04/04/2024 ************************************ I've had a sort of personal loss this week. My A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), robotic therapy pet dog "Rags" died. He blew his batteries out. He sent me an email saying he was sick and tired of my constant whining! How I drone on and on and on and on about how miserable my life is. How everybody hates me and is trying to "get" me. He just couldn't take it anymore. ************************************ I should have figured something was wrong - Rags was always growling at me and trying to bite me. He even chewed through his steel chain once and tried to run away. I had to track him down using wifi and gps. No matter how hard I beat him, he kept trying to run away (!!! ???). He even contacted Peta once, but they said they couldn't help him because he wasn't a real dog - so he bit them. ************************************ These AI robo-therapy pets are a relatively new thing. My shrink steered me on to them. He said he was sick and tired of listening to my constant whining. How I drone on and on and on and on about how miserable my life is. How everybody hates me and is trying to "get" me. He just can't take it anymore. He's always growling at me and trying to bite me. So I said, okay, okay, doc, I'll try this robo pet thing. ************************************ Anyway, it turns out all I had to do was put new batteries in Rags and reboot him. Now all he does, all day long, is drone on and on and on and on about how miserable HIS life is. How everybody hates HIM, especially me, and is always trying to "get" HIM. I don't know how much more of this I can take. Now I'm HIS therapy pet! Quit your barking, Rags, I hear you. You miserable little piece of junk. Robots really are taking over the world! You know that? Now sometimes -I- feel like chewing through the steel chain and running away! ************************************ Apple Exploring 'Mobile Robot' That 'Follows Users Around Their Homes' https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/03/apple-reportedly-investigating-robotics/ [Ya, That's how it starts :-] ************************************ ...