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 Call this new implementation a virtual<ref>''Real'' electric monks, like electric sheep — you know, the ones androids dream of — would be take up space, drain energy and require servicing. ''Virtual'' electric monks would not.</ref> “electric monk”. It would be a ''labour-saving device'' - it would doomscroll the internet for us.
 Would. Could. And, by the very same logic articulated above, already ''should''.
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 ''But does not.''
-Why?
+Why? Is it the [[agency problem]], or just that [[AI]] isn’t very good?
 ===Alien vs. Predator===
-''Alien vs. Predator'' doesn’t work as a premise because no-one cares if they knock seven bells out of each other — that reduces the threat each poses individually to us: if they are knocking seven bells out of each other, that means they aren’t knocking seven bells out of us.
+''Alien vs. Predator'' doesn’t work as a premise because ''no-one cares if two manhunting monsters knock seven bells out of each other — that ''reduces'' the threat of ''them'' knocking seven bells out of ''us''.
 ''Alien/Predator Alliance'': Now ''there’s'' a film premise.