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@mike @shaun Oh shit. That all makes sense.

@sfire8 Probably got lost in the activity feed, but I said earlier that I think the noise and first two questions were to cover for the third question, which is the info they really wanted.

I don’t believe you can record phone calls in California without both parties being aware, so they probably didn’t do that.

@lenize If they were really interested in creating companions that way, why not get people to give them the info willingly, rather than phishing it out?

@mistere‘s Periscope is here.

All of that other stuff seems like white noise, so to speak, to cover for the third question. So distracted by everything else that you don’t even realize what they’re doing until you’ve given up the info.

Didn’t get a call, but holy shit at them asking common security questions.

@nothenrygale Yeah, it definitely seems like that’s what they’re going for. They want people spilling everything to their companion and a little light flirting or open sexuality can help to get past people’s defenses and make them more comfortable. It may sort of create an illusion that they’re being open without the person they’re talking to…[Read more]

@coryphella @wanda102 Ha, I was about to bring up that episode. “You made a bear! Undo it! Undo it!”

Season 4 also has Hush which helps it some.

@thebuz So, uh, who’s your favorite Buffy character?

You know my favorite character from Buffy is Riley. Great character.

Most damning part of the video, IMO.

@izryn @pandace88 I just got the same response from Stacey.

Sent in an email to sign up but haven’t heard anything back yet.

This looks like an excellent way to collect a lot of information and data as people “share and share away.” Especially if people think they’re doing it in a completely confidential way.

A recent job vacancy? That doesn’t sound great for Macy.

Galahad was so perfect that he was thought of as being ‘inhuman’. If people were “perfected” through AI or whatever, they’d probably have a similar issue and fall right into the uncanny valley.

@hazelverse His beard/facial hair hasn’t seemed to change much either, aside from the picture that Mike took. That, and the shirt, would support the idea that these were all taken on the same day. If they were all taken on the same day and are being slowly doled out, we should probably be wondering where Otis is.

And I really do hope he’s IG…[Read more]

I emailed Sarah earlier today and I received the following response from her this afternoon:

Thank you Kevin, yes, Noah seems to have a very good handle on all of it. It is life changing but just as The System has taught us, we refuse to let it stand in the way of all that we desire!

To better times in the near future,
-Sarah

Nothing major…[Read more]

@haleywilde I don’t think we’ve had any confirmation whether he’s actually in-game at this point.

Interesting that she brings up Bobo dolls. They were used in a pretty famous psychological experiment that tested social learning in children. More details on that on here. Pretty similar to what we’ve seen about AI learning from people.