Quote Originally Posted by Radar View Post
It also shows that Helix has learn a lot from his time with Sam. For instance, he knows well that danger is not a 0/1 thing and rather a smooth scale (his comment about a normal panic says as much), which is a way better understanding of the world than what the bomb factory robots have presented.
Hmm. They've already discussed the need for robots to be socialised. So far we have:
Dvorak, Qwerty, and their community, who have been extensive contact with Max and each other
Other robots who live in town and interact with people eg. Clippy
Factory robots who have never seen a human
Blunt and Edge who worked in relative isolation (I consider Blunt to be a special case as he was actually exposed to G**d*n*r in the Dark, he just turned it off?)

Is Helix now a separate case, of a robot being brought up by a Sqid from a young age? With help from a Bowman's Wolf?

Not that that would solve the socialisation issue in general, as robots still outnumber organics by several orders of magnitude in the immediate area. But it does maybe say something about how human-focussed AI can be alien-safe, or can at least be made so. Or does Helix now consider Sam to be human?