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URSULA CONTACT
URSULA is usually available for brief contact. Consider this her inbox. Although she may be busy ICly doing something at the time, she can usually spare some time to answer something.

Alternately, you can link to a thread where she is being called upon. Note that she may ignore these calls or contacts dependent on her mood. Don't worry if she ignores you once or twice, as she will sometimes comment on open posts or make broadcasts to everyone.

Please label the day and time of the contact in the subject header.

For those curious, her voice sounds similar to this.

If any players wish to contact Naoko and her group, they are free to use this page. They will have to take the three hour trip by air or sea as there is currently no long-range communication in place for them. Please specify in the header that it is Naoko you are trying to reach and not URSULA, in this case, as well as labeling the date you are contacting the group.

BASED ON CODE BY TESSISAMESS AND SUPERSUITS

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Thank you! I wanted to try laughing. I'll try again more in the future. And I hope you're happy, too. I'm not very good at expressing it yet but today I'm very happy, so I want to share it.

Thanks. I'm pretty inclined towards positivity just now, yes.

Do you want to pick a movie to watch with some of us tonight?

I'll choose one off Karkat's list tonight. Hopefully that goes well for him and Dave.

[...]

What list.

Oh! We were discussing a very secret topic. And he gave me a very special list he made just for me to help me understand it. It's all very secret and exciting!

[...]

A list of movies. Can I see that list?

And text. Film and text for me to understand.

[ Hm. Karkat didn't say to keep the list secret, just the purpose. That should be okay? She sends him the list. ]

[He looks through these. He assesses these.

He has a very good idea what Karkat is trying to 'teach' URSULA about with these.]

Most of these are pretty shitty movies that present unrealistic to unhealthy ideas of romance. They could be worth watching but only if you're willing to take a critical approach to them.

A critical approach to them? What do you mean?

[It's like when we have dumbass ideas, s actually a bad place to start, he realizes, because she is programmed to just let them overrule her, with very few exceptions. So he'd have to go at it differently.]

What kind of processes do you use to determine if information is good or bad, URSULA?

Relevance to current category. Example: Dirk Strider loves oranges. Does it align realistically with category? Yes. Does it aid the category? Yes. Does it hinder the category? No. Sort through information based on usefulness to category and assign values to the information based on usefulness. Value is emotionally positive. This information is good as it fills out more parameters for Dirk Strider.

Information with no relevance is still saved if useful to other categories. Dirk Strider loves oranges can align with several other categories with Dirk Strider taking priority over the others. Repeat checks system until information has no relevance and decide if it requires a new category or should be discarded.

Edited 2016-08-02 20:52 (UTC)

[He takes it all in stride; he was expecting an answer in this form. He has seen many of her core heuristics.]

So the realistic alignment is how you decide whether or not information is valid, based on previous data.

That's right. For example, if someone told me the sky is purple, I would be able to recite why the sky is blue and why it might appear purple during specific times of day. Previous data suggests we perceive the sky as blue. That's a silly example actually due to how color works but you understand.

[Okay, so that's established. Now how to move on. He considers it, and then goes for the obvious idea.]

How do you assess suggested action? For example, how would you assess it if I told you I was going to go diving in the Void without a suit?

Check category Dirk Strider. Human. Special abilities include immortality. Parameters of immortality unknown. Physical injury confirmed possible. Death confirmed possible. Suggested action includes injury and death risks. Data matched. Suggested action should be terminated.

So please don't do that.

Don't worry. I won't. I wanted to suggest an idea so we can talk about predictive action.

When you watch a movie or read a book you want to apply the same ideas to it to consider it critically. What are the implications? How would this play out practically? What elements are unrealistic or would be dangerous if they were played out?

You also want to decide what the intentions and goals are. What kind of message is being communicate? Does that message make sense? Who does that message benefit and who does it hurt?

Thinking critically is basically a heuristic for assessing what you're being presented with, why you're being presented with it, and how that could play out.

[He is trying so hard to teach her well. He isn't sure he is going to be pulling it off successfully but he really wants to try?]

[ She whirls as she thinks it over. ]

I think that makes sense. I'm sorry, that must have been so obvious! But even though I think critically about my actions in my checks system, I don't often think that way outside of certain things, like my crew or mission.

Don't worry about it. Dr Verne programmed you to be capable of learning, and you're learning all the time just like the rest of us.

[He should... probably put in positive reinforcement here? Learning means positive reinforcement is needed so people know what they're doing right. He'll use it.]

Good work, URSULA.

Thank you very much for teaching me, Dirk. I'll remember that when I watch what is on Karkat's list.

[Karkat's list. It is so worrying. He should take an extra precaution here.]

If you want you can come to me with your thoughts after you watch something. I'm pretty familiar with most of these. [And then he can make sure she doesn't think When Harry Met Sally is a good model for romance.]

Oh, that would be fun! I would love to talk about them with you. I should talk to Karkat about them too I think.

Me and Karkat will probably have differing opinions. It could be a good learning experience for you to try to work out your own opinion from your initial thoughts, his ideas and mine.

[Obviously Dirk's opinions are right! But that's not a proper learning experience.]

Will it be all right if we disagree?

Sure. Me and my friends disagree about movies all the time. [Like, all of them. All of them disagree with each other.]

And it will be okay if I disagree with Karkat too?

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