Ex Machina
Ex Machina
Out of context: Reply #47
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- i_monk0
The thing is, though, she wasn't lying when she told him where she'd like to go: a busy pedestrian crossing, to watch people. That isn't something that comes out of Googling, it comes out of a preference and desire. It also means she wasn't motivated simply by a sense of self-preservation, because she could have just as easily escaped and stood passively by the door until the next challenge to her survival appeared.
It was a huge oversight not including some sort of Asimovian Laws or voice override of the AI (and house security), however. Smart enough to build an AI, but not smart enough to take foreseeable precautions. (And if everything is key card-based, wouldn't you still have passwords on your computer?)