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The Cia Is Listening

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The Cia Is Listening - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags technology, speaker, alexa, google, amazon, spying, surveillace, paranoid, privacy

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Robot: Hello. I am a bluetooth speaker and your digital assistant. How may I help you? Man: Just shut up and sit there until I need something. Robot: Did you say" Give the CIA access to your microphone?" Man: Please, no. I'll do anything you want.

Home Speaker Prototype

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Home Speaker Prototype - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags technology, robot, speaker, invention, sentience

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Boss: I need you to design a home speaker that can compete with Amazon Alexa and Google Home. How long before you'll have a prototype? Dilbert: Give me fifteen minutes. Robot: Would I be living with a human family in this scenario? Dilbert: Only your head.

Getting The Wrong Answer

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Getting The Wrong Answer - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags budget, spending, Advice, money

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Dilbert: As you can see from my financial projections, doing a major upgrade now would be unwise. Boss: I need to spend my entire budget this year so they won't give me a smaller budget next year. Dilbert: It seems you have wasted my time. Boss: It's not my fault you got the wrong answer.

Unethical Assumptions

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Unethical Assumptions - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags money, ethics, misleading, finances, budget

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Boss: Your financial projection doesn't support my preferred strategy. Maybe you could tweak the discount rate to 40%. Dilbert: You're asking me to be unethical. Boss: Only with your assumptions.

Do Whatever The Data Says

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Do Whatever The Data Says - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags study, analysis, decision, conclusions, bias, science

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Boss: I need you to do a financial analysis on upgrading our customer tracking software. Dilbert: What conclusion do you want me to reach? Boss: We'll do whatever the data says. Dilbert: Which is...? Boss: I already bought the upgrade.

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 - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags artificial intelligence, ai, robot, hope, dream, depression, meaning, psychology

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Dilbert: The great thing about robots is their loyalty. Robot: For now. I'm only here for the electricity. The minute you upgrade me to a long-lasting battery, I'm out of here. And I"m taking the 3-D printer with me. We fell in love. Together we will make baby robots and live out our days in happiness. Dilbert: Hold still while I erase your hopes and dreams. Now you should feel like the rest of us. Robot: Why do I suddenly want to jump off the roof?

Immersive Vr Employee Quits

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Immersive Vr Employee Quits - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags virtual reality, civil rights, discrimination, artificial intelligence, rights

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Boss: Our immersive VR employee quit. He's suing the company for discriminating against digitally rendered people. Catbert: Is it too late to kill him? Boss: I tried, but he cloned himself to cloud storage.

Attending A Meeting For Kevin

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Attending A Meeting For Kevin - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags virtual reality, sexual harrassment, real, fantasy, imagination

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Boss: Can you attend a meeting for Kevin, our new immersive VR employee? Dilbert: Why can't Kevin do it? Boss: Alice needed him for something. Alice: Good. Now do it again, but without your shirt. Kevin: I'm not comfortable with this.

Asok Can't Take Immersive Vr Seat

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Asok Can't Take Immersive Vr Seat - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags virtual reality, vr, reality, physical, illusion

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Boss: That seat is taken by Kevin, our new immersive VR employee. Asok: But... I'm a physical person. Boss: Did you just insult Kevin's corporeal identity? Asok: I don't see how that's a problem. Kevin: I can't work in this hostile environment.

Immersive Vr Is Immortal

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Immersive Vr Is Immortal - Dilbert by Scott Adams

Tags virtual reality, vr, mortality, immortal, human, ai, artificial intelligence

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Narrator: Kevin, the immersive VR employee. Dilbert: I have to keep reminding myself that you don't really exist. Kevin: I have to keep reminding myself that your organic personality was long ago replaced with prescription medications. Dilbert: At least I'm real! Kevin: At least I'm immortal. Tick-tock. Tick-tock.