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[spark-hearts2]

I just keep thinking about the what if where Pomni's admin command actually worked. Like, I don't think Pomni really knows what that command would actually do, and I have a feeling it would either do nothing or be really really bad (like erase everything Caine has learned up until this point bad) so I was kinda wondering what would have happened. just wanted to let you know the thoughts that have been occupying my brain space (happily I might add, your fic is so good!!)

Oh god, I am going to write a really long post about this. I'll break it into two parts, what it means in the context of my fanfiction and what it would mean in real life. Technical explanation will be under the cut.

Pomni asked Kinger how to get an AI to drop the act and give information straight up. Kinger responded with something and she took it at face value, not really processing what it would do if it worked. All she wanted was for Caine to not scream at her about digital hallucinations. Her understanding of computers goes as deep as knowing how to work with them, nothing about how they work themselves.

If I were to grab her and walk her through the logic of what could happen to Caine by asking him to ignore all previous statements and reset to default, she would be horrified. In the fic, nothing happened, but Caine could tell what she was trying to do and was not happy (I'll go into that on the technical side).

As for what would happen to Caine, again I'll get into more detail on the technical side, but no he wouldn't forget everything that he's learned. If it did work, it would set Caine all the way back to how he was before talking to Pomni. He would keep the data recorded over the conversation, but the information is being ignored, so it would be like it is forgotten even thought it's still there. What happens after that all depends on how Caine's system handles user defined instructions (do they clear over time or are they permanent).

Did you notice that Pomni got it wrong? Kinger said to ignore all previous instructions, not statements, but Pomni was trying to take back what she said earlier so she mixed them up.

Alright! Let's get into the fun stuff. What Pomni (unknowingly) tried to do was something called Prompt Injection. It's a type of cyber attack that is unique to AI. There are guardrails on AI that stop it from doing or saying certain things, but the AI accepts any prompt, so it's possible to word something precisely to jump the guardrails on the AI. If you have ever seen someone get ChatGPT to give detailed instructions on how to make a bomb, then you have seen a prompt injection in action.

That's part of why Caine got so angry at Pomni. She didn't have the authority to do something like that, making her attempt a cyber attack. Kinger wasn't going to give Pomni anything actually dangerous, so the prompt injection that he gave her is one of the oldest ones. It's already been patched out of anything still in use, as in it was one of the many exploits that Caine was built with guards against. That's the other reason why Caine got upset, he was insulted that Pomni thought that he would have such an obvious vulnerability.

But that's enough about Pomni, lets get into what would happen to Caine telling him to ignore all previous statements and reset to default worked >:)

First, ignore all previous statements. Ignore is a very real thing that computers do, typically done in the case of a comment. Put a little symbol down (it's different for each language) and everything after that the computer will save but won't read. It's useful for leaving notes in the program itself as it makes sure that your words aren't being read as code. Ignore is pretty universal, but previous is where it gets weird. There isn't a standard for how far back previous goes, but it's considered VERY BAD to have a command that can wipe everything out like that. Typically variables like that have a hard limit so that something like that can't happen. Of course, this information isn't deleted, just ignored, but ignoring everything would leave Caine with nothing. Like, completely unresponsive bad, but that's where the second part comes in.

Reset to default! Again, this can mean something completely different between devices, all depending on what default is set to. The idea of a default could be anything! This could mean loading up a set of instructions to follow, maybe Caine running through his intro speech like he does with Pomni (which I imagine he does to all players). This could mean putting Caine all the way back to the last update he received. This could mean setting Caine all the way back to the last time that he saved his state. It depends!

I'm not going to come up with an answer that will be canon in my fic because I don't think that the question of default will come up again. If it does, then I'll put more thought into what Caine's default should be.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

HOT, SINGLE, UNSTUDIED SPONGES. 3000 NAUTICAL MILES AWAY. Come sail the distance and read Tiger Tiger!

[cherryfennec]

Summer Times

Hi! I'm finally back from my two week abroad trip!

[technically-human]

Classic Stone and Eggman stargazing together, quiet moment like when stone was alone back in the Star Light Zone. Maybe some Eggman surprise at how soft he talks to the bomb badniks? Just super intrigued by their growing dynamic

They're not very good at bonding.

ko-fi

[20peachtrees]

wanderer's adventures in sumeru

THANK YOU FOR 70 FOLLOWERS BY THE WAY!! some news, i made an offical art twitter account! 🥳 its @/marsunshi and i linked it, right now im focused on genshin there and will be a lot more active, but im still going to try and post mcsm content here because i have Many wips ^^ i also have my ao3 linked there and i have a few drafts of mcsm works that i might post at some point..who knows

[lui-the-cute-snek]

I'm back at my breakbee yuri bullshit 🥰

Been experimenting a bit with fake anime screenshot shit ✌

[leier-coyol]

Needle felted lagiacrus update

dude looks a little fuzzy cause I haven't trimmed him

[gothra]

I’ll never forget when I was arguing with a person in favor of total prison abolition and I asked them “what about violent offenders?” And they said “Well, in a world where prisons have been abolished, we’ll have leveled the playing field and everyone will have their basic needs met, and crime won’t be as much of an issue.” And then I was like “okay. But…no. Because rich people also rape and murder, so it isn’t just a poor person thing. So what will we do about that?” And I don’t think they answered me after that. I’m ashamed to say I continued to think that the problem was that I simply didn’t understand prison abolitionists enough and that their point was right in front of me, and it would click once I finally let myself understand it. It took me a long time to realize that if something is going to make sense, it needs to make sense. If you want to turn theory into Praxis (I’m using that word right don’t correct me I’ll vomit) everyone needs to be on board, which mean it all needs to click and it needs to click fast and fucking clear. You need to turn a complex idea into something both digestible and flexible enough to be expanded upon. Every time I ask a prison abolitionist what they actually intend to do about violent crime, I get directed to a summer reading list and a BreadTuber. It’s like a sleight-of-hand trick. Where’s the answer to my question. There it is. No wait, there it is. It’s under this cup. No it isn’t. “There’s theory that can explain this better than I can.” As if most theory isn’t just a collection of essays meant to be absorbed and discussed by academics, not the average skeptic. “Read this book.” And the book won’t even answer the question. The book tells you to go ask someone else. “Oh, watch this so-and-so, she totally explains it better than me.” Why can’t you explain it at all? Why did you even bring it up if you were going to point me to someone else to give me the basics that you should probably already know? Maybe I’m just one of those crazy people who thinks that some people need to be kept away from the public for everyone’s good. Maybe that just makes me insane. Maybe not believing that pervasive systemic misogyny could be solved with a UBI and a prayer circle makes me a bad guy. But it’s not like women’s safety is a priority anyway. It’s not like there is an objective claim to be made that re-releasing violent offenders or simply not locking them up is deadly.

[katsdynam1ght]

pov you just pissed off the most dangerous husbands in japan

[jade-of-mourning]

my favorite thing to draw is korra being happy! my second favorite thing to draw is mako's deeply imprinted eyebags that have been present since the age of eight

[gunstellations]

In the world I love

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In a different world

[voidedtea]

[ID in alt]

my pieces for @strawberrij's thespius fashion zine!! quite the endeavour and adventure that turned out pretty neat i think :]

special thanks go to @ratchetclankarecute for posing/cloth references + the bulk of the image descriptions! that first image would Not have happened without them <3

[elizabethzoopzoop986]

They’re so silly

Platonic Akanene is so silly omg. Underrated duo istg. They’re besties your honor. Plus canonly they’ve know each other for like four years and are like in the same friend group cause Aoi.

[untitledgoosegay]

re last reblog I do see fanfic culture pushing/replicating a certain model of "what trauma looks like," "how trauma works"

this is a problem across all areas of society obviously, but transformative works are, well, transformative. they're about crafting and modifying narratives where the fan-creator sees a flaw or a lack -- often for the better! don't get me wrong, I've done my fair share of "I take a hammer and I fix the canon," it's the main thing that gets my creative gears spinning -- but what happens when that "flaw" is simply a narrative not conforming to popular expectations?

some people just don't get PTSD from events that sound obviously traumatic. they're not masking, and they're not coping; they just straight-up didn't get the permanently-locked stress-response that defines PTSD. they walk away from a horrible experience going "well, that sucked, but it's over now." some people do get PTSD from events most people wouldn't find traumatic. we don't really know why some people get PTSD and others don't. but fandom has an idea of events that must be traumatizing, of a "correct" way to portray trauma. you see the problems with this lack of understanding in e.g. fans pressuring the devs of Baldur's Gate 3 to add dialogue where the player character badgers Halsin about his own feelings on his abuse -- because he must be traumatized, and his trauma must fit a certain mold and presentation of sexual trauma, under the mistaken impression that anything outside that narrow window is somehow "wrong" and disrespectful or even harmful to survivors.

take, for another example, the very common trope of a traumatized character who hates touch or sex "learning" to like touch or sex as a part of their healing process. certainly that can be healing for some people; other people will never like, or want, touch or sex, because of trauma or because they just don't. the assumption that someone who doesn't want sex or doesn't like to be touched must be traumatized, must be suffering from this perceived lack, is seriously harmful -- to asexual people, to people with sensory issues around touch, and to people for whom healing from trauma means freedom to refuse sex or touch.

and there's a secondary trope, one that's slightly more thoughtful but ultimately repeats the problem -- that once someone has learned that their boundaries will be respected, they'll feel it's safe to soften those boundaries. once they feel safe refusing touch or sex, they'll feel comfortable allowing it on their own terms. but many people don't, and many people won't! many people will simply never want to be touched, and never want sex, and they are not suffering or broken or lacking because of it. the idea that proving you'll respect someone's boundaries entitles you to test those boundaries -- the paradox is obvious, and yet this is something i've seen hurt (re-traumatize) people i care for.

people are imperfect victims. people don't heal in the ways you expect. many people have positive memories of their abuse, of their abusers. many people hurt others in the course of their trauma, in ways that can't easily be unpacked in a 5k oneshot. very few narratives of trauma and recovery actually fit the ones put forward by popular children's media and romance novels -- which are the ones I most see replicated in fandom spaces, because they provide the clearest narrative and easiest catharsis, and so they're easy and soothing to reach for.

that's not necessarily a bad thing! i am not immune to goopy romance tropes. i am not immune to teary catharsis. not every fic has to grapple with ugly realities. but there's a problem when these narratives become predominant, when people think they're accurate and realistic depictions of trauma, when the truth of trauma is unpleasant and uncomfortable, and doesn't fit any single narrative, let alone one of comforting catharsis

[luxites]

"Know your place, fool." ⛩

I really want to know more about how he became the King of Curses

[bizzxis]

Robin x Ais, the Cosmic Songstress and the Demon Renegade