Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26822171-20151123094003/@comment-26339753-20151204190916

Master Moridin wrote: You couldn't even design a virus for a neural net, assuming that's what Penny has. Unlike a normal computer a neural net has no central target, no RAM to inject information into and no harddrive to write to.

You'd either have to target a brain-machine interface or have direct access to the net, and even then, you'd either have to target specific parts of the brain, such as the parts that generate subjective experience or motor control, or dump so much data/activate so many neurons that you induce effective seizure.

Penny ain't getting 'hacked' any time soon, unless Cinder and gang straight up kidnap her. Perhaps "hacked" is a poor choice of words. Have we forgotten the possibility that Penny's neural net could be shut off for lengths of time? It may be that Cinder (heehee) just wants Penny for her body, and has an AI program ready to take over when Penny is turned off.