Upgrades
🕑 Added 2024-11-26 21:41:37 +0000 UTC
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A Patreon of the Ahts
I think it's to design a military model.
Swissair171
Don’t do it, Ted. Never sign anything you haven’t fully read in the presence of a lawyer and an appropriate adult.
SerenadingSiren23
Remember. Darcy said it was sabotage. I think they're sabotaging their own bots so that they can replace them with "better" models
Tobias Hagström
It just occurred to me, it's odd the Delaires went without a nandroid for so long, since you'd think Sterling could just lend them a temporary one. Surely, there must be nandroids trained for rental services, that seems like an obvious market. Anyway, not looking forward to all the metaphysical and existential horror if we get multiple nandroids with the same identity.
Mod Guy
my gut feeling tells me there's going to be something very wrong about the 2.0 line of Nandroids, only time will tell
Dr. Rodin
Yeah, a bracelet that connects the bot to your vitals sounds a SMIDGE close for comfort, it’s basically like the Apple Watch and the phone connected to it is a waking talking Siri. 😬
Catalina Miranda
Ah yes, creating an unnecessary necessity to keep on profiting. I hope Madeleine brings some sense to this. Thanks for your work ♥️
Meester Tweester
Ms. Bradbury is back, yay! And I wonder if the new Emmy is going to act just like the old one or go in a different direction.
Cartoonicus_Studios
No one ever reads the terms and conditions.
EACA
Dominic said in an interview that the story is at about a third of the way through. But that was October 2023 https://youtu.be/zffCObPoik4?si=J-l98iLrpJ1PN_SG
Boredman
Sneaky sneaky paperwork >_O
Modstin
OH NOOOOOOOOO
EACA
This episode feels jarring to me in so many ways. Both in universe and as to where the story is going. There are so many questions! Was Marcus called there just to listen? He doesn't seem to think the nandroids minds could be moved to another robot, or at least Emmy's. And that amount of paper tells me that robot probably won't be Emmy. Also, aren't they the perfect robots? The planned obsolescence thing makes sense as companies sell stuff, right? But those 'aura bracelets' and being 'overall better' than the already perfect nandroids... I'm not convinced. There are also the facts that Emmy's software was easy to access, that she was the only malfunctioning nan and that they were willing to offer mr. Delaire a replacement for free. If they are going to present the 2.0 nans at the Expo to families that know their nandroid is underperforming, that could make sense as marketing, but what about Sterling spending resources in 'treating' Emmy then? On the other hand, in terms of where I think the story is going. These new robots could have something to do with the value of 'experience' and 'memories' that Emmy and her friends have but these new ones may not. Showing why Sterling is wrong to look for 'perfection' while overlooking something important but unquantifiable. I wasn't thinking something like this would happen, but there's much yet to see. If you read this, sorry for the long rambling, I just have too many questions!
Grace
All I can think about is the bracelets detecting an affair or soon to be divorce 😭 you know how rich couples be doing that
Luke Drotos
John Sterling has said that he wouldn’t let even “the occasional humanitarian disaster” get in the way of his vision
Anthony LoGatto
Looks like the plot thickens. Glad to see Ms. Bradbury back; the aura bracelets looks pretty cool. But I still can't help but have the nagging feeling that something's about to go down at that expo.
Mah_Buddy_Keith
Marcus knows there’s going to be a SOMA-ass quandary on our hands in a moment.
Miy Eterp
Oof 😅
J R
THIS is something I didn't expect to see in the comic. I mean, having the philosophical quandary of 2 Emmys, and asking the validity if each being the "same" individual... dang! Loving this turn of events.
Matthew Senn
Hmm... Two Emmys? But I have a feeling the new one won't quite be the same.
Sunsomo
Also,wonder what they really look like?
Sunsomo
2.0's design is more machine than a human :(
Randomguy8566732
I'm not sure about that - since Emmy 2 is being created from Emmy's memories and has Emmy's personality, she'll be a perfect clone. Unless something goes wrong, the Delaires (especially not the gullible Mr Delaire) will have no way to tell the difference.
Randomguy8566732
Hold on, Emmy's going to be at the Sterling Expo! That's going to be quite awkward. Also, since they don't need Emmy there to clone her, she and the Emmy Clone will coexist - thus, the new Emmy is a separate consciousness, and thus a different person! If they're creating new consciousnesses and disposing of the old bodies, that means that the cloning process "kills" the nandroid!
Psycho Magalor
Have a feeling their going to see right through the fake new one and start realizing something is very wrong… Also hope it won’t lead to a misunderstanding should Emmy see them with a new model…🥲
1254893
Feels like we're gonna get a Bizarro-Emmy
Matt Heninger
The expressions are so emotive and creative. Looks very good!
Luke Drotos
Would you say by now we’re nearing or even past the halfway point of the story? I know I’ve asked this several times but I’m curious. You said everything up to chapter 104 represented act 1 for example.
Jefferson Gabler
I can smell troubles Milles aways, first they inplant some errors in the nandroids,and tehy they sell an "soluttion" thats smelling wierd
Luke Drotos
Concerned about Mr. Morrow saying the company’s been afraid to embrace the future for so long and what that implies
Ibecxx22213
Nooo!
Luke Drotos
Who said they had to be the ones trying to kill?
Dominic Cellini
Haha I think that’d be too predictable!
hl
What I was gonna pretty much say, when will they go berserk and try to kill?
Deathking2272
NO NEVER SIGN ANYTHING WITHOUT READING IT YOURSELF!
hl
One word: SUS!!!!
s_semper
I feel Ange is gonna say something way more serious to Ted, than the words of the Sterling's board members..
Wesley Moore
Never sign something without reading it first. Sounds stupid, but so many companies either spy on you or sell your data all because you never read the paperwork you signed.
Douglas Hurtado
i wondered why they didn't stick to that when they lost her initially, i feels like they don't actually know if its possible. also wonder how does the mood band have to do with the robots performance
H98B
Panel 12 looks like a musical number! Haha!
X
It finaly happened...
Genie
I’d think not.
Genie
Planned obsolescence at its finest. 😞 Madeline won’t be happy for sure. -perhaps this’ll motivate her to find Emmy. 🤔 But… now I curious. What would happen if Emmy meets her replacement? - if they even meet, could this replacement feel inferior to the real Emmy? What’ll the other nandroids think about this new model? - could they be stressed to be viewed as “useful”? - could they all eventually glitch like Emmy? - if the rest of them become outmodes, would they be able to find Emmy?
Steph C.
Not even him can escape NDA’s omg 😭
wwwJam
Eyyy, Bradbury's still around! And eyyy, they're lying directly into Ted's face!
SerenadingSiren23
THEORY CONFIRMED I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN 😱
Asylum Wolf
Omg the rest of the nandroids could be next…
Noah Brewer
Bruh Madeline is gonna be livid
PlayerManZ
If I see that 2.0, even exist in the presence of the Delaire house hold, I promise that I’ll be throwing hands. I’m sure Madeline would MOST DEFINITELY be on board with my ideals. Maybe… just a small portion of them.
Glissando365
Also, “we never specified a human lifetime” is the most ‘fuck you’ flavor of corporate weaseling I’ve ever heard. Great job capturing the two-faced nature of marketing speak.
DudeVXM
Ah, NDAs... always a good sign! ...this doesn't bode well at all.
Darryl Reyes
Tooooootally not sinister as all hell./s
Bryan Callebs
I knew it they’re replacing her with the new one
Dannie
Seems fishy…..👀
Glissando365
I knew those memory uploads were leading to something like this, though I didn’t expect them to be so forthright about reuploading her! They really do think of nandroids as no different than a laptop where you carry over the data—but worse for the users in this case since the data nandroids carry is extremely personal 😬 Which means If Emmy hadn’t gotten lost, they would have shut her down, right? This is spiraling toward something terrible for poor Emmy 😥
Mayel Ruiz
My god I can see the lie through them those greedy as heck people
Luke Drotos
How long until these new nandroids intentionally turn evil
monotonecrying
I had always wondered if Sterling had the ability to ‘copy and paste’ a robot’s data, memories and personality into a different body. Wonder if it’s actually that or if they’re trying to be slick. Makes you wonder if they keep all nandroid’s memories uploaded and saved into a database to prepare for future consumer upgrade purchases. 🤨
Lara Jensen Jurado
Ahhhhhh, why.....And HOW até they planning on, you know, program the new robot?....I don't wanna know...
Kingpen
Well thats concerning. Having another nandroid be uploaded with all of Emmy's memories. I hope this doesnt turn into a toy story 3 situation about replacements
Qrow92
Oh dear...the replacement is coming...will Madeline ever forgive her father for this?..😥
Systematic
Slick delivery. I like how they come across as very good at what they do, even if the audience knows more than Ted does.
Alan-Michael White
I can't click on it fast enough... can we get direct links to the images? It doesn't want to load