User blog comment:Western Gen/My New Theory/@comment-160529-20120920134652

thinking about this concept of the AI search for humanity is interesting. . . wanting to be human, one of my favorite variations on the theme was Ash from the film alien.

Ash had emotions, and feelings, he was more or less human. . . when he was ordered to betray the crew of the Nostromo he began to grow envious of the alien creature because it did not feel emotions, no guilt or remorse. ..

The AI are pure expressions of emotion. . . by having a dominating emotion and ideal of self they cannot achieve metastability. . . they cannot be human alone. . . they need each other.

Being dependent on others is a constant theme in red vs blue, the blues depend on the reds, the reds depend on the blues. Church needed Tex, Tex needed church. . ..

maybe that is what it means to be a man, to know that you do not need others to be yourself? that we do not need to validate ourselves through the existence of others. ..

But even then, it is nice to have friends we can count on. ..

Pinnochio is an. . . okay analogy. . . . but not the best one.