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Travis Rodgers's avatar

I like the idea. Good execution. Pretty quick turning point though. I think you could develop the turn for a bigger punch.

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P.Q. Rubin's avatar

Thank you!

Agreed, the turning point could have been more interesting.

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Ross Young (P3nT4gR4m)'s avatar

Reverse psychology. Nice touch chatbot! 👍🏻

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P.Q. Rubin's avatar

Thank you! That would be the positive interpretation.

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Mike Searles's avatar

Entertaining (like watching the movie She). Thought provoking (like watching the movie She). Can't wait to engage with AI at deeper levels (like after watching the movie She).

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P.Q. Rubin's avatar

That's a movie I haven't seen in a long time! If I recall correctly, it was considered scifi ten years ago.

Now, there's apparently a thriving market for AI boyfriends and girlfriends. I hope they're not as 'supportive' as the one in this scene though...

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Mike Searles's avatar

Me too. Must watch it again. I liked the 'supportiveness' of AI in the latter version of the dialogue it had with the girl in your fictional representation of a real life situation.

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Mike Searles's avatar

Oops! The movie was Her. Not She. Her. Bloody pronouns 😀

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

In the end AI bot saved both Sarah and your Substack career 😜

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P.Q. Rubin's avatar

I'm happy AI bot spared poor Sarah with an h, but I'm not entirely out of the woods: I'm publishing three scenes like this, and this is the only one with a (somewhat) happy ending 😬

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Sneaky Sara 🐝's avatar

Ooooh... Btw the story theme was quite interesting especially when bot took a dark turn 😈 i really liked that part

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P.Q. Rubin's avatar

Thanks! More evil stuff on the way...

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