices offering us information is something we encounter in daily life. Glados is introduced as a computerized preprogrammed voice because that’s what the audience is familiar and comfortable with. It’s when she starts acting human and emotional that the audience realizes “oh no, she’s alive” and she becomes threatening.

Oh hey it’s this post again

I fucking love this observation.

@deepchrome I found the post you were talking about!