Machine Whisperer Gifts

Kate didn't listen to idle gossip. . . she got her dirty laundry fix at the coin-op.

Factory foreman says: 'Sometimes the machines here do try to take over the world. Last week the coffee maker even had a go.'

"Can you help me? I'm having a little trouble working the shredder."

"What setting do I use for this?"

"Boss, the AI is actually smarter than all of us! It read our business forecast, jumped up and ran out laughing!"

Man and Machine snoozing

'Oh great, a machine with an attitude.'

'It's not working because it claims it can think and has decided not to.'

After hours of tinkering, Jeff finally makes his computer go faster.

Nature rebels against the machine

"In the first place, it isn't "maddening crowd.' It's 'madding crowd.' "

'Human Error .. Yet Again.'

"So, what does everyone think of XX81's suggestion for increased funding into AI research?"

Housewife feeding her washing machine with a brief.

"Tech-support has confirmed it. Screaming and hitting the computer won't solve the problem. You'll have to try something else."

"Your feelings may be artificial, but that doesn't mean they're not real."

Fixing the Computer.

"When you say you're behind me 100%, do you mean base ten or binary?"

Hammer and chisel discussing what they've been doing, chisel says; 'Oh you know, getting into a few scrapes.'

'She seems to think I only have one thing on my mind.'

Computer help.

"Damn. These must have shrunk in the wash." "I don't think so."

"He's from IT. All I did was tell him I thought he was doing a great job... and he fainted in shock!"

"They don't appear to want to take over. They just want to dance."

"Go ahead. Click on 'I Am Not A Robot.' I dare you."

'As far as we can tell, the system went down because someone stepped on a crack in the sidewalk.'

Turing Test Today

"I don't know - the minute I figured out how to make it self-aware it realized it was naked, ran, and hid from me."

"The toaster is sueing the sandwich maker over custody of the bread..."

"Stinking politicians and their dirty laundry!" "That's Bob. He's watching 'CSPIN', again."

"No more nuts and bolts for you!"

The Complete Cycle.

we wanted to get rid of all the 'superbugs' but they were the only one's who understood the new it system

'I'm sorry, but it's suffering from a terminal disease.'

'If it wants to dream, we could give it some vague, unstructured problem to mull over during the night.'