Honestly, Tensai had considered the prospect that Bob might not be in the know about substance abuse but he hadn't taken the initiative of going ahead and explaining it. Noting the change in expression, he briefly considers that he might need to get ahold of his own outbursts, but sometimes it is just so hard.
There was a moment where the boy felt a little affronted that Bob hadn't even considered enlisting in his help even though that was in contrast to his verbal assertion that he wanted no part of it. Guess he hadn't exactly had a chance to show that he could be of value. "... and you'd better have a plan. I doubt their going to tighten up security that much since it was just an accident, but they will have a general idea of who to look for." That was putting it mildly. That's what can happen when you go from being the clever young savant to a fugitive. "If you went back in the morning, someone else would likely be there assuming they have enough employees for a shift change."
Tensai stared at Bob silently for a few minutes, considering his words. Could be a confidence play- act disinterested then lure your prey into the trap. "... Sounds legit." He said dubiously but a part of him still didn't like the sound of that either. Even if it could be hazardous to him, he wanted to know if Bob really came from a computer- if everything he was saying was true. If only Tensai could think of an open-ended question to try and catch Bob in a lie... ".. So you don't know anything about what goes on out here, do you?". Look, he's building up to one. Maybe. Interrogation was never in his skill set.
"I'm sure you would." A lot of people would like to know that, wouldn't they? "Your creator might not have realized it at the time, but somehow I doubt he could have included any of this in your programming." How to act if you're ever shot out of a computer, how to respond uniquely to anything that's spoken.. etc. Most bots could only respond formulaically with specific input and output patterns. Bob wasn't doing that, or he would have said something predictable by now like 'would you like to access the menu', or 'I do not understand, rephrase'.. or 'you're due for an upgrade would you like to restart now?'. "It's all about trying to get a machine to respond in a more lifelike manner and at best it's complicated, at worst it's impossible." This would be the part where he would like to boast about his accomplishments, but he stopped doing that a lot time ago. ".. Well, I made such a .. project before." Hesitating as he avoided the impersonal word machine. Tensai didn't like to think of her that way.. "Fully functional, works completely independently, does.... problem solving in real time, has unique likes and dislikes.. everything. It's like I've built a person from fibers and components." Sometimes it still seemed incredible to him, and he unwittingly was dumbing down the process since he was used to doing that. Essentially talking to Bob like he was a layperson.
"... but other people... wanted to abuse that knowledge." Tensai trailed off looking increasingly somber, eyes dropping to the ground. "The wanted to create more units, only to put in stronger lines of code to subjugate them, like a new slave class..."
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There was a moment where the boy felt a little affronted that Bob hadn't even considered enlisting in his help even though that was in contrast to his verbal assertion that he wanted no part of it. Guess he hadn't exactly had a chance to show that he could be of value. "... and you'd better have a plan. I doubt their going to tighten up security that much since it was just an accident, but they will have a general idea of who to look for." That was putting it mildly. That's what can happen when you go from being the clever young savant to a fugitive. "If you went back in the morning, someone else would likely be there assuming they have enough employees for a shift change."
Tensai stared at Bob silently for a few minutes, considering his words. Could be a confidence play- act disinterested then lure your prey into the trap. "... Sounds legit." He said dubiously but a part of him still didn't like the sound of that either. Even if it could be hazardous to him, he wanted to know if Bob really came from a computer- if everything he was saying was true. If only Tensai could think of an open-ended question to try and catch Bob in a lie... ".. So you don't know anything about what goes on out here, do you?". Look, he's building up to one. Maybe. Interrogation was never in his skill set.
"I'm sure you would." A lot of people would like to know that, wouldn't they? "Your creator might not have realized it at the time, but somehow I doubt he could have included any of this in your programming." How to act if you're ever shot out of a computer, how to respond uniquely to anything that's spoken.. etc. Most bots could only respond formulaically with specific input and output patterns. Bob wasn't doing that, or he would have said something predictable by now like 'would you like to access the menu', or 'I do not understand, rephrase'.. or 'you're due for an upgrade would you like to restart now?'. "It's all about trying to get a machine to respond in a more lifelike manner and at best it's complicated, at worst it's impossible." This would be the part where he would like to boast about his accomplishments, but he stopped doing that a lot time ago. ".. Well, I made such a .. project before." Hesitating as he avoided the impersonal word machine. Tensai didn't like to think of her that way.. "Fully functional, works completely independently, does.... problem solving in real time, has unique likes and dislikes.. everything. It's like I've built a person from fibers and components." Sometimes it still seemed incredible to him, and he unwittingly was dumbing down the process since he was used to doing that. Essentially talking to Bob like he was a layperson.
"... but other people... wanted to abuse that knowledge." Tensai trailed off looking increasingly somber, eyes dropping to the ground. "The wanted to create more units, only to put in stronger lines of code to subjugate them, like a new slave class..."