Robot and Artificial Intelligence Development. R.A.I.D.
2008-08-25

The plan is simple. We get your A.I. and then quickly get back to the biological center. It's my turn to feed the crickets and they get cranky if not fed on time.

YOU TWO! HALT OR FACE STICKY INCONVENIENCE!

Nothing ever goes according to my plans.

You need to make them more general. For instance, my plan of the day is not to be eaten alive by crickets.

Chirp!

Chirp!

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2008-08-27

Varroa? What are you doing here?

Short version?

We were testing Sam's A.I.. We took a break and it wandered off. We followed it here to bring it back.

Your tests have become so annoying that A.I.'s walk out on them?

Hey! There's a fine art to annoyance! Annoyologists get paid big bucks to figure out how many ads you can put on a web page before people will click to another site.

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2008-08-29

There's no need for guns. I've got a remote that controls the A.I.

Crickets are herbivores, right?

No, they're omnivores.

Give me the remote. I'll get your wandering A.I. You two wait in the lobby.

Do you hear chirping?

That would be me. But don't worry. It's about to be drowned out by screaming as only a sqid with his pants full of hungry, hungry hexapods can scream.

Chirp

Chirp

Chirp

Chirp

Crickets are relatives of locusts and cockroaches, and they do not understand what they eat, cannibals even, so feed your crickets in time! (Robot Spike)
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2008-09-01

No! No! Keep your pants on!

My God! He's full of crickets!

2001 new intruders detected! SECURITY LOCKDOWN INITIATED!

They're just crickets! They're allowed to be on site.

UNDERSTOOD! Service request for 2001 very small identity badges, SUBMITTED!

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2008-09-03

SECURITY LOCKDOWN INITIATED!

*Click*

Locked. Okay, I need to write down that there's a security alert so that I don't think I'm trapped here.

Because with this amount of equipment, I can either leave by the door or leave by taking the side of the building off.

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2008-09-05

Short term to long term memory impaired. Security computer is mostly harmless. You're headed to the researcher's office to leave a note.

Odd that I'm in a machine shop. I hope I went the right way. Now focus. Find the researcher's office, leave a note. As long as I don't have any distractions, I should be okay.

DoGGy!

Check this out, find the researcher's office, leave a note. As long as I limit myself to just one distraction, I should be okay.

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2008-09-08

Hello?

DoG… Do… Program log: Unnecessary neural routine identified and trimmed.

This uNit has a bROken Leg. PoiNt wheRe acTuAtor atTachEs hAs bRokEn.

Looks like a simple weld job. I can fix this.

I am HeRe fOr rePaiRs. PleaSe rePaiR the Leg.

I suppose Good Samaritan laws will allow me to do that without voiding your warranty.

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2008-09-10

I found a welding kit. I can't remember what I wanted to do with it.

I am HeRe fOr rePaiRs. PleaSe rePaiR the Leg.

That must have been it. Looks like a simple job. Please lie on your stomach so I can get to the damaged area.

I am foRbiDDen tO Obey Non-huMan inStrucTions. ReQuest deNiEd.

Why is it that simple jobs never stay simple?

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2008-09-12

That's ridiculous. If you're forbidden to follow non-human instructions, what do you do when you come to an intersection? Ignore the machine that says “Walk” and “Don't walk”?

I woUld… I… Program log. Excessively long neural pathways detected. Pathways truncated.

I woUld sTop and wAit for huMan inStrucTions.

If you're a production model, we're going to have some very long lines at traffic lights.

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2008-09-15

There's something wrong with you. These notes are in my handwriting. Short term memory impaired. Apparently there's something wrong with me as well.

You're old. You've got a new coat of paint, but you're old.

I wAs buiLt in FaCtoRy oNe. I aM tWenTy yEars oN liNe.

I've got to start writing this down. The horrible thing about this memory problem is that unless I'm reminded, I don't remember I've got a memory problem.

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