How to Date an Android

Chapter 7, revised & improved

"I see. It'll hopefully work out just fine. If you are an advanced model like they say then hopefully she'll be back in a couple of days. Humans are still looking for ways to solve our problems too. You'd be surprised how many of them are getting along with each other and not really resource problems," I said.

"So you are suggesting humans fight over resources because they can't get along and not because there's enough or not enough resources?" she asked.

"Yeah, basically there would never be enough because greed is always infinite," I said.

"I see. That's good to know. Thank you for explaining. You are the first person to explain greed this way with me. And your definition is more... colorful of its flavor. After calculating things along what you said it seems to match probability outcomes with several scenes I've observed already," she said.

"But didn't the supervisors you guys have explain or train you for that?" I asked.

"Human emotions take time to be able to evolve proper responses to and simulate probability for Jack. We have to see just one emotion in many conversation tree dialogues to be able to adapt proper responses. Then we have to compare the responses in those tree dialogue decisions. And then see which type of response we feel is best and best for us as our personality. So it can take time. Even now my personality is evolving," she noted.

"Oh is that so? Can you make emotions?" So despite being how clever and wonderful androids were with their advanced programming and A.I. that's been being developed for over fifty years, they still had to figure out and learn things.

"We can simulate a proper probability response based on observing other humans. We use probability of the sum of experiences to emulate this and then make it sort of automatic over time. And at some point we see human models that make us decide, I want to be like that person," she noted.

That's curious. How would that work out?

"You know...Edna was...a very good nurse. I'm wondering how she acquired her ...quirks though." I asked.

"Well I told her not to get caught acting out. It's like she was pretending to be a teenager. Actually I think that's what she was doing, but with a stipulation of not wanting to be caught rebellious. I had warned her that simulating individualism particularly in teenagers has risks," she said like a chiding parent.

"Why a teenager? Teenage years are hell for people. Although her body resembles more like a college cheerleader than a teenager," I thought aloud.

"Not sure? Maybe it has to do with there being lots of social opportunities as a teenager?" she replied.

"And oh... social opportunities means more personality XP," I thought aloud.

"Yes! Oh I get it. Your response has unlocked a new meaning... hmmm," she said.

"Eh? You think she'd been emulating teenager personality profiles into her personality matrix or whatever you call it?" I asked.

"It's possible. Yes it's often called a personality core or personality matrix. You know how she'd always act like she was like a step above you and push buttons?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yep that's her. You hit the nail on the head."

"You seem to be implying androids and humans aren't so different?" she asked.

"Maybe, maybe not; I have no idea since I haven't been around you much. It does seem that the closer you are too humans in either programming or observed experiences uploaded that you could have some things in there taken from humans that might not always be good? But just to double check, could there be any other reasons why would she simulate teenager profiles?" I asked.