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I like that the bots converse audibly and have facial expressions.
It hints to a time when they were used for human UX but were maybe later repurposed for other means.
Also the lack of wireless communication winks at the danger of botnets. 100s of these bad boys hooked up to a server, compromised by a single hacker?
Who knew that the humanoid vessel was the most secure in its inefficiency
This was explored during the corpo-foss war, when the Mata bots' connection to the govcorp was severed!
http://analognowhere.com/techno-mage/arch_company/
http://analognowhere.com/techno-mage/what-was-i-to-do/
http://analognowhere.com/_/corehx/
Arch Company sound like an early '00s pop-punk emo band
I'm not very creative. What can I say.
I just realised that the metal band Archenemy likely has a sister band out there named Debianfriend
OpenWellington, eh? Love it -- I can see how sentience is the deadliest virus of all time
https://analognowhere.com/wiki/openwellington/
I am particularly fond of this time period. I am in a massive creative slump, though :(