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Letter Of Intent

"Bond James, Bond."

Robots search for people's personal information in the cloud.

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

'It's called 'Oh Bugger It!' if you must know!'

"There's smart phones and smart cars, so why can't there be smart rooms that clean themselves?"

"Meet the author"

'First you forget logarithms. Then you forget how to do long division. Then the multiplication table begins to go...'

"He's taught himself work-life balance."

Kung food restaurant (Waiter flies through the air bringing the food).

"I need a deeper access to his brain. Only google has the records."

'As our new company logo, I'm not quite sure it's sending out the right message.'

'If only every year was an election year.'

'...and in 1/100000 of a second, it can compound the programmer's error 87,500 times.'

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

"If you're smart enough to design a robot to do your homework, then you're certainly smart enough to just do your homework."

Back to school.

"Hey, remember a few days ago, when all this was unacceptable?"

'Let me see your portfolio of stolen ideas.'

Driverless cars rage.

Child's Drawing (With Elephantiasis)

"Listen to this: 'Technology reduces the time we spend on a given task, but increases the number of tasks we're expected to do.' Sounds like a no-win situation to me!"

'Which sounds better: 'now with MORE XZ100' or 'now with LESS XZ100'?'

"I fear one day our jobs will be taken over by technology."

"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."

"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the heck else are you talking... you talking to me?"

"But if you change your system preferences to match mine, is it really love?"

"What did you download at school today?"

Brad Pitt

"He's the best our AI recruitment algorithm could fund, unfortunately our AI is really stupid."

'Ugh! Another oil puddle in the living room – bad robot dog!'

'Yes, it computed the answer in a bilionth of a second and printed it instantly, but until I find my glasses...'

"Ralph's smart car not only drives better than he does, it also works better. So we fired him and hired the car."

"It said this 'Spilt Coffee' series afforded her a lifetime of lattes."

Bot Art: After da Vinci