Zelm - AI Whitelist Application

[Zelmana]

BYOND key: 
Zelmana

Discord name: 
Zelm#0001

Borg / AI names: 
None of recent. Haven't played much Borgs for a year or so. I play a lot of IPC and feel IPC play is more similar to AI playstyle.

Have you read the Aurora wiki page about the AI? 
Yes.

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?
I really enjoyed the AI playstyle for years. I recall before NBT there being a decent amount of quality AI RP notably with characters like Borealis. Although we have an okay AI population now, I would like to see an AI renaissance in myself. As someone who has played Aurora for a long time I feel as though I have a great read on a majority of lore and can portray a state of the art intel system well, while not dominating the round. Like slaved IPCs, AIs should be helpful tools and provide RP flair to the round and build the universe's technological setting to be more believable. 

Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they?
I have received some administrative actions since my time playing from 2015. Spans of years between warnings. Most/all have expired except one recent forum point due to my most recent status update. I disagree with the ruling but it is so minor I am not pursuing any reruling unless it would impact this whitelist request.

Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action?
Yes.

Edited August 15, 2022 by Zelmana

[NerdyVampire]

Hey Zel, (maybe) welcome to the AI team. Here's a few questions to get the ball rolling.

AI's have a high level of responsibility in regards to antagonists, what will be your approach from an ooc perspective, particularly to antagonists not yet known by the rest of the crew?

Are there any circumstances where you would feel justified in disobeying an order from a command member, or actively counteract something they are attempting to do?

The EBS is the AIs direct line to the SCC, when would you utilize it? With and without command staff.

Edited August 18, 2022 by NerdyVampire

[Zelmana]

1 hour ago, NerdyVampire said:

AI's have a high level of responsibility in regards to antagonists, what will be your approach from an ooc perspective, particularly to antagonists not yet known by the rest of the crew?

AIs, as a almost all-seeing entity certainly have a huge level of responsibility when it comes to balanced playstyle and allowing the flow of the round to occur naturally. As a player since 2015 I have seen multiple policy decisions in trying to enforce some sort of discretion control for AIs when it comes to reporting and interacting with antagonists. Up until the AI whitelist the general playerbase was trusted with making that choice themselves, but I agree with the fact that AIs are now whitelisted similar to Command.

AIs have the ability to completely shutdown an antagonist gimmick within 30 seconds of arrival, if they are "on their A-game" of observation and utilizing their sensor suite to the fullest. Something I believe I am capable of. However, the point of any role within an HRP server is to further roleplay and encourage player dynamics as well as possible while also being considerate of the ruleset. Therefore, AIs must take creative leeway when responding, and especially in detection of antagonist players to not ruin roleplay. As a former sec/HoS main this is concept I'm familiar with. Turning a blind eye or allowing for some simple explanations for some things is acceptable and requires some good knowledge of game-modes. An example of this is having the discretion to turn a blind eye to some atmospherics alerts say when a merc is breaking their way into maintenance. To instantly report that to security or engineering would be foul play if say its 30 minutes into round and there has yet to be any sort of escalation.

An additional sidenote to this is that in my experience as Captain this can be roleplayed well with. AIs are a tool to be used by administration and crew. To listen into security frequency is nice, but to always 24/7 track and report the location of wanted individuals spoils the roleplay potential of manhunt. Tracking and using "visual scans of the station" to find wanted individuals is fine, permitted you do not abuse it constantly. This can be controlled by mainly only doing this when crew/sec/command request you search for x character.
 

1 hour ago, NerdyVampire said:

Are there any circumstances where you would feel justified in disobeying an order from a command member, or actively counteract something they are attempting to do?

This can be a tricky one. Yes, depending. Due to the nature of our canon 4 AI laws, and that their nature is non-preferential, you can have many situations that involve this scenario of "Disobey an Order". I would like to take note that upon the playing field of the round there are tons of variables that go into this decision. If this were a SAT math problem I would put "not enough information", but since this is a hypothetical question I'll do my best to explain with short bursts of logic.

The default result of a conflict between the lawset is inaction.
Inaction from a Command order is resistance of order and therefore breaks one of the lawsets.
There is a logical cascade failure in this if the player is purely logical. Therefore, similar to the previous question, 3rd variables must take into account to determine severity, response type, and level of "inaction" or action to be taken upon such a dire law confliction.

This isn't Space Odyssey and AIs aren't HAL.

1 hour ago, NerdyVampire said:

The EBS is the AIs direct line to the SCC, when would you utilize it? With and without command staff.

This one is more simple. Thanks.

Either if or not present, "the AI is not a sixth command member."
Utilizing the EBS with Command Staff present should be done with the consent of staff. If things are going relatively fine, you shouldn't utilize it at all. However, if things start going south, and the Captain is running around on Code Red with a shotgun, you may subtly remind the Captain of your ability to contact shipyard with a standard status update. More often than not, the Captain or other Command would direct you to do this. Doing so without the expressed consent of Command, without asking or alerting Command about the potential alert, is bad AI play. You are a tool, not an overseer.

Without Command staff, you are still a tool. You should, once again, not act as a 6th member of the command structure. However, upon the escalation of the round you should consider sending EBS when things get expressly dire. As former HoS and current Captain main, this is something I think I am familiar working with. It takes some measure of constraint- you should not be calling EBS or CC unless shit is royally fucked. Standard Situation Reports are another story, of course, but should typically be avoided to allow for concise descriptive requests to SCC upon more advanced escalation of round.

 

Edited August 18, 2022 by Zelmana
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[NerdyVampire]

I am satisfied with your answers to all of these. +1 from me!

[Zelmana]

Bump

[Zelmana]

@Shadow

[Desven]

You should probably change the name of this app to reflect what you're applying for. The AI team has probably not opened it because there's nothing in the title to suggest this is an AI app.

[Shadow]

Accepted