Rebel With Paws Prints

I'm really proud of him, he's just got his first 'dogbo'...

Little girl dangling from her horse track.

"I gotta be me!"

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

"I cranked up the dose a tad. Why should kids have all the fun?"

'It's just full of dirty laundry but it makes me feel much more hip.'

Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

'I'm sure it's a violation, but I can't find it in the rule book.'

'I suppose this means you won't be fetching my slippers anymore.'

"Dad, did you know Tia Carmen got a job at my school cafeteria?"

Machine consciousness - a robot thinking. The thought is in the form of a printed circuit board. The robot is a clockwork toy robot, to emphasise the infancy of the concepts involved

"Do you see what you are doing to your mother?"

"Sure, my dad and my granddad and my granddad's dad were all domesticated. But that doesn't mean I have to be."

Dog Teenagers

The serious corporation

My dad's doing flowers for a huge sweet 16 party. Everyone's invited except me! Who cares? It's probably some loser who couldn't get anyone to come over without going over the top. Thanks, Em! You know what's important. Plus! We'll figure out whose party it is and crash it! You're my spiritual guide.

'When you grounded me to my room, you said no TV or computer. You never said I couldn't build my own bike.'

The Threat of AI

"I'm not fishing, I'm hunting."

"It's Irv Pelton, Mr. Mather, from the Voice Crying in the Wilderness Department."

'Next.'

'I need a haircut...maybe I should enlist.'

"So I called to complain about robots taking over when I realized I was talking to one!"

'Obedience school was just not for me: I ran away...'

'You didn't really think you'd get away with this, did you?'

Escape

Man with broken leg using medical scooter sees another man with a broken leg using a biker gang-style chopper medical scooter.

'Hello, Robotaxi Cab Company?! I think one of your drivers has a screw loose!!!'

What we were promised...What we got.

'I'll have you know that I'm listening to offers from other families!'

Help a Nerd

'If automation ever creeps into this place, I'm getting out.'

Where were you the last few days, little buddy? San Francisco. I heard new robot security guards were harassing the homeless to keep them from sleeping on city streets. So I went out there hoping to be recruited by any time-traveler who came back in time to lead a resistance cell. I knew it was a long-shot. But I'd have kicked myself if I didn't go and the time-traveler did show up. Hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

"Son, it's against the law to ride a bike in this town without protective head gear."

"It's just a phase."