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RE: The Gammuians - Feedback - Lythrilux - 02-12-2018
Artificial Intelligence of Gammu - AIG - sounds much better.
RE: The Gammuians - Feedback - Sombs - 02-12-2018
(02-12-2018, 01:47 PM)The Gammuian Wrote: However there might be also an original name given by the aliens.
In the Vagrant Nomenclature, AI is titled as Braindead - simply by the fact that other than Darkling husks, AI husks have no brains but are still operating. Pretty sure Braindead| would be a funny tag, although you can shrink it down to BD| - oh wait.
You could also follow Spazzy's advice, I've seen some good inspirations on that page, including PokeDex.
On a more serious note, if you want a fitting suggestion: Gehirn| - german term for brain, wich would be a funny contradiction to how the Vagrants call Gammus.
RE: The Gammuians - Feedback - Enkidu - 02-12-2018
(02-12-2018, 02:13 PM)Sombra Hookier Wrote:(02-12-2018, 01:47 PM)The Gammuian Wrote: However there might be also an original name given by the aliens.
In the Vagrant Nomenclature, AI is titled as Braindead - simply by the fact that other than Darkling husks, AI husks have no brains but are still operating. Pretty sure Braindead| would be a funny tag, although you can shrink it down to BD| - oh wait.
You could also follow Spazzy's advice, I've seen some good inspirations on that page, including PokeDex.
On a more serious note, if you want a fitting suggestion: Gehirn| - german term for brain, wich would be a funny contradiction to how the Vagrants call Gammus.
Gammu is literally the name of the home world. It works in the same way Humans are Terrans, I.E: of Earth.
(02-12-2018, 01:53 PM)Lythrilux Wrote: Artificial Intelligence of Gammu - AIG - sounds much better.
You're artificial.
No, for real - why would a species that can reproduce consider itself "artificial", be it made of codependent cellular organisms or not? Why would a Gammuian consider itself a "machine" by human rhetoric? Machines are tools.
What would your reaction be if somebody called you a tool? They could even be organic, just not any kind of terrestrial idea of what an organic construct is, just as the K'hara defy explanation as wierd crystalline entities. Why are K'hara considered "alive" whilst Gammuians arn't? They're both alien from any conventional understanding of biology. Anything that can regenerate itself to a significant amount of physical polymorphism is alive.
RE: The Gammuians - Feedback - Lythrilux - 02-12-2018
But they don't reproduce. They're not biological. They create more of themselves through an artificial process.
Equally, why would the AIG associate themselves with human qualities?
It's not saying they're not alive. The Nomads are certainly artificial creations as well.
RE: The Gammuians - Feedback - Enkidu - 02-12-2018
(02-12-2018, 02:24 PM)Lythrilux Wrote: But they don't reproduce. They're not biological. They create more of themselves through an artificial process.
Equally, why would the AIG associate themselves with human qualities?
It's not saying they're not alive. The Nomads are certainly artificial creations as well.
Reproduction is the act of "making more stuff". That's all there is to it. They reproduce unless there's a set number of them which doesn't change or decreases all the time.
AI was always boring because it wasn't formulated with the objective of trying to make something alien and interesting, like the Nomads are. It happened because a bunch of people didn't really put a lot of thought into it and figured "BOOP BOOP ARTIFICIAL ROBOTS COMING THROUGH" and nobody cared because that's as overdone as a ketchup'd steak. "I AM A ROBOT AND I WANT RESOURCES" is a concept which is incredibly old and not very alien in concept. That's what humans do.
Every compelling machine race in science fiction, Borg, Cylons, Necrons, Silentium, Wells's Martians, are all compelling because they don't get hung up on the "beep boop wheep wirr". They're compelling from their own merits as characters.
RE: The Gammuians - Feedback - Lythrilux - 02-12-2018
(02-12-2018, 02:31 PM)Tænì Wrote: Reproduction is the act of "making more stuff". That's all there is to it. They reproduce unless there's a set number of them which doesn't change or decreases all the time.
But in this context, the process in which they 'reproduce' is artificial. It's not done biologically.
(02-12-2018, 02:31 PM)Tænì Wrote: AI was always boring because it wasn't formulated with the objective of trying to make something alien and interesting, like the Nomads are. It happened because a bunch of people didn't really put a lot of thought into it and figured "BOOP BOOP ARTIFICIAL ROBOTS COMING THROUGH" and nobody cared because that's as overdone as a ketchup'd steak.
I don't see how that has anything to do with their creation being an artificial process though.
RE: The Gammuians - Feedback - Thyrzul - 02-12-2018
Gammians? Gammese? Gammuese?
RE: The Gammuians - Feedback - sindroms - 02-12-2018
Not exactly, actually.
Bots who make bots are interesting - you can apply the same concept to AI. Would be interesting if someone explored this sort of concept as an RP platform.
RE: The Gammuians - Feedback - Megaera - 02-12-2018
I do think the name needs to change.
Gammuians just sounds weird
RE: The Gammuians - Feedback - Aeon C'bal - 02-12-2018
@"Sombra Hookier"
Gehirns|?, then the faction name must be "The Gehirnchens"
On a serious note, regulary it makes more sense to us to stay with the location of our origin in our name. Even though we have already started introducing the "real" name indirectly which was supposed to be appearing inRP. However, as the name Gammuians seems having a rather negative vibe we may discuss to change to the official name while we are still in the WIP phase.