Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 2nd August, 2018.

2nd August, 2018.

Yep: it’s a day off.

And frankly?

I’m going to spend a lot of it, sweltering.

It’s going to be another hot one.

I think I want the rain back.

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One thing I know I’ve heard about … ?

That, just recently, London was home to the London Film and Comic Con.

Which I probably couldn’t afford to have gone to unless you paid me!

But there you go.

I notice, though, the Christopher Ecclestone was there.

The man who played the Doctor for one season … who got a hug from Capaldi and Smith.

The who left … after the relationship between him and show runner, Russell T. Davies, broke down.

I don’t know about the convention … 

But I’d’ve loved to have been a fly on the wall for that first series.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 2-8-2017

Right … 

I’m going to be looking like a pillock for a few more days … 

Remember, yesterday, that I told you my glasses had broken?

Well … 

The optician I got them from is happy tho fix the arm: but won’t be able to do so until Friday at the earliest.

Which is when they expect the delivery … 

Like I say … 

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Have you been watching the news?

Then you’ve possibly seen the news that some of Facebook’s AI researchers turned off a pair of experimental chatbots.

When the things started talking … in their own dialect of English.

Apparently, people are getting worried about it: especially in the media.

Personally?

I’m one of many that still remembers reading I, Robot: and reading Asimoz’s Three Laws of Robotics.

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

He basically wrote those … ?

Because he was very aware we’re human: we like building stuff with safety features.

Including the off-button the researchers used … !

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Now … 

Have some faux Kraftwerk … 

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