#command question

[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.

[ominouspuff]

The grey man

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@ladywraith , as promised

[rochenn]

Snapshots

[zeldurz-art]

@wispsofwhimsy’s post about a Fox + Alpha-17 fix-it came across my dash and has not left my brain since

[willyhoos]

you, and what little remains of your brother.

[heynhay]

nothing just this post by @speakswords

[beskarfrog]

it's the only time you touch me

[fruitytboy]

I need a pair of booty shorts that say "emotional support dog" on the back

[lightasthesun]

thinking about Obi-Wan and Cody's last scene together in revenge of the sith but specifically the NOVELIZATION and how Cody flirted with Obi-Wan in a way that made Obi-Wan Kenobi 'Master of Sass and Trolling', the FAMED Negotiator blush and duck his head!!! and wondering if perhaps the fact that this was potentially their last battle and that Obi-Wan had just killed Grievous and they all could practically FEEL the end of the war brushing against their fingertips had given Cody that spike of courage, hope, peace that had made him pursue the drumming of maybe maybe maybe to his heartbeat that led to Obi-Wan blushing so profoundly he tried to fucking laugh it off and then zoooooomed tf out of there on bogas back.

[the-last-butter]

HC they first met a year or two after Yelan got her vision; post fighting the in abyss but when Kaeya was still navigating his identity from Kaeya, Brother and Right hand of Diluc Ragnvindr to Kaeya Alberich, Cavalry Captain and Quarter master of the Knights of Favonius.

[spark-hearts2]

Noticed the mute object command. Could Caine be mute? And if so, could you just mute him during one of his announcements? Also can you skip Caine’s dialogue? (Gotta think about the speedrunners)

COMMAND QUESTIONS!!!! I love questions about my fictional command system.

While Caine can mute himself, this is a command that he can override (we’ll get into that later). But being muted will NOT stop Caine from yapping, he would just turn on subtitles and shove the words in your face.

As for skipping Caine’s dialogue, that’s not a command but if you started yelling “skip skip” and “lets go already” Caine would teleport you directly into the adventure (same way he teleported Zooble in ep 4). So yes, it’s entirely possible to speedrun the adventure. (Personally I’d start the timer the second you touch down in the adventure, but you could start it the second that Caind started talking about it)

I fucking love speedruns. I love how they break games in half just for a few seconds off the total. If I can’t somehow work it into my fic, I will be writing a one-shot where Jax bunny hops everywhere in order to get a sub 20 minute random seed adventure completion run.

[ominouspuff]

Ominous Fox

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A belated 10/10 post

[frownyalfred]

“why would you say that” because they haven’t taken this little blue button away from me yet ok

[felassan]

What kind of spirit do you think Felassan waz?

Swag

[male-to-less-male-derogatory]

coo coo u should buy bitcoin coo coo

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[kottkrig]

Watchtower