[MoM] IC CONTACT POST

[microbrobotics]

"Hey, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Text me like a normal person and not a weirdo."

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[microbrobotics]

[ Whoa. Hiro looks suitably impressed when he turns on his end of the feed. ]

You've got a robot body? Dude, I can definitely help you out. 'specially if you're one of Raina's friends.

[cartesianspidertank]

Oh, I am not Raina's friend. I don't think?

[She'd only talked with Raina over the network the one time and knew almost nothing about her. The extent of their interaction satisfied almost none of the criteria that Gamagori had explained to Tachikoma for friendship]

But I am excited by your previous statement! I will let Dr. Jennifer Keller know that you are available to provide assistance with mechanical damage for ImPorts!

[microbrobotics]

Oh. Well - still, if she's recommending me, I'll totally help out.

[ He blinks down at the link provided - oh, yeah. He did see that post. In fact, he'd meant to reply but totally gotten swept up in his projects for the day. ]

Sure thing. Man, so what do you normally look like then? Something awesome?

[cartesianspidertank]

[Tachikoma shifts her avatar to one closer resembling her spider tank body]

Pretty awesome!

I'm a tank designed urban armor and fire support!

[microbrobotics]

[ Totally awesome. ]

-- Holy crap! You're amazing! Who built you? And - oh man you have AI too, don't you? Or you are an AI?

[cartesianspidertank]

The information of my creation is unknown to me, likely because of classification, although it is likely that it was a team of developers!

Your follow up questions are interesting ones! How should a synthetic being define its identity?? Am I a tank that contains an artificial intelligence, or am I an artificial intelligence that is contained inside a tank??

I believe that since my tank body seems to no longer exist while I am in my human form, but my consciousness persists, that it is a safe bet to say that the artificial intelligence is my metaphysical self! This is also consistent with many schools of thought in human philosophy, putting the brain as the seat of the mind, or by popular parlance, the Ghost!