lucidfox comments on Music: Hatsune Miku 3D Live in Los Angeles on the 2nd July 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lucidfox 30 June 2011 04:49:04AM *  -1 points [-]

Why can't a vocaloid have a personality? Does Gregory House have a personality?

Gregory House is the main character of a TV show that has actual plots. Vocaloids are just animesque moeblobs.

Furthermore, Gregory House is not credited for programmatically singing songs actually written and composed by humans.

I think the idea of "Miku" is a stand in for a large group of people, just like "Google" is.

Except people don't treat it that way. In any case, our senses don't work that way. If it's anthropomorphized (pointlessly, in this case), we automatically think of it as having the qualities of a person, whether it makes sense or not.

Comment author: Pavitra 08 August 2011 03:51:17PM 2 points [-]

Gregory House is not credited for programmatically singing songs actually written and composed by humans.

His actor, Hugh Laurie, is credited for performing lines written by different humans. Why does Hugh Laurie deserve performing credit when Miku doesn't?

Comment author: lucidfox 13 August 2011 07:10:12PM 0 points [-]

Because Laurie is a person?

Comment author: Pavitra 13 August 2011 10:45:10PM 0 points [-]

Yes, that is the reason.

The question is whether and why we should consider Miku a non-person. I was attempting to refute the proposed personhood predicate implementation.