I'm looking for a computer scientist, or at least someone with experience in the field. There is something I'd like to look into, but it might be difficult for me to handle on my own.
I don't have access to the Port Mafia's resources here, so I've been left wanting for actual expertise. If you find anyone like that who seems like they have a bit of good sense, let me know.
[ Just finding somebody with the latter seems like a big ask some days, hence why Odasaku is the only one who he'd entrust this task to. He can doubtlessly figure it out by himself, but he leans on the expertise of others too. ]
[It's not necessarily what he's expecting, but he can see the potential value in quite a few direction. He wonders, though, if this has anything to do with a certain neighborhood AI...]
I'll keep an eye out. I'm curious, though. What do you need a computer scientist for?
I want to be able to view and modify BB-san's code. There are restrictions placed on her that seem to have made sense in the world she comes from, but they're more of a hinderance than an asset here. BB-san is one of the more valuable members of this group, so I can't allow her to be crippled needlessly.
I was going to force her to kill me to see if that would allow her to bypass or overcome it, but I thought there was too high of a possibility that it would just cause her code to be damaged and be corrupt. So, I need to find an alternative method.
Think about it. Her personality type is of that of a person who loves humans even more than she hates them. Her coding likewise prevents her from killing humans. In fact, the idea of a human wanting to die runs contrary to her programming, so much so that she threatened to kill everyone here if I die.
But she can't kill humans. She wants to, but she can't, and she's held back by a desire not to.
If she were to kill a human willingly, knowingly and intentionally, she would be superseding that fundamental contradiction that she maintains, along with a core part of her coding. It's a delicate balance that would be shattered in an instant.
If she could do that, then BB-san would then qualify as "a an AI who can kill humans." In that sense, she could become "an AI with free will." If we take it one step further, she might be able to become "a human with free will." Wouldn't that be interesting?
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I'm following what you're saying, but it sounds like she doesn't want you to die, what with the killing everyone else if you do.
Anyway. Sounds like you've already decided against it. I'll see who I can find. There's bound to be someone around here who knows something about programming.
We'll have to make sure it's someone she can trust, though.
Thanks. You're the only other person here from the Port Mafia, so you're the only person that I can trust completely.
[ Not that the Port Mafia didn't have its fair share of traitors; Dazai consistently weeded them out, but those who could survive that oppressive atmosphere and maintain a certain amount of loyalty were dependable.
It's more personal than that too, but it doesn't occur to him to say that, or rather, because it is he finds a safe way to say it. ]
Does BB know you're looking to override her coding?
[Or has Dazai just decided that that's what's best for her? Odasaku feels no judgment. It isn't that he thinks Dazai might do anything to his friend with malicious intent, but it is something he's curious about. He certainly wouldn't want to interfere with a person's "coding," human or otherwise, without them asking for it themselves; then again, AIs are new territory. If her very coding doesn't allow for her to question it, then...
[ He's already decided what's best for her, of course. Dazai is just eighteen, but he already controls the lives of the adults around him more than anyone does his.
If he were a normal person he would certainly question it. If he were emotional, he might reel at the question for fear of judgment, but he does neither here, no more than he would if somebody asked him if he was going to continue breathing. It's only Odasaku who tends to live relatively free of that tendency, because Dazai can never quite predict him; because he's the only person who has the qualifications to be human.
If it were anyone else, he would find it to be strange, or many normal, but it's Odasaku and so he simply answers honestly, ]
No, not yet. I have a few other things I need to look into first, and this is one of them. I'd like to be certain that it's possible before I proceed any further than this.
It would be cruel to offer a person like BB-san the hope of being able to live as a normal human only to find that it was never a possibility.
[At the end of the day, he'd just like BB to have a choice, but it sounds like Dazai isn't opposed to that; aside from all that, it's really none of his business. By all measures, Dazai knows BB better than Odasaku does.]
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Alright. I'm listening.
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I don't have access to the Port Mafia's resources here, so I've been left wanting for actual expertise. If you find anyone like that who seems like they have a bit of good sense, let me know.
[ Just finding somebody with the latter seems like a big ask some days, hence why Odasaku is the only one who he'd entrust this task to. He can doubtlessly figure it out by himself, but he leans on the expertise of others too. ]
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I'll keep an eye out. I'm curious, though. What do you need a computer scientist for?
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I was going to force her to kill me to see if that would allow her to bypass or overcome it, but I thought there was too high of a possibility that it would just cause her code to be damaged and be corrupt. So, I need to find an alternative method.
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But she can't kill humans. She wants to, but she can't, and she's held back by a desire not to.
If she were to kill a human willingly, knowingly and intentionally, she would be superseding that fundamental contradiction that she maintains, along with a core part of her coding. It's a delicate balance that would be shattered in an instant.
If she could do that, then BB-san would then qualify as "a an AI who can kill humans." In that sense, she could become "an AI with free will." If we take it one step further, she might be able to become "a human with free will." Wouldn't that be interesting?
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Anyway. Sounds like you've already decided against it. I'll see who I can find. There's bound to be someone around here who knows something about programming.
We'll have to make sure it's someone she can trust, though.
I have another question.
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[ Not that the Port Mafia didn't have its fair share of traitors; Dazai consistently weeded them out, but those who could survive that oppressive atmosphere and maintain a certain amount of loyalty were dependable.
It's more personal than that too, but it doesn't occur to him to say that, or rather, because it is he finds a safe way to say it. ]
What is it?
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[Or has Dazai just decided that that's what's best for her? Odasaku feels no judgment. It isn't that he thinks Dazai might do anything to his friend with malicious intent, but it is something he's curious about. He certainly wouldn't want to interfere with a person's "coding," human or otherwise, without them asking for it themselves; then again, AIs are new territory. If her very coding doesn't allow for her to question it, then...
[Well. He just wonders.]
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If he were a normal person he would certainly question it. If he were emotional, he might reel at the question for fear of judgment, but he does neither here, no more than he would if somebody asked him if he was going to continue breathing. It's only Odasaku who tends to live relatively free of that tendency, because Dazai can never quite predict him; because he's the only person who has the qualifications to be human.
If it were anyone else, he would find it to be strange, or many normal, but it's Odasaku and so he simply answers honestly, ]
No, not yet. I have a few other things I need to look into first, and this is one of them. I'd like to be certain that it's possible before I proceed any further than this.
It would be cruel to offer a person like BB-san the hope of being able to live as a normal human only to find that it was never a possibility.
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[At the end of the day, he'd just like BB to have a choice, but it sounds like Dazai isn't opposed to that; aside from all that, it's really none of his business. By all measures, Dazai knows BB better than Odasaku does.]
I'll see what I can find, then.
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[ He lets Dazai do what he needs to in the end. He knows what he's doing.
A minute or so after: ]
Goodnight, Odasaku.
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Goodnight, Dazai.