My TMBD Meta Index
image by @posts-written-by-murderbot
My Meta
Feature, Not a Bug: how keeping SecUnits depressed is beneficial to corporates. also posits SecUnits (and other MIs) as social
Social Failsafe: short post asserting that MIs were created to be social
Sentient Machines and Personhood thread: how Murderbot treats other machines like people, despite its biases
We Need to Talk About ComfortUnits thread: thinking about ComfortUnits, their experiences and purpose
Coded and Encoded: how MIs are created for a purpose, and how Murderbot’s purpose seems to be self-destruction
Memory Wipes: bit of speculation about how Murderbot’s experiences before its memory wipes might still be affecting it
One Bitch of an Unsatisfactory Situation: how fucked up it was in System Collapse that they had to depend on Murderbot to be functional despite it being in the middle of a mental health crisis (worth checking out the notes for @egelantier’s responses)
On Murderbot’s Self-Harm: an analysis of Murderbot’s relationship to its own bodily destruction
Relationships Between Constructs a thread: also speculates how ComfUnits are probably more social in ways that SecUnits can’t be
No Ethical Constructs: response to an ask about the potential for ethically manufactured constructs
Threat and Risk Assessments and Potential Enshittification a thread featuring @acmonblue
Others’ Meta
Murderbot is an Incredibly Active Protagonist by @harpieisthecarpie
SecUnits and CR Propaganda by @thedragoninthetardis
Four Years of Media, a thread
ComfortUnits, a thread
Bot Purpose, Human Autonomy, and Murderbot by @emilysidhe
Construct and Advanced AI Developmental Psychology by @asthedeathoflight
How Murderbot Thinks of 2.0 by @light-weaver
Murderbot and a Heroic Death by @fullcirclehuh
Isn't it Fun to be Friends with a Surveillance Machine by @paskuda-lynx
Murderbot Interacts with an Entire Separate World of Bot and System Intelligences by @thepanophobic
The Inherent Moral Injury of Being a SecUnit by @libraflyter
On Murderbot’s Name
Name Origins by @sainamoonshine
What’s in a Name by @thecraftgremlin
Japanese Translation Pronouns, a thread
ART Studies
ART Doesn’t Lie by @inkedinserendipity
ART and Agency, a thread
ART and Murderbot’s First Meeting from ART’s Perspective by @siderealcity
Murderbot and ART on Experience, a thread: how Murderbot changes ART and others through sharing of itself. Emphasis on ART
Finesse, Brute Force, and MI Treatment by @jadefyre with a focus on comparing/contrasting ART and Murderbot
ART’s Communication Style by @asthedeathoflight
ART Does “HAL-9000” by @emilysidhe
ART, Freedom, and Speculation All the Way Down, a thread
Home of Murderbot Media Showdown Sunday
open to submissions via ask for shows Murderbot would like! will include ART, and sometimes others
My favorite MB post, as a final treat :)
and a secret second favorite post just for me <3
