Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14640999-20140724024429/@comment-75.197.179.1-20140728000347

BenRG wrote:

Maybe Weiss didn't knock Penny over; she threw herself onto her back to redirect the force of Weiss's impact so she wouldn't shatter several bones... Didn't Weiss land on Penny?

IDK, it just seems like, unless Vale uses some kind of super material to build thier roads and sidewalks, landing on Penny would be more painful than landing on the ground, and even if it wasn't, Weiss could tell the thing she was laying on wasn't human.

Then again, Weiss clearly didn't even notice Penny, so her falling over on purpose holds merit there...

With her personality, it's entirely possible that advanced-stage, "smart" AI's are a new thing on Remnant. The Ak-130's in the Black trailer seemed to have programmed responses - Ask the intruder to identify, respond to violence in kind, etc. Penny seems to be free thinking, and able to replicate some range of human emotion and behavior; however, she also seems unable to understand said emotions and motives.

So, if I had to guess, I wouldn't say Penny is broken, simply not as advanced as she could be. Her actions seem to be motivated by a combination of code and minor sentient traits, or possibly just really, really advanced code.

Cortana-level AI's, capable of understanding and replicating the entire range if human emotions, motives, personalities, (also capable of free will and free action) likely don't exist yet.

Halo connection - Advanced AIs in Halo (Cortana, Mac, Sif, Loki, etc) have algorithims that guide them in decision making (Algorithims that tell them how they should act) - but they're also smart enough to understand that they have these algorithims, and understanding that lets them understand how to control said algorithims, thus giving them the ability to shut them off and act on complete free will, whenever they want. Assuming RWBYbots act on a similar system, It's possible that the "Penny" AI isn't intelligent enough to go against / turn off these algorithims, or simply hasn't been given control over said functionality. Then again, Halo AI's can observe and comprehend the entire recorded sum of human knowledge in two hours. Penny doesn't seem quite there yet.