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Old 03-23-2017, 06:58 AM   #82
Varyon
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Default Re: Ideas for Anti Robot Technology

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Originally Posted by Boomerang View Post
I am not convinced the zone minds would tolerate NUs that can make random decisions. It would cause more problems for the zone minds than it solves. Even AUs would only be able to make random decisions within a narrowly defined set of parameters. As far as I can tell Overmind's issue with humans is that it can't control them so they pose an unacceptable risk.
This is programming for when the NU is out of the zone mind's control, and so long as it's been programmed properly it will still only target what the zone mind wants it to target, it's just that the choice ends up random. Hell, if Overmind is that paranoid, instead of a random number generator it can set the bots to just target whichever target is furthest to the north relative to the bot, with furthest to the east as a tie-breaker.

I should also note that, currently, no random number generator is actually random, so it's entirely possible Overmind can predict what his NU's will do when it's determined "randomly."
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