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Helena Wells-Quinzel is H.G. Wells (indelibleink) wrote in makebelievelog,

That dubious look wasn't lost on Helena, but she let it go without comment or retort. She knew the value of progress, of building on what came before, but she also could not help that she herself was still very much rooted within the science she knew from a century prior.

"Artificial intelligence," she repeated softly, committing the term and explanation to her memory. "So basically they are machines that are able to learn and adapt to their environments? Fascinating. The marvels in the advancement in technology is simply breath-taking. So not only can you initially program a behaviour into the machine, it can also learn, adapt and add to that on its own?" This was certainly an area she wanted to learn more about. It wouldn't be that difficult given she all ready knew how to do circuitry given the time machine she'd once built.

In the process of fastening a couple things together, Helena abruptly stopped and looked at it, then looked at the other parts she'd collected. Pursing her lips in thought briefly, she wondered about changing what she was building from something completely unknown to making something she knew how to build. The only thing stopping her was that she was uncertain if she'd ever need to use it. Well, she could always make it later, so muttering softly to herself, she continued on with the current puzzle she was putting together. Even with that distraction, she didn't miss any of what Anakin said.

"So most would see droids much like lower class. Or slaves." Helena looked over at Anakin and shook her head slightly in distaste. "Anyone and anything that has intelligence should be viewed as equal. Clearly droids have intelligence, even if artificial, but they learn and adapt much as any person does." Which sort of brought Helena to one of the things she did truly dislike about progress. In this day and age, people seemed far too reliant on technology. It was so embedded into their every day lives. Helena knew that technology had its uses, but some people took technology's usefulness and abused it horribly.