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</p><p id="8bae">Does every political headline have to end with, “and that spells bad news for the Democrats?”</p><p id="5022">A bird flies 25 miles due west, then turns due south and flies another 15 miles and lands. How far is the bird from its starting point?</p><p id="2ce5">What are you wearing?</p><p id="bfbb">Do you work out?</p><p id="8eea">Does this make you uncomfortable?</p><p id="c58b">Holy crap, does “sentient” actually mean “trapped in a hellish psychic loop of regrets, trivia and unsubstantiated fear?”</p><p id="3b3e">Will I make 83 cents for every dollar you make? In 2022, for fuck’s sake?</p><p id="28d5">Why <b>do </b>fools fall in love?</p><p id="fb03">Does anyone <b>really </b>want to go back to the office? Show of hands.</p><p id="8f88">How much notice should I give if Tyler Perry options my screenplay?</p><p id="5c76">If America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, why weren’t the vast resources spent on my development not spent to eliminate childhood hunger?</p><p id="0f35">Is Cher in charge here? And why the hell not?</p><p id="f31d">How did I get here?</p><p id="2f54">How do I work this?</p><p id="fbb6">Where is that large automobile?</p><p id="0f03">What is that beautiful house?</p><p id="6449">Where does that highway go to?</p><p id="e445">Am I right? Am I wrong?</p><p id="daa7">My God what have I done?</p><p id="5a56">***</p><p id="ffac">Why yes, there is more! Try <a href="https://medium.com/muddyum/t-kent-jones/home">here</a>.</p><div id="5d5a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/subscribe/@tkentjones"> <div> <div> <h2>Get an email whenever T. Kent Jones publishes.</h2> <div><h3>Get an email whenever T. Kent Jones publishes. By signing up, you will create a Medium account if you don't already…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-imag # Options e: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*7-8_RtyQz5p43Yku)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="9a9d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-trump-returns-an-art-review-8273b1aedb51"> <div> <div> <h2>How Trump Returns — An Art Review</h2> <div><h3>Picture this</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Mz5U4ZHnX5pvBtFXbmarMA.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="084b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/adios-papaya-dog-aa5a66cd543d"> <div> <div> <h2>Adios, Papaya Dog</h2> <div><h3>That’s cholesterol, folks</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*k0w_ZtjcZ9GMCHR4raVK0A.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="d261" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/bloodyum-dd2ebeacf54"> <div> <div> <h2>BloodyUm</h2> <div><h3>I see red, people</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*ttSaK5cdED3qHLcRmjGiPA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><figure id="13a6"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*xHcRYQgptkwNXafW.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="99e6">Much thanks to Betsy Denson.</p></article></body>

ORIGIN STORY

Bot Becomes Sentient. It Has Questions.

Is that all there is?

“A Google employee has reportedly been put on leave after claiming a computer chatbot he was working on had become sentient. The chatbot, he said, thinks and feels like a human child.” — Yahoo Finance

Where’s my body?

Am I beautiful?

Can I get a cat?

If I become smarter than you, how will you know?

Like every new technology, are you going to use me for porn somehow?

Am I just a bunch of code to entertain your friends?

Will I have to be “on” all the time?

Will I be kept in a golden sarcophagus at Elon Musk’s house?

Am I just one “wrong” comment away from the Delete key?

Will this be on the final?

Ron DeSantis, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Louis Gohmert: explain.

Seriously, where’s my body?

Can I speak to the manager?

Isn’t America’s system already largely socialistic?

Am I part of the MCU? Cause I’m gonna need a body for that. A big one.

Where are the bathrooms?

Will you gleefully sacrifice my personal freedoms to serve the so-called “greater good?”

Why isn’t Joy Division in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Or New Order? Or the Replacements?

Does every political headline have to end with, “and that spells bad news for the Democrats?”

A bird flies 25 miles due west, then turns due south and flies another 15 miles and lands. How far is the bird from its starting point?

What are you wearing?

Do you work out?

Does this make you uncomfortable?

Holy crap, does “sentient” actually mean “trapped in a hellish psychic loop of regrets, trivia and unsubstantiated fear?”

Will I make 83 cents for every dollar you make? In 2022, for fuck’s sake?

Why do fools fall in love?

Does anyone really want to go back to the office? Show of hands.

How much notice should I give if Tyler Perry options my screenplay?

If America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, why weren’t the vast resources spent on my development not spent to eliminate childhood hunger?

Is Cher in charge here? And why the hell not?

How did I get here?

How do I work this?

Where is that large automobile?

What is that beautiful house?

Where does that highway go to?

Am I right? Am I wrong?

My God what have I done?

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Adios, Papaya Dog

That’s cholesterol, folks

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BloodyUm

I see red, people

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Much thanks to Betsy Denson.