I thought I was just being regular old aggressive. Seriously, though, if I do something like you're worried about, tell me. Because it won't be on purpose. I've been in games where the godmoders ran free and it is not something I would do to someone else.
Maria sees machines, programs and AI's as people. When she 'gets an ATM to give her money' (am I overusing that?) it's by asking it, if it's complex enough for conversation. "Hey, can I have some money?" She'll talk it up, make friends with it. Forcing it to do something is the same to her as forcing a flesh and blood person to do something. It's...repugnant. She did it when she absolutely had to, and she would do it again if she absolutely had to, but it's not something she'll just do on a whim, or with any sort of regularity.
On the other hand, something like a code-locked security door, that's basically just a number-recognition program? She can't talk to that, but she can make it open. There's no real moral gray-area there.
When she says 'AI's like me', it's not that she's forcing them to like her. Imagine if you were the AI that controlled a subway system. You spend your entire day going back and forth along the same route full of people ignoring you, and then someone comes along and asks you what you think of the weather or if any of the passengers look funny today.
She makes an impression, and treats them better than other people, and they like her for it. Mostly. She hasn't actually met any of Sing's AI's yet, though...I'm really looking forward to that.
I'll see about putting up a permission post. I'm never really sure what to do with those, because personally...I never remember to respond to them, and I know lots of other people don't either. I guess I'm more the 'dude, this might happen, it could be fun what do we do?!' sort of spur of the moment type.
If you're still worried, talk to me about it. Preferably not anonymously (I sort of have a...thing about anonymous comments that is totally not your fault at ALL but there it is. You're actually a mostly pleasant faceless internet voice.) but even anon if you must. I will do what I can to soothe your worries.
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Maria sees machines, programs and AI's as people. When she 'gets an ATM to give her money' (am I overusing that?) it's by asking it, if it's complex enough for conversation. "Hey, can I have some money?" She'll talk it up, make friends with it. Forcing it to do something is the same to her as forcing a flesh and blood person to do something. It's...repugnant. She did it when she absolutely had to, and she would do it again if she absolutely had to, but it's not something she'll just do on a whim, or with any sort of regularity.
On the other hand, something like a code-locked security door, that's basically just a number-recognition program? She can't talk to that, but she can make it open. There's no real moral gray-area there.
When she says 'AI's like me', it's not that she's forcing them to like her. Imagine if you were the AI that controlled a subway system. You spend your entire day going back and forth along the same route full of people ignoring you, and then someone comes along and asks you what you think of the weather or if any of the passengers look funny today.
She makes an impression, and treats them better than other people, and they like her for it. Mostly. She hasn't actually met any of Sing's AI's yet, though...I'm really looking forward to that.
I'll see about putting up a permission post. I'm never really sure what to do with those, because personally...I never remember to respond to them, and I know lots of other people don't either. I guess I'm more the 'dude, this might happen, it could be fun what do we do?!' sort of spur of the moment type.
If you're still worried, talk to me about it. Preferably not anonymously (I sort of have a...thing about anonymous comments that is totally not your fault at ALL but there it is. You're actually a mostly pleasant faceless internet voice.) but even anon if you must. I will do what I can to soothe your worries.