Exatron

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From Dirk Gently

The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe.

In the book, an alien ship crashed on earth, the crew asked an electric monk if their ship was repaired. The monk responded that it believed it was, the aliens tried to take off, and then the ship exploded because it wasn't actually repaired.

In Hitchhiker's Guide, Genuine People Personalities were AIs that tended to be obnoxiously cheerful, neurotic, or hyperactive. Doors with a GPP would sigh with pleasure when they opened and loudly ask if they did a good job if someone told them to open quietly, for example.

A friend has compared generative AI to the electric monks from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective agency.

I've found that the AI chatbots feel a lot like the Genunine People Peronalities from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

These people understand Star Trek is fictional, often takes place on quasi-military vessels, and depicts a society that has some significant differences from our own, right?

on Newsflash pal · c/lemmyshitpost · -1 pts · 31d

Those food safety standards aren't what you think they are, spud.

I'm more familiar with chlorine washed chicken than you are, kiddo. Even the EU's own research shows that it's fine.

Since you're not in contact with facts, here's another one for you. The US ranks third in the world for food quality and safety.

on Newsflash pal · c/lemmyshitpost · 0 pts · 34d

No, not "barely", sparky. And that reason is mostly out of a desire to maintain their own food industry, which is their right.