>> This makes me really scared for JARVIS, because even if everyone is very careful, one day Tony is going to die. It's just a human limitation <<
Yes, of course. That's always scary.
>> (one that JARVIS doesn't have--he could in theory live forever....) <<
Lifespan does tend to be different for artificial intelligence, without the built-in end that biological creatures have. There are other limitations, chiefly with memory function.
>> Some things will have to change if he's going to weather that well. <<
JARVIS needs close ties with someone(s) in order to feel useful. Having the rest of the team will help a lot with that. He also needs hardware and software support. Those are things that Tony is just starting to explore with Phil because it's taken this long to find someone they could really trust. So they're moving in the right direction.
If Tony had died in Afghanistan or the Battle of New York, it's very possible that JARVIS would not have survived him by much. We know that JARVIS can last a few months alone because Tony was missing for quite a while. But still, that's not a good situation. They've set up more precautions since then.
>> Even though this was clearly not from the perspective of a human being, this made me far more able to understand what JARVIS was thinking and feeling. <<
I'm glad that worked so well for you!
>> It's hard to get a read on a character without facial expressions or body language to fall back on, and while this sort of thing doesn't fit into your main narrative well, this was extremely helpful for my understanding of him as a character and his motivations and feelings. <<
A challenge is that JARVIS conveys most of his emotion through voice tone. I can tag a little of that in text, but not nearly as much as in a movie. He does also have body language available, but he almost never uses it: he controls much of the tower. There are little glimpses with shifting air currents, temperatures, closing doors, etc. but he uses those far more often to take care of people than to express himself. He's pretty shy, and just starting to come out of his shell with the Avengers.
>> I wonder if strategies like this would work for JARVIS. I don't think he would have a limitation like the human brain does--he certainly seems able to open a lot of files at once here, and I bet he could open a whole lot more before it even slowed him down. <<
Yes, JARVIS has vastly more multitasking ability than a human would, so this technique isn't as effective for him -- unless he spreads it out over a lot of different areas. It's more a matter of focusing his attention on something positive. He's starting to reach for the Avengers in that regard, and over time, that will become more purposeful and he'll learn what actions help more.
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Date: 2013-12-27 05:15 am (UTC)Yes, of course. That's always scary.
>> (one that JARVIS doesn't have--he could in theory live forever....) <<
Lifespan does tend to be different for artificial intelligence, without the built-in end that biological creatures have. There are other limitations, chiefly with memory function.
>> Some things will have to change if he's going to weather that well. <<
JARVIS needs close ties with someone(s) in order to feel useful. Having the rest of the team will help a lot with that. He also needs hardware and software support. Those are things that Tony is just starting to explore with Phil because it's taken this long to find someone they could really trust. So they're moving in the right direction.
If Tony had died in Afghanistan or the Battle of New York, it's very possible that JARVIS would not have survived him by much. We know that JARVIS can last a few months alone because Tony was missing for quite a while. But still, that's not a good situation. They've set up more precautions since then.
>> Even though this was clearly not from the perspective of a human being, this made me far more able to understand what JARVIS was thinking and feeling. <<
I'm glad that worked so well for you!
>> It's hard to get a read on a character without facial expressions or body language to fall back on, and while this sort of thing doesn't fit into your main narrative well, this was extremely helpful for my understanding of him as a character and his motivations and feelings. <<
A challenge is that JARVIS conveys most of his emotion through voice tone. I can tag a little of that in text, but not nearly as much as in a movie. He does also have body language available, but he almost never uses it: he controls much of the tower. There are little glimpses with shifting air currents, temperatures, closing doors, etc. but he uses those far more often to take care of people than to express himself. He's pretty shy, and just starting to come out of his shell with the Avengers.
>> I wonder if strategies like this would work for JARVIS. I don't think he would have a limitation like the human brain does--he certainly seems able to open a lot of files at once here, and I bet he could open a whole lot more before it even slowed him down. <<
Yes, JARVIS has vastly more multitasking ability than a human would, so this technique isn't as effective for him -- unless he spreads it out over a lot of different areas. It's more a matter of focusing his attention on something positive. He's starting to reach for the Avengers in that regard, and over time, that will become more purposeful and he'll learn what actions help more.