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John Scalzi

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God damn it this is not wrong

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wiredog's avatar wiredog @wiredog.bsky.social
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I know you can “rename” some of them on your devices.

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Avocadoplex's avatar Avocadoplex @avocadoplex.bike
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Could shortcut it, John Perry style, and just call the AI "asshole"

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Coyoty's avatar Coyoty @coyoty.bsky.social
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Marvel may be smart in not licensing Jarvis for an AI personality, considering current AI performance.

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Maes Armstrong's avatar Maes Armstrong @tensekhi-eth.bsky.social
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Which aisly politically are you on?

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Laurie Mann's avatar Laurie Mann @lauriemann.bsky.social
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There’s Claude who can be overly apologetic

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Josh "Go Drink The Sea" Brown's avatar Josh "Go Drink The Sea" Brown @theotherspeakman.bsky.social
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Yeah! Now let me just crack open Old Man's War for some AI name inspiration, while taking a sip of lemonade...

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Isobel Carr's avatar Isobel Carr @isobelcarr.com
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I immediately changed my WAZE voice from the female default to the English butler option.

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Nunov Urbiznez's avatar Nunov Urbiznez @urbiznez.bsky.social
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I don't have or use one, but if I ever do, I can guarantee that I am changing the settings so that it responds to 'hey, trashbag' and it responds in a mid-Atlantic male voice

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Just here to chill's avatar Just here to chill @garbagearsonist.bsky.social
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I always thought any remotely human name was just there to try and establish some emotional connection, however faint, that makes that particular product a little bit stickier

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Simon King's avatar Simon King @ksimes.bsky.social
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Well... We have Don, Don Jr, Henry, Gerald, Nixon, Richard. There are so many patronising male names and accents to choose from.

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Jennifed's avatar Jennifed @jennifed.bsky.social
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Open the garage bay door, Hal.

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Moosh's avatar Moosh @amazingmoosh.bsky.social
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“Damn it, Christopher, that was absolutely not the right amount of glue for this size pizza.”

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Peter H. Coffin's avatar Peter H. Coffin @hellsop.ninehells.com
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I kinda miss "ask Jeeves" now.

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@zendao42's avatar @zendao42 @zendao42.bsky.social
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ESPECIALLY when they're wrong

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Max Kaehn's avatar Max Kaehn @mithriltabby.bsky.social
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I work at Google and occasionally suggest that we should hire Stephen Fry to reprise his role as Jeeves to voice the British-male Assistant. So far, no luck...

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Christine Valada's avatar Christine Valada @mcvalada.bsky.social
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I switched to a British male voice and call it Jerves.

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A Wild Dre's avatar A Wild Dre @awilddre.bsky.social
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Yeah but then we’d be mansplained to by AI.

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