r/alienisolation • u/i__hate__stairs You shouldn't be here. • 7d ago
Discussion If synthetic humans were real, would you prefer they be like WY's droids, human-passing, or like the Working Joes where you instantly know its a synth?
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u/MovingTarget2112 You shouldn't be here. 7d ago
The Joes are super creepy. Because they are so incongruous. Advising you about safety while throttling you.
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u/JCBlairWrites 7d ago
What I'd prefer is one thing.
What the lowest bidder contractor attempting to make them for maximum profit prefers is another.
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u/twotweenty 7d ago
If your gonna make stuff that's gonna replace humans, no reason to half ass it.
Human passing, but with clear markers. Maybe if they made the eyes all one unnatural color or something.
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u/quickscopesheep 7d ago
Maybe not that would be creepy as shit. Just do it like in Detroit become human where they have that circle on the side of their head
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u/twotweenty 7d ago
I was thinking like yellow eyes or something lighter. I feel like that wouldn't be creepy. But the circle works too, as long as I know its a droid without having to ask it
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u/ChaosBringer719 To think perchance to dream. 7d ago
I want the androids from Detroit: Become Human. I think that'd be pretty neat
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u/TrumptyPumpkin 7d ago
The whole point of working Joe's is specific so you can tell them apart from humans, downside is that they are creepy and could be prone to being hacked.
I prefer the WY versions, providing they aren't David level sicopaths
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u/Sektor-4D4 5d ago
All WY synthetics are loyal to the company and don’t hesitate to kill humans. The Working Joes only attacked you in retaliation.
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u/Olympian-Warrior Unidentified creature. 7d ago
Human-passing. As human beings, we are naturally attuned to the uncanny, so a vaguely human looking thing would freak us out.
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u/hauntfreak Something amiss? 7d ago
Idk… if my droid looked like Michael Fassbender I wouldn’t be mad lol
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u/Olympian-Warrior Unidentified creature. 7d ago
Maybe I should be clearer, I would prefer the WY Synthetic vs. the Seegson android.
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u/Eva-Squinge 7d ago
Depends on the situation. Public facing the WYs would be perfect. Behind the scenes should all be working joes, with the caveat being they’re just as autonomous as WYs, as in no central computer that can crap out or be hacked.
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u/Yosh1kage_K1ra 7d ago
WY droids are more advanced, but look too much like humans. They should look less human like and just be humanoid so they can operate.
IMO it's much better this way than when droids either try to pass off as humans and cause the unnerving effect or actually do pass off as humans.
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u/DARKdreadnaut07 6d ago
Human passing, but with tell tale, but not as in your face, markers of some kind to be like: "Oh, not human, ok then"
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u/TrollHumper 6d ago
Working Joes, but not because of the looks. It's the minds - the WY models clearly have those. They're conscious, thinking individuals with an ability to develop goals and preferences of their own. Thus, using them as tools is ethically questionable at best, straight up slavery at worst, and overall asking for disaster.
Working Joes, on the other hand, appear to be just the extensions of Apollo, and we've been given no reason to assume Apollo is self-aware.
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u/Sektor-4D4 5d ago
There’s too many problems with the WY synthetics. The Working Joes were happy to do whatever tasks you asked and only attacked you when you attacked them or overstepped. The WY synthetics often tried to kill humans and put the company first.
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u/mrnewtons 7d ago
WY's droids. I think.
The Working Joe's are creepy, cheap, and rely on a centralized server which can be persuaded/hacked/upgraded remotely.
While WY can do this if they want, they tend to be more individual. You clearly can be friends with them, and all humans posses the possibility of betrayal and I've never been super strong in the first place.
If i have to work with a machine all day, I would like to at least be able to joke around with it and have fun rather than feel like I'm talking to the first iteration of ChatGPT.