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Apt comparison to the Harlan Ellison story. I loved that in my brief horror period ( early teen) along with Lovecraft and others. “I have no mouth but I must scream” was a high point in existential terror for the young, impressionable me.

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This is a thought provoking essay. I am too old for those tech items described, but I had similar thoughts after reading Asimov’s robot bools and Dick’s “Do Androids dream of electric Sheep” ( the book behind Bladerunner. We had a Verboten for my son, though. His must not have been as good as the one described. It struggled to do anything but the simplest directions and the preprogrammed smile. I certainly never picked up a dog treat. Finally, I am pretty sure that I am not an android but, indeed, how would I know?

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