Directive 001 [Video] [Public]

[wolf_of_war]

[There is a...dog? on your screen? He looks vaguely canine, at least, though the glowing red eyes and angular, mechanical features are a dead giveaway that he's not your average dog. He looks to be sitting somewhere in the city, most likely off the beaten path a bit, so as to avoid the gaze of the locals. The joys of a built-in codec.]

I find myself...curious, about the collar around my neck. Preliminary analysis suggests that it is an ordinary gemstone, however I have been informed that this item contains my "soul", and that I should not remove it.

[A pause, as he parses his thoughts on the subject at hand.]

As I am an artificial intelligence in a robotic exoskeleton, I do not have the required knowledge to determine the presence of a "soul" in my body. perhaps there are others more knowledgeable on the subject than I, who might inform me on how this is possible.

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[wolf_of_war]

It seems fortunate then, that he developed into an individual that you seem proud of. While human intelligence, and it's development in early childhood has reached a stage where it is...predictable, AI such as myself is still largely untested.

[Is that a smile? It might be, but it's hard to tell.]

I was considered a failure, due to having never developed a sense of brutality. A trait seen as necessary for soldiers and machines of war. Willingness to commit acts of violence above and beyond what is considered necessary for the completion of a mission. I have neither man's sense of brutality, nor his moral urge to resist it.

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[craftlife]

...oh.

[Deon ponders this.]

Chappie was built as a police robot. And he ended up learning violence, even though I wish he hadn't. But he saved me with it. And I think he only did what was...necessary. He's still kind. He's not brutal.

[Then he smiles.] I think you two would get along.