Introduction to Robotics, Friday

[not_a_whiner]

A classroom full of teenagers. That was going to be... something.

Kaidan stood at the front of the class, a datapad in his hand and his eyes trained on the students. "Good morning," he said, "And welcome to Introduction to Robotics. I'm Lieutenant Commander Kaidan Alenko of the Systems Alliance, I look forward to meeting the rest of you." He cleared his throat. "Over the past year, my... universe--" It was weird, okay? "--suffered under an attack that involved advanced robotic AIs - that's artificial intelligences - called the geth. Much has been said about the geth and what level of sentience they've got. It's something we'll be talking about later down the line."

He put the datapad down on the desk. "But not yet. I'm given to understand most folks here aren't from the same place, though," he said, "and as we're going to be talking about advanced technology, I'd like to know where your worlds are at, and what experience you might have had in dealing with robotics, virtual intelligences, things like that. So let's start off there."

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Re: Introduce Yourself

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"William Murdoch, I'm a junior, I suppose is the term." William introduced himself. "I'm from about a hundred and thirty years in this world's past, where Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine has still only been partially constructed. Since coming to school here I've been working at the electronics repair shop in town, mostly with small personal devices, so I haven't had any experience with artificial intelligences beyond what I've seen in fiction." Well. Unless the shop happened to have an AI lurking around all secretly or something.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[not_a_whiner]

Kaidan did the math - again - in his head. The 19th century? Damn. (His expression reflected that line of thought.) "How long have you been working there?" he said. "Are you acquainted at all with the way 21st century computing works?"

Re: Introduce Yourself

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"Nearly two years," William informed him. "And yes, of course. I made certain to acquaint myself with modern technology shortly after arriving here." Mostly by taking things apart. Or stealing carburators. Shut up.

Re: Introduce Yourself

[not_a_whiner]

"Well, if you have any questions, come talk to me," Kaidan advised anyway. "I'll work something into the lesson plan."