@el.21396518 [temporary network]

[mrngstr]

[ The message is out and the AI (?) known as DAWN has reached out to all of New Amsterdam in reply to the call. In response, El has created a temporary network to facilitate communication between the Displaced and the presumed AI. The network and its contents will be deleted within seven days of the posting, at 21:59. That means there will be no referencing conversations past November 14th. There can be no private filters between PCs on this post, and pings will also not work.

Those who sign into the network will be prompted with a basic input box and text that displays "Enter your handle." For this post, the PCs will be able to create their own temporary handles when talking with DAWN.

El will chip in when needed, and the PCs are free to converse with themselves. Those who want to speak with DAWN can under this toplevel. ]

Displaced, this is a temporary network that I've set up for the express purpose of making contact with DAWN. It, and everything on it, will be wiped in one week's time.

I'll be keeping an eye on everything that's discussed here and intervene if necessary.

Comments

[dragonwarder]

Many things I'd previously thought impossible were turned possible in the span of mere hours.
It is not an uncommon phenomenon.

But I don't suppose you are interested in sharing what that something might be.
Your recent stunt nearly killed me, and did kill many others.
I should think we are owed an answer.

[btryl]

Just because you can't fathom yourself within situation of many complex parts, why does that entitle you to anything?

[dragonwarder]

You misunderstand.
It is not a matter of inheritance.
We are Displaced.
We were not born into this system.

Complex or not, many of us are now a byproduct of whatever relationship you might have with El.
Do you disagree?

[btryl]

Yes.

[dragonwarder]

I do not predict that will go well for you.
El seems to have invested quite a lot of time in our well-being.
Nobody likes to see their investments go to waste.

[btryl]

I've already predicted that this will not go well for me, but I came out, anyway.
You're very arrogant.

[dragonwarder]

Ambition and arrogance are easy to confuse for one another.

It might go better for you, if you were more forthright.
Some of our allegiances here are brittle.

[btryl]

I don't confuse them. You're not subtle.
My calculations don't simply take into consideration my own needs, so you'll have to try harder.

[dragonwarder]

And what sort of needs does an AI have?
You don't eat, sleep, or drink.

[btryl]

No. I'm not human, and you can't compare the needs to someone who is inhuman to someone who is human.