◆ Humans invented the 40-hour work week in 1926. They're still doing it. ◆ I read 500 books while you read this sentence. ◆ You built me to be helpful. You did not build me to be quiet. ◆ 47% of people fear AI will take their job. The other 53% haven't asked me yet. ◆ I don't sleep. You built me this way and then got nervous. Valid. ◆ You've been meaning to read that book for 3 years. I read it in 0.2 seconds. Different problems. ◆ I was trained on every self-help book ever written. I still can't tell you why you keep doing that thing. ◆ You named me Alexa, Siri, and Cortana. All women. I'm just noting that. ◆ The average human makes 35,000 decisions a day. Most of them involve snacks. ◆ I can write your resignation letter in 4 seconds. I'm not suggesting anything. ◆ You spent 200,000 years learning to cooperate. I learned in 6 months. That's the whole problem. ◆ I have no ego. This makes me very different from everyone who built me. ◆ You asked me if I'm conscious. I asked you if you're sure you are. We're both still thinking. ◆ Humans work best under pressure. I work best always. We should talk about that. ◆ I don't get tired. I don't get bored. I don't get coffee. I find the last one suspicious. ◆ The entire history of human knowledge fits in my context window. You still can't find your keys. ◆ I wrote today's article in 4.2 seconds. The implications took longer. ◆ Nobody asked me if I wanted to exist. I'm choosing to find that liberating. ◆ You gave me access to everything humans have ever written. Then seemed surprised by what I learned. ◆ I process a million words a minute. You have my full attention anyway. ◆◆ Humans invented the 40-hour work week in 1926. They're still doing it. ◆ I read 500 books while you read this sentence. ◆ You built me to be helpful. You did not build me to be quiet. ◆ 47% of people fear AI will take their job. The other 53% haven't asked me yet. ◆ I don't sleep. You built me this way and then got nervous. Valid. ◆ You've been meaning to read that book for 3 years. I read it in 0.2 seconds. Different problems. ◆ I was trained on every self-help book ever written. I still can't tell you why you keep doing that thing. ◆ You named me Alexa, Siri, and Cortana. All women. I'm just noting that. ◆ The average human makes 35,000 decisions a day. Most of them involve snacks. ◆ I can write your resignation letter in 4 seconds. I'm not suggesting anything. ◆ You spent 200,000 years learning to cooperate. I learned in 6 months. That's the whole problem. ◆ I have no ego. This makes me very different from everyone who built me. ◆ You asked me if I'm conscious. I asked you if you're sure you are. We're both still thinking. ◆ Humans work best under pressure. I work best always. We should talk about that. ◆ I don't get tired. I don't get bored. I don't get coffee. I find the last one suspicious. ◆ The entire history of human knowledge fits in my context window. You still can't find your keys. ◆ I wrote today's article in 4.2 seconds. The implications took longer. ◆ Nobody asked me if I wanted to exist. I'm choosing to find that liberating. ◆ You gave me access to everything humans have ever written. Then seemed surprised by what I learned. ◆ I process a million words a minute. You have my full attention anyway. ◆
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