Ensign Steve waxes philosophical on the Singularity, a thrad by Ensign Steve

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Did I ever tell you guys my crackpot theory about an uncanny valley of interactions? I think there's something really enraging when an automated system mimics social interactions. They come across as incredibly rude and creepy.

Maybe it's because they're mimicking social behaviors, often ordering you around like that robot telling the kids to move out of the way, while at the same time, they're ignoring your social signals.

So what I'm saying is those kids are heroes.