Chat Thread 21: Chats and Recreation

I was giving until Kitty and I finish our current inception job for people to submit characters. If we still don't have them all at that point, we can make the remaining ones.

Assassin's probably doesn't matter much. So that's not as big of a deal.

Hmm, no. It needs to hit him personally, as he's self-centered.

Maybe he makes a friend or falls for someone and gives them a loan when they need it. Then they skip town on him and he takes the hit.

Getting you people to talk is like trying to open a can with your fingernails.

So I finished watching the movie
http://www.primewire.ag/watch-2743656-Her-online-free

Download/good quality
http://www.primewire.ag/external.php?title=Her&url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wcm9tcHRmaWxlLmNvbS9sLzg5MDAyODUyMDMtMTlCQzkxQURCQw==&domain=cHJvbXB0ZmlsZS5jb20=&loggedin=0

Someone in the comments said it was hella weird and I agree with the commenter but It still left me with snickering smiles throughout

Take a whiz at it, its one of those that you might either hate it or like it :/

Prisma*Illya wrote:

Getting you people to talk is like trying to open a can with your fingernails.

I don't know how to respond to the character you're making. (partly because I missed the first half of the conversation, and partly because you've already covered most of the ideas that came to mind from what part I did see.)

Isn't that the one where Juaquin (or however you spell it) Phoenix falls in love with his iphone?

Phoenix is in it but not sure if you would call it an Iphone... not sure what he was using was a traditional smartphone but if you want to think of it as talking to "Siri" then in a way yes.

For the movie, its supposed to be an AI Operating system (not just a search assistant but an entire computer system)

Its basically the interactions and "drama" as another commenter put it, which makes the movie worthwhile to watch... then again, the protagonist is a Male and the OS voice is feminine, so I'm not sure if Female viewers would connect with it at the same level as a male audience : D

I don't think the gender roles would matter. I already have fun talking to my Siri, and if it really was smart enough to engage in conversations with, I probably would talk to it more than anyone.

But I don't think I could fall in love with it. I mean, it's still just technology.

Payne wrote:

Prisma*Illya wrote:

Getting you people to talk is like trying to open a can with your fingernails.

I don't know how to respond to the character you're making. (partly because I missed the first half of the conversation, and partly because you've already covered most of the ideas that came to mind from what part I did see.)

You could still just agree if you liked the ideas. Honestly, you guys guys don't seem to get that conversation, above all, is about the interaction, not the topic.

Anyway, I was talking about two minor characters from my third book. They'd be Voices.

true and that's why its not "Siri" in the movie that he is having conversations with. Siri is a search assistant, not a sentient self learning Artificial-Intelligence.. the likes off as shown in the movie.

Don't go into the movie thinking that "this isn't possible" because you're right. the tech shown was of a future timeline.


Just noticed, New Chat thread has opened up :0

what are "Voices"? : o

Oh, poop. I was supposed to come up with a new name before then.

You read the book, didn't you?

Spoiler:

ah. : o
I don't recall seeing that specific term anywhere on my first read-through.

Pretty sure Tasha mentions it. Try a word search.

Oh, new set. :O About time.

I deleted my original copy when I downloaded the updated one. : o

yeah, I decided it was time to update it. DX

Should be in this version too...

ah, it shows up 3 times in the later chapters. : o
it's not something I actively associated with people when I saw it though.
in literary cases, repetition is a good way to draw an association. so, it might be better to mention the term more often in the following novels.

Obviously. The term is only being introduced in book 1. It's used extensively in the rest.

(sigh)

Another sad day for humanity

Why?

Paris was heavily attacked by terrorists

Oh yeah, I heard about that. :/

regardless France is pissed, it's already closing borders and it's threatening to go to war.

Yeah, they're clearly taking this badly.

i'm pretty sure every country would take it badly at having their capital taken hostage