Unsounded II: Two Wrights Can Mend A Wrong

[Jimorian]

With moderator permission, resurrecting this thread in anticipation of the end of the scheduled hiatus of the comic on the 15th.

To quote Ashley on what's coming up with chapter 13: "You want to meet Sette’s dad at last? What about an entire tribe of Two-toed Lizards? Wonder what’s been going on with that gross Silver monster and its crazy reptile master? Want to see how Duane deals with a shrine full of children he should but probably is incapable of hating?"

[Welf]

Well that sounds promising. I wonder how those threads will be mixed together in the arc.

[Chromascope3D]

And we're back!

[Morty]

So we are. Duane in a Gefendur shrine is going to be a hoot. But first it looks like we're briefly visiting Sharteshane.

[Leewei]

The ruling class there sure are jerks.

[-D-]

So we are. Duane in a Gefendur shrine is going to be a hoot. But first it looks like we're briefly visiting Sharteshane.

Gods are dead!

[Morty]

The King of Sharteshane is certainly a good fit for his country.

[Chromascope3D]

It's good to be the king.

[Doran]

A thousand lines of pymaric conditional statements seems awfully small for how advanced that AI is.

Maybe they use standard AI libraries, or sieve the right memories for the personality - e.g. get all Skipcross female player memories.

It's kind of weird since formal logic can't really work at scale - maybe the conditional statements actually yank the right memories out to grow the AI properly.

[halfeye]

A thousand lines of pymaric conditional statements seems awfully small for how advanced that AI is.

Non-programmer's just don't grok how long code can get.

[-D-]

Non-programmer's just don't grok how long code can get.

As programmer - Programming doesn't have access to sifting through stored memories of people.

[halfeye]

As programmer - Programming doesn't have access to sifting through stored memories of people.

How long are those in ASCII text, or Unicode text?

I'm guessing that 10^3 is still blooming short if we're talking 10^3 character lines, let alone 80 character lines.

[-D-]

How long are those in ASCII text, or Unicode text?

Good question, but it could be just "Great Khert, find me a memory of a person that won their game of Skipcross, given such and such position of pieces".

Also from the sound of it, it seems the game is dice based, so they could be using some kind of simple heuristic, or just bragging around.

[halfeye]

Good question, but it could be just "Great Khert, find me a memory of a person that won their game of Skipcross, given such and such position of pieces".

Also from the sound of it, it seems the game is dice based, so they could be using some kind of simple heuristic, or just bragging around.

Brag is not simple:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_card_brag

[Lethologica]

Not insurmountable, of course. The code is complex, but the relationship between length in lines and algorithmic complexity isn't exactly tight.

[guttering flame]

An aetherial construct wouldn't push down the pillow she's sitting on. This is a Sharteshane scam: a human girl cover with glitter paint.

[Doran]

I think that’s why it’s so impressive to the king some one has rendered a bottom forcefield.

I wonder if someone served as a real world model or the ai face has been sculpted.

[guttering flame]

this is like the Turk Automaton. This king is a bit of a fool. He wouldn't see through it.

[Doran]

I’d normally agree, but Timofey the poet and those ghost babies already exist in this world, so it’s possible it is the real deal.

[virgileso]

Beadman's is a rather significant business, and giving the King a particularly fancy and expensive pymaric sounds in line for anyone wanting to be the power behind the throne. The king has def' been coming off as the type to be easily bought so long as crass distractions are provided. I strongly doubt the construct's fake, as there are clear khert lines coming off of her.

Uaid's got a perfectly serviceable memory and personality, so making a skipcross-playing construct is hardly out of line (if expensive). I'm certain the image of woman is a mix of Solidity, Opacity, & Contour aspects taken from a model, and the pymaric is not a small item, which is to be expected if it's going to hold all of that *and* a robust library of skipcross memories.

[Morty]

So we finally get to meet Sette's illustrious old dad, in the present and not a flashback. Let's see what he's like without the filter of Sette's memories.

[Chromascope3D]

Oh no he's hot!

[Morty]

Beadman is certainly the closest Sharteshane has to a ruler. As much as anyone can rule it.

[Chromascope3D]

Beadman is certainly the closest Sharteshane has to a ruler. As much as anyone can rule it.

I'm guessing he's also the big bad, finally revealed. Or, at least, the closest we might get to one. It's not like this is the first time we've heard of him, after all.

[Welf]

I'm guessing he's also the big bad, finally revealed. Or, at least, the closest we might get to one. It's not like this is the first time we've heard of him, after all.

Well, that introduction isn't symbolic at all, or my name ain't Judy.

[Gez]

Appreciate how Nary-a-Care is subtly pocketing the silver ashtray here.

I want to believe it's just a Sharteshanian way of paying respect, and that Beadman would feel insulted if Nary didn't steal anything.

A thousand lines of pymaric conditional statements seems awfully small for how advanced that AI is.

That's just for the Skipcross playing part. "We've translated the reigning champions' playbooks to pymaric logic. A thousand lines of conditional statements for the construct's artificial mind to scan and obey."

That's not what powers the artificial mind in the first place, that's the flowchart she's following to know what moves to make.

[Morty]

I'm guessing he's also the big bad, finally revealed. Or, at least, the closest we might get to one. It's not like this is the first time we've heard of him, after all.

I wouldn't call him the big bad. A big bad, if anything. He's one of the several people who want to direct the brewing situation and use to their own ends, like General Bell, Ruck, Queen Sonorie, Cutter/Prakhuta and whoever else we haven't seen yet or I'm forgetting.

[Chromascope3D]

Speaking of chapter 2, does that assassin remind anyone else of Cara?

[Morty]

And now we've got some two-toes attacking. I wonder who sent them. Beadman? Frummagem?

[-D-]

And now we've got some two-toes attacking. I wonder who sent them. Beadman? Frummagem?

Yes, and yes.

It's obviously set up that Beadman wants Rilursa dead, and he sent Nary and his goons to do the deed.