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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>…When my father died, my mom found she was often talking to him, she<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>*wanted* to talk to him. She became worried that she was going crazy…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>MB before you let your mother go down that road (of thinking she is going crazy) do remind her that every major religion has a form of prayer or communicating with a supernatural being, or those who have passed on. Sure some of us think of religion as a form of… well, crazy, but if so, it is a very common and relatively harmless malady. If it brings her comfort, chat on, madam.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>…I'd be reluctant to talk with a robot, for fear of spying type stuff…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>That gives me an idea. We aughta be able to design a robot or chatbot we can guaran-damn-tee will keep your secrets. If we do, it will be better that humans at keeping our secrets, for all of us here have told something to a blabbermouth and suffered the consequences.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>…I'm getting more silent nowadays: people all have phones that can record what others say….Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>MB<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ja, MB there aughta be some kind of way to defeat that. I don’t know what it is, but there are electronics and computer hipsters among us who might have some ideas. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On Tue, October 29, 2024 20:14, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>>… I've just watched on BBC TV the documentary "Eternal You" about <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> creating digital copies of people that have died. The bereaved people <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> seemed to find comfort in talking to the deceased…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> BillK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>