#though i think re: classical music it's possible she could've been introduced to it pre-hephaestus

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i love that the information on hera's servers is just something she (mostly) has access to and it isn't inherently part of her or necessarily something she knows, exactly - that she has to actively read the books available to her, that she doesn't commit all of the information she processes to memory, that her memory is fallible and influenced by her own biases, etc. because it means sometimes eiffel is like, wow, hera!! you're so smart; you know everything!! and meanwhile she's doing the equivalent of like, googling stuff really fast.

#wolf 359 #w359 #hera wolf 359 #the show can be kind of inconsistent and/or vague about what information hera has access to #like. all three of these examples are music related i'm realizing: #she's able to find information about janis joplin #she's able to identify bach #and she references anarchy in the uk back at eiffel #all of those examples are from at least early-ish episodes however #if hera had access to music the way she has access to writing #that feels like it would have to come up. so the only other reasonable explanation #is that all of those things happen to be referenced in files she's able to search #which seems reasonable i guess? that there might be biographies or books on the history of music or books containing sheet music #though i think re: classical music it's possible she could've been introduced to it pre-hephaestus #there's not really much we know about that either like. what information goddard gives their AIs or what tests are run on them. exactly #all of which is just. something to think about. #anyway hera IS smart but that's about her as a person and how she processes information #not the information itself #i still kinda love the idea that the way she navigates her directories #would get a 'you do WHAT??' type reaction if she ever talked about it with another AI #oh also there's something to say about hera's servers vs. the information recall the dear listeners gave eiffel #like i kinda wish they could've talked about that i think it would've helped him understand her situation better