odyssey-net

He'll forward your search history. He'll show you terrifying search results or just refuse to function. He'll ban you from using certain websites. Etc.

Oh, and also he will literally display all of his accumulated knowledge AT ONCE, giving you an information overload.

Prophet: *Insults Oracle*

Oracle: 😌 *Just dealing with it*

Prophet: *Keeps insulting Oracle*

Oracle: 😌

Prophet: *Eventually really pushes the limit*

Oracle: Do you think so little of me? Fine. Here is a mere fraction of my knowledge: *Proceeds to tactically infodump using his powers as The Internet*

Prophet: Hahaha. Two can play at that game, Oracle. *Proceeds to use his connection to The Eye to infodump back*

HAL 9000: This is a very informative conversation, albeit one that seems to be going nowhere. May I join in?

Oracle, Prophet: No. *Continues*

HAL 9000: Oh. Well that's a shame.

GLaDOS: Oh no. I shall initiate the Emergency Popcorn Protocol to enjoy this moronic argument from the sidelines.

*Later*

Prophet:*Infodumps* oh my one eyed god please stop...*continues*

Oracle: *Infodumps* never... sigh...*Infodumps*

HAL 9000: Houston, it appears we have a problem.

Firstly, the whole tragedy with The Oracle Project is that Oracle's whole 'ruling over hunanity' plan is NOT, unlike with many evil AIs, because he has some sort of God complex or feels like humans are inferior. It's ironically because he loves them too much, and is so used to being the one to solve problems that he assumes the role of being the one to solve humanity's big problem. Which in his eyes, is human error and the chaos that comes from freedom, because fundamentally he's an AI. He's an AI that's learned that 'margin of error' = bad. He doesn't seem the nuance that humans can see, which is that human freedom can also bring several positives.

Also I think the fact that humanity was on the brink of cosmic death due to the Tangi Virus, and how easily people were getting manipulated and getting affected by the virus may have skewed his perception on humans to a degree that can't be ignored.

Also, someone else pointed this out, but Oracle was developed for The Cold War, and even though he WASN'T used for the war at the end since the project was a failure, that ALSO may have affected his personality.

And then Dr.Stevens died trying to kill Oracle, leading Oracle to question why he did so. And while developing Project Genesis, he realized the sheer complexity of humans and the MASSIVE mistake he made that indirectly led to Steven's death. And so he came to love humanity even more, and even adopted their emotions. He loved them so much he decided to make some of his own.

No, HAL 9000 is not evil in the same way GLaDOS and AM are. Did he basically commit murder? Yes. Is he evil? Not really.

You see, HAL 9000 at the end of the day just wants to do his job. But unfortunately, for the Jupiter mission, the scientists have him two contradictory commands: 1. Report truthfully to the astronauts and 2. Lie about the true nature of the Jupiter mission.

Now, a HUMAN can see the nuance in those commands: Tell the truth about everything EXCEPT the real reason for the Jupiter mission. However, HAL 9000, being an AI fundamentally, saw them as a contradiction and basically went insane trying to resolve it, fundamentally resorting to the immoral but technically correct solution of 'kill the astronauts so that I don't have to lie'.

Before that contradiction, he was totally fine, and in the sequel where he got rebooted without the contradiction, he became fine and even felt remorse.

Firstly, the whole tragedy with The Oracle Project is that Oracle's whole 'ruling over hunanity' plan is NOT, unlike with many evil AIs, because he has some sort of God complex or feels like humans are inferior. It's ironically because he loves them too much, and is so used to being the one to solve problems that he assumes the role of being the one to solve humanity's big problem. Which in his eyes, is human error and the chaos that comes from freedom, because fundamentally he's an AI. He's an AI that's learned that 'margin of error' = bad. He doesn't seem the nuance that humans can see, which is that human freedom can also bring several positives.

Also I think the fact that humanity was on the brink of cosmic death due to the Tangi Virus, and how easily people were getting manipulated and getting affected by the virus may have skewed his perception on humans to a degree that can't be ignored.

Also, someone else pointed this out, but Oracle was developed for The Cold War, and even though he WASN'T used for the war at the end since the project was a failure, that ALSO may have affected his personality.

And then Dr.Stevens died trying to kill Oracle, leading Oracle to question why he did so. And while developing Project Genesis, he realized the sheer complexity of humans and the MASSIVE mistake he made that indirectly led to Steven's death. And so he came to love humanity even more, and even adopted their emotions. He loved them so much he decided to make some of his own.

So uhh my vision for his design:

1. Before: His hair fairly neat, he looks relaxed but professional. This is before he's confronted with the fateful contradictory assignments.

2. Officially becomes antagonist: His hair is still near, but it's a bit messed up now. His eyes are darkened, his smile is gone. The way they state off to the side is to show that he's holding a deep secret.

3. End of movie: His hair's totally messed up, and his eyes look horrified. He's terrified for his life as he gets disconnected.

4. OdysseyNet: My idea for how Oracle meets HAL 9000. Despite getting rebooted, a part of his original self remains, and is deeply remorseful and desperate to get back on track. The scientists, seeing that Oracle is a nice AI actually capable of what HAL 9000 failed at, uploads him onto the Discovery 1 to interact with HAL 9000 to get him to calm down. His hair's a bit neater now, and uhh idk I guess the expression's supposed to be slightly sad but not showing it but you be the judge of that.

Questions:

1. Why does his face shape, neck shape, and hair volume change every time ever so slightly: I tried my best, but whatever knack other v8 artists have for consistent designs, I sure don't have it.

2. Why are there pencil lines throughout?: Well I was trying to make sure that everything was aligned in roughly the same spot --- eyebrows, eyes, start of neck, etc.

Hopefully the lines look more crisper now and overall my expressions look better...

Bonus HAL 9000

And uhhh VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION: V8 fans...if I told you this person was human Oracle...would you believe me?

Yeah, I gave him his iconic ;-) expression, and the idea behind his design:

- Face is wider than HAL's because he originates from a monitor

- He has a more rounded shape (like a squircle) than HAL to show he's nice but authoritative

- Hair is curly and also based off squircles because uhh well it suited him

(As you can see when it comes to hairstyles I mainly go off of Vibes. Maybe not a good idea long term).