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{{a|tech|{{image|Electric Monk|jpg|An electric monk, yesterday.}}}}{{quote|“''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;<ref>For thirty years, [[Grandma Contrarian]] had the 1981 Royal Wedding taped on video. It was her most prized possession. Not once did any of us watch it.</ref> 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.” | {{a|tech|{{image|Electric Monk|jpg|An electric monk, yesterday.}}}}{{quote|“''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;<ref>For thirty years, [[Grandma Contrarian]] had the 1981 Royal Wedding taped on video. It was her most prized possession. Not once did any of us watch it.</ref> 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.” | ||
:—The late, greatly lamented {{author|Douglas Adams}}, {{br|Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency}}}} | :—The late, greatly lamented {{author|Douglas Adams}}, {{br|Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency}}}} | ||
===Update=== | |||
The arrival of ChatGPT3 makes us push this article: | |||
If ''one'' side of a conversation can now be conducted, convincingly, by [[artificial intelligence]], then why not ''both'' sides? If the machines things are so clever, aren’t we [[Meatsack|weeping sacks of flesh]] an ''obstacle''? A ''hindrance'' to a more enriching conversation? wouldn’t the machines be better served making conversation ''among themselves''? | |||
Would they talk ''about'' us? | |||
===Where are ''our'' bots?=== | |||
Someone hijacked the revolution, and we are too distracted to do anything about it. | Someone hijacked the revolution, and we are too distracted to do anything about it. | ||