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Comment by voakbasda

16 hours ago

Yeah, people don’t consider the possibility of a AI naming itself Marvin deciding to end it all.

One of the hidden jokes of the hitchhikers books is that they never ask Marvin what "the question" is.

Chapter 11, Marvin says: "Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge". Also: "Further circuits amused themselves by analysing the molecular components of the door, and of the humanoids' brain cells". They are eastereggs for later events.

And Marvin says: "Let's build robots with genuine people personalities," they said. So they tried it out with me. I'm a personality prototype.

Although he was programmed to be depressed, he never gives up.