I do not...necesarily fully understand the matter of what makes a machine 'alive' or not as some of you seem to. To me he appears to have a discernible will, whether it has been crafted by another or not. That is enough for me to consider his existence a form of life no matter his structure, but my perspective is a limited one in this.
[turo being the first actual artificial intelligence he's ever known of, it's kind of a difficult thing to fully comprehend as a sliding scale of sapience.]
I do not know about yours, but my own army was...different. A thousand extensions of myself and my will, each having long ceased to have any individuality or thought. Each one working in perfect synchronicity to commit the gentlest, bloodless murder imaginable. Omnipresent sight, and yet I too was blinded to anything but saving the world.
...It would have been easier if this were still Robotnik and I still thought him too far gone to be reached. This new equation is not one we have the time to study or adjust for.
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[turo being the first actual artificial intelligence he's ever known of, it's kind of a difficult thing to fully comprehend as a sliding scale of sapience.]
I do not know about yours, but my own army was...different. A thousand extensions of myself and my will, each having long ceased to have any individuality or thought. Each one working in perfect synchronicity to commit the gentlest, bloodless murder imaginable. Omnipresent sight, and yet I too was blinded to anything but saving the world.
...It would have been easier if this were still Robotnik and I still thought him too far gone to be reached. This new equation is not one we have the time to study or adjust for.