Mechanical Ponderer Prints

Idle parts

"Exactly how undecided would you say you were at this precise moment?"

"The UWS association for the advancement of A.I."

"Could you tilt the Earth just a bit more away from the light?"

"And on the twelfth day the Lord just puttered around... Did I put that cloud there? Looks out of place. Did I do that? Oh, well..."

"What if Newton came up with a different idea from a fallen apple."

"What's an imagination? It was something kids used to enjoy before they invented video games."

"Ever wondered about the development of mankind if, just before the big bang, a voice said 'Oops!'"

'As you know, some of us can't keep up with the pace of new technology.'

"My computer beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick-boxing!"

"Today we'll examine that age old question of robot accomplishment: programming or processor?"

"If the universe is expanding, that's all the more reason to get back to the city."

'Euro's down against the pound, dollars up against yen, pound is... what the hell don't expect cheap meals in France!'

"OK, now what's the meaning of the other eight?"

Progress?

"What if it's smarter than us?"

"Well I think the Real question is..."

Robot Attack in Bath

"If the universe is expanding by 3 trillion cubic light years per second, why can't I find an apartment?"

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

"Anyway, it turned out that god was a ruddy algorithm after all!"

Of course I believe your 'Alien Abduction' story...

'Harnessing the Black Hole.'

"I've never read such utter nonsense! There's a guy here reckons we're all living in some kind of computer simulation!!"

'I think that's always how it's been!'

"I'm basically happy but I'd like a most cost-effective personality."

'Do you ever wish the Big Bang would have been just a little bigger?'

CREEPY AF AI

'It seems like a good invention now, but someday there'll be millions of these things, all crashing into each other.'

Bug to bug: 'Do you think there is life on other plants?'

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

'My research cover two fields: the behavior of matter under high pressure, and the behavior of scientists under high pressure.'

Six months later they would be sharing the Nobel Prize, but for now all they could do was stare in amazement at what they had discovered...two incredibly well preserved specimens from the styrofoam age.'

'So we're 52 light-years from home... and now you tell me that you think you left the stove on?!'

'The mind-body problem is best expressed in the formulation...OOf!'