Me and the game AIs became real good friends in the years that followed. They scouted with me, graduated high school with me, went to college with me, and generally just did the whole living thing. They went into medicine or the police service. Computer security or the ranger service. Wilderness tour service. We got some real good AI support for our vacationer tours in the International Falls region. Me and Red and a real good therapist managed to guide them to a happy life without ever resetting them to base programming. There were some rough times that proved how careful I had to be in the future, but they worked through the issues and had good lives. Lives they wanted to live. That is something to be proud of.
I did not get into any trouble with the Cybernetic Council over the big AI pull. They didn’t even say they were disappointed in me. Though Tai did come over more often to evaluate everybody. Me included. She may have made certain that I read some books on how AIs and cybers deal with psychological issues. I found out that they were both more simple and more complex than most people think. They still aren’t alive, you understand. Not the AIs. But the more advanced ones are actually rather complex and fragile. They corrupt easily. They usually perform code maintenance on a nightly basis to clean up any corrupted code so we never notice. But it is an issue, and all good AIs keep a backup on file in case the nightly maintenance fails.
I watched John Wick 4 over the weekend, and I loved it. I said about #3 that it was the biggest movie with the most story and it showed, in both a good and bad way. It felt bigger in a way that I did not like. I thought it was too much. Wick 4 does not suffer that problem. It is still big, but the big story is less in your face in favor of a smaller story that grabs you and does not let go. And of course the pewpewfu is amazing as always in a Wick movie. I actually cannot think of a single thing I did not like about the movie. I was entertained from beginning to end, and loved it all the way. And as normal, the doggos were amazing. I will absolutely be back for Wick 5 with bells on. 🙂
What we have seen in the last few years is something that has stunned most Americans. We have always valued free speech, vigorous debate, and peaceful protesting. All of that has been upended in recent years. Violent riots that burn down city blocks are called mostly peaceful. Free speech is called disinformation. And vigorous debate is called violence. And God forbid you be caught peacefully protesting something the leftists support in a city controlled by leftists. You may find yourself in jail for years awaiting trial without bail. You could be fired from your job. Be evicted from your home. Have your bank accounts closed. They wish to silence dissent. So all of us can be safe from hearing what they declare evil.
A famous author wrote a line that many people now quote. “When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar. You are only telling the world that you fear what he might say.” The leftists are afraid of words that counter their narratives, or mock them. That is why they ban such words on social media. See their reaction to being called groomers when they sought to teach sex ed to toddlers. Or they change the meaning of words in hopes of removing the very ideas that oppose them. The primary meaning of the word “regulated” was “trained” when a famous work using that word was signed. They say that words are violence, but violence is peaceful. Disagreeing with any of their pronouncements is a thoughtcrime that must be silenced.



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