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02-21-2012, 02:50 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Questions for playing as an AI
So.. I'm new to gurps, and am trying to make a artificial intelligence as a character.
The main premise of the character is an AI that was made to sift through vast amounts of data, and then use this to calculate/extrapolate on large scale events- Like the stock market, or weather prediction. Basically, the usage of Oracle (Digital) from Powers. So a few questions on this: What counts as a "Purely Mental Action" skill-wise for an AI connected to the net? Could my character use a Compartmentalized Mind to research (As the skill) things on the internet while carrying on a discussion? Because it's my character's main shtick, Are there any useful enhancements for Oracle? Is there a version of Altered Time Sense that only allows extra mental actions? |
02-21-2012, 02:55 PM | #2 |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon
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Re: Questions for playing as an AI
Anything that a brain in a jar could do would count as mental only. ;)
If you have wireless internet access, then your second mind could do anything mental without bothering the one focusing on the physical reality. |
02-21-2012, 03:46 PM | #3 | |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: Questions for playing as an AI
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You might want several compartments. Talk to your GM, but it's commonly accepted that multiple compartments can work on the same mental task and reduce the overall time. Take a look at Intuition and Psychometry as other powers that could have a reasonable justification as part of the Internet searching and data analysis. (Here's a post I made a while back about an Internet service that reminds me of nothing so much as Psychometry.) Powers supplies the Oracle (Digital) variant, which basically swaps the Sense rolls for Research and Intelligence Analysis skills. |
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02-21-2012, 04:04 PM | #4 | |||
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Re: Questions for playing as an AI
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Semi-Related: How would a digital duplicate be different from compartmentalized mind? Quote:
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02-21-2012, 04:32 PM | #5 |
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Re: Questions for playing as an AI
A digital duplicate could be "downloaded" into another robot "puppet" and be controlled by the same player.
Without that advantage, any copying is like reproduction and not under the original player's control. |
02-21-2012, 06:00 PM | #6 | ||
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Also, glance at the "Time Spent" and "Long Tasks" rules on B346. You can have bonuses and penalties for spending extra time. Extra people count as extra time. And a mind Compartment counts as an extra person for those purely mental tasks. So you can have a skill bonus for taking the normal time, or work a bit hastily without a penalty. Quote:
If you're interested in Duping, this might be a good place to consider Alternative Abilities. You might decide that you can send your second mind out into the Net, making it a Dupe (with a single mind and leaving you with a single mind), or you can keep them both at home, giving you Compartmentalized Mind. You can't use both abilities at once, but the advantage is that you can get the cheaper one (Dup, in this case) for 1/5 price. Last edited by Anaraxes; 02-21-2012 at 11:30 PM. |
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02-22-2012, 11:38 AM | #7 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
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02-22-2012, 09:08 PM | #8 |
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Re: Questions for playing as an AI
Thank you everyone, you've been a huge help! :D
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02-22-2012, 11:12 PM | #9 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: Questions for playing as an AI
Perhaps you'd post a writeup of your character when you're done with it so we can see how it came out?
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artificial intelligence, compartmentalized mind, computer, oracle (digital), robot |
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