[video] Hell hath no fury like an AI scorned (backdated to 4/30)

[a_shadow]

[ Tex is angry. Normally she'd send out a text blast, but this is an unusual circumstance, one that leads to her choosing to actually use the video feature on the MID. ]

I guess we've all gotten pretty used to taking matters into our own hands here. And why not? Even if you kill someone, all they're going to do is slap you on the wrist, right? So fine, indescriminate murder is obviously going to be a thing here. Fucking go for it. Life's cheap here.

But I'm not here to talk about that. I'm here to talk about what just happened to Rinzler. People obviously think it's up for debate whether he's sentient or has rights of his own. That's what I saw at his trial. People bringing up the idea of recoding him to solve the problem of the way he acts or the way he thinks. Lucky him for having his creator here, right? We can just reprogram him and make everything better.

Let me tell you something: that's bullshit. You might not like him, you might even think he's dangerous, but he's his own, not yours. And Alan Bradley had no fucking right to go messing around in his coding. Do you hear me, Alan Bradley? You have me to answer to for what you've done.

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[deal]

If I was going to yell, I would've already done it.

[She's seen shit like this go down back home. It always ends in explosive arguments and mass violence.]

I'm worried. There's a difference.

[takeitslow]

[Worried? He tries to take a few mental steps back, but it's hard. What happened in that fight, all those flashbacks and Alice's attempts to straighten him out, these "reminders" that someone like him was allowed to be tampered with but not someone the people liked, the accusation that J was his fault- it's all too much for him to be calm about.]

About what?

[deal]

You.

[She understands that he can't be calm right now, so she doesn't press the issue.]

What will happen if you and Rinzler keep crossing paths like this?

[takeitslow]

[He doesn't know how to react to that right now. Everyone either hates him or he's scaring them and he's drawing a blank on how he's supposed to respond to the latter. He doesn't comment, choosing to keep a pin in that for later.]

Whatever has to. [A pause.] This was supposed to be the peaceful solution, keep any further fighting from happening. Keep anyone else from being killed. It was supposed to be the end of it.