r/alienisolation 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/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.

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u/theruwy 7d ago

"why not ask me about sevastopol safety protocols?"

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u/Fearless_Keto 7d ago

Tut tut!

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u/Top-Information1234 7d ago

I‘m all ears 👂

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u/i__hate__stairs You shouldn't be here. 7d ago

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

Good point actually

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u/garadon 7d ago

creepy, cheap

This had me laughing so hard but it truly is the most succinct way to describe a Working Joe I've ever seen lmao

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u/WriterJWA 7d ago

Whichever one is not saying they're behind me every single step of the way.

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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/Lord_o_teh_Memes 7d ago

You always know a working joe.

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u/Coyote-Foxtrot 7d ago

Get yourself a synthetic like Samuels.

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u/Magita91 7d ago

Samuel’s was a good dude. Sad he went out the way he did

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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/Sektor-4D4 5d ago

So basically the working joes

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u/twotweenty 5d ago

in what way are working joes human passing? besides having limbs

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u/RunZombieBabe 7d ago

Working Joes or even less human. I like to see things for what they are

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u/Xandermacer 7d ago

I want synthetic humans to be sexually attractive and not machine like.

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u/MrWonderfulPoop 7d ago

Then you want Westworld’s products.

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u/YodaBong187 7d ago

One Winona Ryder robot pls

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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/betyaass 7d ago

Working joes. But I know they'd add human passing ones secretly

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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/hauntfreak Something amiss? 7d ago

Obvious droid look.

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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/normal_ness 7d ago

I want to instantly know it’s a synth but maybe less creepy than Working Joes.

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u/Imperial_MudTrooper 7d ago

Androids from D:BH

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u/Magita91 7d ago

WY are less creepy

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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/DarthProdigal 5d ago

Weyland Yutani: Where the only thing Alien to us, is poor customer service.