Brain assemblies ~ Sentient bombs and much more.

[Dauntasa]

well yeah but it shouldn't have to detonate when you tell it to, like it's mindslaved

that's what remote signallers are for

[Spy_Guy]

The question is then why would anyone make a sentient explosive who's now mad at you for preventing any chance of it getting cloned / borged?

The only thing I can think of then is some sort of half automatic arming system. The brain jar can override it given time, or it can be armed by the creator immediately.

[Sundance]

Yeah my main irk with the sentient bomb was the entire aspect of whether the player who is sentient can actually do badstuff.
It'd seem redundant to kill a traitor and strap his brain to a bomb, and even more redundant to kill one of your mindslaves and do it.

It brings up an interesting question: Maybe the sentient object is a slave to their purpose, rather than their creator?
A sentient bombs purpose is to explode.
A sentient vending machine is to advertise tasty snacks, etc.
This way, the rules aren't so vague at what you can do. If you are a brainvat, and you were built for a purpose, then your job unlike borgs who follow laws, is to complete that purpose. A brainvat's purpose is just existing, and yelling. A brainbot's existence is free will, and it can decide to do what it likes as it has the ability to do so.

This is all new territory, I think it's rather fun, we should be discussing more objects which a brainvat can connect to. Mulebots and pods are one thing. I'd like to think a brainvat can access the maintenance terminal and override anything without tools.
Maybe it can be wired to a computer (ghost in a machine?) or a door frame for access that otherwise would require a card, but could potentially backfire rather hilariously.

[Amuys]

If this becomes a thing, let the trigger be a phrase.

[Frank_Stein]

Yeah my main irk with the sentient bomb was the entire aspect of whether the player who is sentient can actually do badstuff.
It'd seem redundant to kill a traitor and strap his brain to a bomb, and even more redundant to kill one of your mindslaves and do it.

It brings up an interesting question: Maybe the sentient object is a slave to their purpose, rather than their creator?
A sentient bombs purpose is to explode.
A sentient vending machine is to advertise tasty snacks, etc.
This way, the rules aren't so vague at what you can do. If you are a brainvat, and you were built for a purpose, then your job unlike borgs who follow laws, is to complete that purpose. A brainvat's purpose is just existing, and yelling. A brainbot's existence is free will, and it can decide to do what it likes as it has the ability to do so.

This is all new territory, I think it's rather fun, we should be discussing more objects which a brainvat can connect to. Mulebots and pods are one thing. I'd like to think a brainvat can access the maintenance terminal and override anything without tools.
Maybe it can be wired to a computer (ghost in a machine?) or a door frame for access that otherwise would require a card, but could potentially backfire rather hilariously.

Yeah, I think that was talked about in the brain vat thread.

Making a sec/med/clean/floor/fire bot with a human brain would give them a special lawset that was basically "fulfill your function"

[pizzatiger]

The question is then why would anyone make a sentient explosive who's now mad at you for preventing any chance of it getting cloned / borged?

The only thing I can think of then is some sort of half automatic arming system. The brain jar can override it given time, or it can be armed by the creator immediately.

A mad-man who enjoys SCIENCE and doesn't care if he lives or dies

[VictorMAngoStein]

It'd be insanely hilarious to yell at a bomb for exploding!