You actually changed the subject line when the subject changed! Wow. I didn't know that was done around here. hee <br><br>I meant "relatively docile" or at least "contained" as house cats generally are compared to their much more powerful human owners. And I compared A.I. to tigers in terms of the potential physical power they wield. <br>
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>Nobody *owns* cats. We do share the house with two fierce young cats, currently, and always >have had several.<br><br>Ahh, and this could be yet another metaphor to show the relationship between humans and A.I. in The Culture. Nobody *owns* humans.<br>
<br>I imagine you writing at your computer as the cats decide to sit in your lap, take a nap on your keyboard or help you type. I think of cats as a source of good mini-breaks for someone in your profession. <br><br>
>Okay, seems I misread the irony in your use of "docile" to mean "ferocious."<br>
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Not really. But I did do my best to weasel out of things...<br><br>John : )<br><br>