#DouglasAdams once wrote about a "mechanical monk". A labor saving device for belief. To relieve people of the burden of believing in things.

Reading about people using LLMs to automate the emotional labor of writing a loved one's obituary. Getting real-life-mechanical-monk vibes. #llm #eliza

“‘Rincewind, all the shops have been smashed open. There was a whole bunch of people across the street helping themselves to musical instruments, can you believe that?’

‘Yeah,’ said Rincewind, picking up a knife and testing its blade thoughtfully. ‘Luters, I expect.’”

The mental picture of looters looting lutes has given me the giggles.

#Discworld #TerryPratchett #Bookstodon

tl;dr: too long; didn't read

ai;dr: contains AI slop; didn't read

av;dr: requested age verification; didn't read

451;dr: content unavailable for legal reasons; didn't read

js;dr: page required JavaScript; didn't read

ps;dr: problematic site; didn't read

dr;dr: I feel like a pair of curtains. Pull yourself together.

In 3,025 years, life will either be really good or really bad.

It's 5050.