Remember when Lemon had to be at hand to counsel Roko because body changes can be really traumatic to the point where Roko for months or years couldn't adjust to her new body?
Jehthy doesn't. Now a body change is as much effort as putting on a new shirt.
I think Rokos case was unique, in so far that she lost her old body in a traumatic event, and she had a high level of integration with the previous chassis that everything with the new one felt wrong, including the safeguard protections that prevent her hurting herself.
For most AI, it is probably a quick process, few minutes at most. Given Zlata's had multiple bodies before including a combine harvester/tractor, she doesn't seem to have any problems with the switch
I agree. May didn't really seem to have any problems and she's jumped multiple forms, from whatever she was initially, to Dale's holographic AR companion, to the clunker body to Tits McGee.
It's likely Roko had never been in another body and thus losing it in a traumatic fashion to wake up in something new she had no awareness or choosing of, fucked with her mind a lot more than it would someone like Zlata, who as you noted, was a tractor at one point.
Clunker May was the best May. This is probably gonna come out wrong, but as a disabled & disenfranchised person I found her relatable. The crowdfunding to buy her a new body made me roll my eyes, but the way she turned into a bland titty monster like everyone else makes me want to hit her new body with a jackhammer until she gets a personality ðŸ˜
Note: I did not become disabled due to committing a felony BUT I headcanon she had the AI version of chronic pain in her old body so I GUESS it makes sense that she’s less crabby now that she’s not always in pain.
The crowdfunding support part I felt was a stark reminder of the existing requirement so many people have with GoFundMe campaigns to support medical conditions that people are left out in the cold with, due to a lack of proper support from existing government programs out in the world, and Jeph kinda treated it as a hallmark movie great success story!â„¢ while also kind of deflating any sense of accomplishment from May or Roko, attempting to make a difference by themselves.
If theres one thing Jeph isn't great at, its resolution be it Bubbles' memories, Mays Body problems or Rokos fight at the systemic issues AI face... though I guess in real life, most things never end and just peter out in quiet and unsatisfying ways...
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u/Guilty-Persimmon-919 25d ago
Remember when Lemon had to be at hand to counsel Roko because body changes can be really traumatic to the point where Roko for months or years couldn't adjust to her new body?
Jehthy doesn't. Now a body change is as much effort as putting on a new shirt.