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Graham Lovelace's avatar

Great post. We need to get the phrase 'word slurry' trending alongside AI slop.

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Stephanie's avatar

Thanks Graham! I was hoping you'd get a kick out of this one.

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Croaker's avatar

Have we learnt nothing from Futurama?

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Stephanie's avatar

Was I the only one who thought Bachelor Chow was actually a really good idea? Would eat.

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Karola's avatar

It's a slippery slope....

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Stephanie's avatar

When ChatGPT goes into a plausible-looking human form... it's over.

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Karola's avatar

I know :-( it reminds me of the Asimov book The Naked Sun. Anytime I hear anything about humans disconnecting from each in favour of SM or AI I think of that book.

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Stephanie's avatar

Should I read it, or is it going to give me profound existential dread?

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Karola's avatar

I loved it and have read it many times. It’s a murder mystery that takes place on a planet where robots out number people but they don’t harm the humans because Asimov invented the three laws of robotics.

It’s part of the Robots of Dawn series and I would recommend The Caves of Steel first (another favourite)

Thanks for the opportunity to have a little sci fi nerd out!

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Karola's avatar

They are short easy reads

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Stephanie's avatar

Righto, I'm intrigued. Trying to improve the breadth of what I read at the moment.

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Steve York's avatar

Once again you have waded into the deep end of the internet and dragged out some wacky sea creature for us all to prod and make fun of. I wonder if the ChatGPT girlfriends and the rat taxidermy people would get along? Thank you

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Stephanie's avatar

To be totally honest, *I* am a whacky sea creature from the deep end of the internet. I know these people because I inhabit the same spaces.

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Steve York's avatar

I like it. It’s like you’re documenting the anthropology of internet fringe cultures.

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Hannah M's avatar

"For one thing, they are an answer to shit, rather than a manufacturer of it." YOOOO

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