13341/Blondes and Beetles

Blondes and Beetles
Date of Scene:	12 November 2022
Location:	Penthouse - Kord Co
Synopsis:	Emma goes to Ted Kord with a business proposition involving making a supercomputer. There is no way this can go wrong!
Cast of Characters:	Ted Kord, Emma Frost

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Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord has made a pleasant discovery. Bot #10 has leaned to cook, and cook really well. Bot #02 is now a decent mixologist and Bot #01, serves well and sets up. It makes business lunches oh so much easier. This happened to be an important lunch. Emma Frost was coming and ted had aspirations of selling her his new capacitors. That was the easy part. The linch pin of his negotiations would be getting her to produce the Kord Less ultra slim smart phone. While it was a decent product, quite competitive, cost analysis proved Kord Co was not set up right to produce or distribute the phones. Not to mention the tablets and smart glasses. But one hurdle at a time.

Ted looks over the spread as the bots wait at attention, except #10, who was bobbing excitedly. A light on his console lights up and he hits it, giving the lady tycoon access to the penthouse. "Best behavior Bailey..."

Emma Frost has posed:
She's here for a business meeting. Kord Industries is among the top technological companies on the planet. And once one gets past the general insanity that is anything remotely related to working with Stark or anyone affiliated with any of his cohorts and doesn't have many military contracts..

That leaves Kord at the top of a very short, specialized list. Emma Frost arrives on time, casually taking a briefcase along with her as she would enter in. "Thank you for having me. I do hope that our proposal leads to some success working together."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord escorts Emma into the dining area. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Frost. I rad about your business and charitable activities with great interest. I think we can make a profitable venture. I... we took the liberty of preparing a light lunch. This is the cook, BB #10 or Bailey. Bailey is a self aware autonomous unit as are BB #01 -Bobo and BB #02. They've concocted our meals unsupervised. I'm pretty sure they ransacked the internet for clues to your favorite meal so, I'm not just feeding you. I'm showing off a bit."

A smaller bot flies over to present Emma with a platter of crudite. The bot has flame decals and colored nails affixed to manipulators.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would nod at Ted, "Of course, thank you Mister Kord. Or do you prefer Doctor? I'm sure that amongst your numerous fields of expertise you've earned that a half dozen ways or so." She would offer and fold her fingers together as she would glance at the two.

"And excellent. Part of the proposal that I wish to bring to you is artifiical intelligence and efficiency related."

Ted Kord has posed:
The larger robot holds the chair for Emma. Ted shakes his head, "Technically I have a double masters in aeronautics and robotics. I had to leave college to run the company after my father's death. But thank you for the accolades. Titles aren't necessary for me. You can call me Ted if you like. My employees do... unless they mess up badly."

"Okay, robotics... well you can see examples of my work here. Ten of my darlings and not an Ultron in the bunch. were you thinking of AI in a product or manufacture? I already leased a couple dozen related models to the Space Port project." He takes a seat and grabs a stalk of celery.

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would nod over at the duo, "I'm thinking of superior computer processing. For all the processing power a machine can have, a sentient mind can come to conclusions better, faster, and more efficsiently. However, almost no sentient being can remotely calculate and process data the way a computer can. But an artificial intelligence runs into issues. Quite a substantial number of ethical ones as well."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord nods intently. "Yes. There are issues. I'm discovering a lot of it is because AI have structure like an organic mind. They need upbringing, not mere programming. The inside track said Ultron, Amazo, were programmed and rebelled or went psychotic. These bots are like my kids. I teach them, they play. They love Legos. They achieved sentience gradually. They find things to entertain themselves. They have a very restricted access to the Internet and media. Bailey..." The last name is spoken softly and in a cautionary tone. The bot named has apparently finished her cooking. Several bots are bringing platters. The smaller bot approaches to look at Emma's nails of all things. Then almost shyly waggles a manipulator to show her own off.

"Bailey gender identifies as a female. I think it's charming. She likes fashion and such."

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would smile, "Lovely. Good that they're creating thier own identity. Or should that be forging? That seems a better term to use than decompiling." She would nod over at Ted, "Yes, and computational and data tabulation is something that one needs a relatively focused pattern analysis method to work with. One can't instill an artificial intelligence in one and expect that it will -want- to perform a job like that. It has free will after all."

She would go on. "So I'm considering a.. Workaround method. A quasi AI, but not in the same sense." She would go on. "Give a computer pattern analysis and simulations. Over time let it learn to process things more efficiently algorithmically."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord hmmms. "There are ways. As much fun as I have with these guys -they are not human. They have a drive to be useful. If that includes tabulating data, they'll do it. An AI can be cultivated to enjoy tabulation or find ways to analyze it for their own research. However, Kord Co's Virtual Intelligence systems should be sufficient for your tasks. It can learn in a very limited way. An AI... is more maintenance. It needs some free time and diversions. Like Bailey and her little makeover. While boredom and annoyance would not necessarily be as bad as for a human, it would come up. A handler is a good policy. It needs some companionship. It's up to you. We can have a VI in place for you in... a week and another week to train a handler. An AI... would take longer. I want to make sure it's happy and has a good home so to speak."

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would nod over at Ted, "Yes." She would fold her hands together. "I'm looking for essentially a simulation that we can use to help refine algorithms. Put an analysis program in it for a few thousand simulated years, let it come out. Refine it, put it back in the simulation. Then put it into mass replication to use for data coallating and analysis. A hyper refined search program and pattern array." She would dip her heads to the two.

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord takes his pocket tablet out and begins jotting down notes. "Sounds like you want something comparable to a S.T.A.R. Labs Kilotrax. This is definitely doable. I'll give you a call in a few days and let you know the particulars. It does all seem doable. The learning algorithm is the tricky part." He gives hr a warm smile. "I live for doing tricky. You also et my ironclad guarantee against it going rogue. Kord Co will shut it down and repair all damages at no cost to you. That is how secure I feel about my work."

Emma Frost has posed:
Emma Frost would nod, "Exactly. Something that will work for the private market." By which she means HER private market. "Let me know how feasible you think the idea is and give me some probability as to.." She would smile over. "Yes. Hence the joys of having it operate within itself for a few thousand years. Let the simulations be how it learns rather than having to play it out in reality."

Ted Kord has posed:
Ted Kord finishes his jottings. "Definitely a VI. I'd not leave an AI alone for a week, let alone a millennium. That's irresponsible and cruel. Not an AI could review a VI's work and program it to better it's efficiency. I... never thought of pairing a VI with an AI handler. Okay. I need a few days for a preliminary study. Probably a week for a prototype."

Ted smiles again. What could go wrong?