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Re:The Loss of Humanity through Consumerism in WALL-E (2019)... by bena on Sunday February 12, 2023 @12:42PM (#34764883)
The ship's core directive is to keep humanity safe. The ship is on the verge of sentience, but not quite there.
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Re:The Loss of Humanity through Consumerism in WALL-E (2019)... by pavlov on Sunday February 12, 2023 @01:08PM (#34765120)
Maybe it’s not a question of sentience but pleasure.

Why do many smart humans use so much of their time devising ways to have more sex? Because fulfilling the instinctive urge is pleasurable on a different level than intellectual work. Maybe for the AI, pursuit of its core directive is similarly pleasurable in an axiomatic way.

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Re:The Loss of Humanity through Consumerism in WALL-E (2019)... by alpyne on Sunday February 12, 2023 @01:27PM (#34765330)
axiomatic

I see what you did there

https://pixar.fandom.com/wiki/Axiom

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Re:The Loss of Humanity through Consumerism in WALL-E (2019)... by midoridensha on Monday February 13, 2023 @05:29AM (#34771991)
Username checks out.
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