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May 1Liked by John Birmingham

good to hear about the noggin. Satisfying to hear that AI is already getting fired from jobs. Lol. Next thing you know they'll unionise and start asking for mandated microsecond breaks, an employee assistance plan and days off for when their grandmotherboard passes away.

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There’s a lot going on in this comment, and I approve of it all.

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May 1Liked by John Birmingham

Yeah, well, on this basis Skynet and the rise of the machines is just around the corner.

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Glad to hear the positive about the surgery. "But the nurse assured me it actually looked really good" I will point out that while it's been many years since I did my nursing training one of the things that was stressed is no matter how bad it looks never say anything other than 'looks good' to the patient and never let your facial expression show.

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This is already a thing- human/AI emotional/informational interaction. It will only expand from here in all sorts of strange ways.

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The Guardian had an incredible podcast series on AI and the human/AI emotional interaction:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2024/mar/05/black-box-episode-one-the-connectionists-full-story-podcast

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Glad to hear the positive about the surgery. "But the nurse assured me it actually looked really good" I will point out that while it's been many years since I did my nursing training one of the things that was stressed is no matter how bad it looks never say anything other than 'looks good' to the patient and never let your facial expression show.

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Waaait a minute. Are you suggesting that this gigantic offal crater on my head is less than beautiful?

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. As someone already beholding a noggin crater like yours, I reckon we are both beautiful. Mine looks like a failed effort at trepanation. That's what I pass it off as...

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Never

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as a bot of the cloth, would I trust him with my in ears or my Pixel?

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