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[fuckinstoplights]

... They say we're supposed to find ourselves a place here. A purpose.

And they make it sound so simple.

But... what are we do to when... we don't know what our purpose is, any longer?

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Re: [voice]

[blight_phoenix]

Well... it can be for machines, too. Some machines... Maybe even you? I mean, you're sitting here questioning your purpose, instead of going down a pre-programmed path. That takes at least some kind of higher cognitive function, to pose philosophical questions like that.

[voice]

[fuckinstoplights]

Is that truly something only living things can do?

Re: [voice]

[blight_phoenix]

I'm... not really an expert on existentialism or any kind of philosophy at all, really. In spite of being raised by monks.

But I had a... we'll call him a 'friend'. And he was a robot. And in spite of how annoying he was, he definitely had those traits.

[voice]

[fuckinstoplights]

So... he was alive?

Even if he was just a robot?

Re: [voice]

[blight_phoenix]

I think, as far as robots go, so long as they aren't permanently deactivated? They're alive.