>> I really want to hug JARVIS right now. And Phil. <<
They are all about the hugs.
>> At least Bruce has one part of that covered. <<
He's good at that.
>> But... how do you hug an intangible AI? Or what's analogous? Interesting thought. <<
That's actually in my notes for later in the series. You'll get an inkling of why, once Phil and JARVIS get into their discussion of what went wrong. There are at least two ways, one of which I'm saving for later.
But one is obvious: JARVIS has physical presence, so can be touched like anyone else with a body, he just has different sensory input. He has audio and visual pickups throughout the tower. But he also has tactile input in some places, like pressure sensor strips along the edges of doors and drawers to prevent people from getting mashed. There are touchscreens for data display and identification purposes. He has control of various assembly/disassembly equipment -- literally wraps himself around Tony via the suit every time they join as Iron Man. It took JARVIS a while to learn how to handle that gently, but he and Tony have the hang of it now. So hugging or touching for comfort is just a matter of reaching out to any of his tactile contact points.
I think that Bucky is the first person other than Tony who really makes a habit of petting JARVIS. But it's starting to spread.
Can I just say how delighted I am that my audience is fond enough of JARVIS as a person to think about adapting comfort gestures to his personal idiom? You folks are awesome, inclusive darlings.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Heartbreaking, and lovely
Date: 2013-09-07 09:15 am (UTC)And Phil. <<
They are all about the hugs.
>> At least Bruce has one part of that covered. <<
He's good at that.
>> But... how do you hug an intangible AI? Or what's analogous? Interesting thought. <<
That's actually in my notes for later in the series. You'll get an inkling of why, once Phil and JARVIS get into their discussion of what went wrong. There are at least two ways, one of which I'm saving for later.
But one is obvious: JARVIS has physical presence, so can be touched like anyone else with a body, he just has different sensory input. He has audio and visual pickups throughout the tower. But he also has tactile input in some places, like pressure sensor strips along the edges of doors and drawers to prevent people from getting mashed. There are touchscreens for data display and identification purposes. He has control of various assembly/disassembly equipment -- literally wraps himself around Tony via the suit every time they join as Iron Man. It took JARVIS a while to learn how to handle that gently, but he and Tony have the hang of it now. So hugging or touching for comfort is just a matter of reaching out to any of his tactile contact points.
I think that Bucky is the first person other than Tony who really makes a habit of petting JARVIS. But it's starting to spread.
Can I just say how delighted I am that my audience is fond enough of JARVIS as a person to think about adapting comfort gestures to his personal idiom? You folks are awesome, inclusive darlings.