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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

A paint gun and tear gas!!! What?!? Well I guess that will keep the stray cats out of your yard!

We are going to be like the Truman Show with Jim Carey but AI πŸ€– 2025 version.

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David Crouch's avatar

Never even thought of stray animals getting paint balled. Seems like a very aggressive product

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

Poor animals - just existing is a hazard. I nearly weed whacked a nest of baby rabbits today. Stay tuned I have the rest of that story tomorrow coming out in a sub stack note.

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David Crouch's avatar

Sounds scary. One of our lovely tree frogs got lost in our house today until I rescued him hopping all over. This is mating season - lots of nightly ribbets - but he went the wrong way.

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

Sounds like a major wrong mating turn there! And yes very scary. They were the cutest little things though - only about 3 inches long.

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David Crouch's avatar

Small with big voices

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

Yes!

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Neela 🌢️'s avatar

Remember when all we had to worry about was junk mail and telemarketers?

Now it’s algorithmic sabotage by well meaning bots and AI paintball snipers.

Simpler times David.

Happy Friday eve..........

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David Crouch's avatar

A little wishful thinking? It isn’t Friday yet

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Neela 🌢️'s avatar

Friday eve πŸ˜‚

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Lisa Cunningham DeLauney's avatar

I never want to be labelled typical. Or have Elon Musk guess what I want or need. Or be sprayed with paint or tear gas. Crikey!

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David Crouch's avatar

It’s a tough world out there

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Lisa Cunningham DeLauney's avatar

Thank goodness for a bit of humour - thanks, David!

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David Crouch's avatar

I’m glad you find some humour in it as that is my primary goal. My wife just asked me why are you writing it (she reads them all). I said to point out danger and problems through humour and satire

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Wyrd Smythe's avatar

It seems that we're already well on our way to the robots taking over and enslaving us.

I like to think of myself as neuronutzo. And a charter member of the robot resistance.

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David Crouch's avatar

Thanks for reading and your comments

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Hans Jorgensen's avatar

I don't want high tech factotums to rule my life, and I appreciate the ways you write about this. I think we all too willingly give away our agency, whether to AI or Google or to whatever is popular or to great advertising, and I am consistently trying to check that with myself. And no, I'm not lying on a sofa (to answer your question).

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David Crouch's avatar

Thanks for reading and your comments

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