\u202a”But I don’t think I need to be reprogrammed,” said the robot.\u202c\u202a”That is exactly the kind of thing we all say when we need reprogrammed,” said the robot doctor. \u202c<\/p>\n
\u202a”That does not compute,” said the robot.\u202c<\/p>\n
\u202a”Hey, who’s the robot doctor here?” said the robot doctor. Then she laughed. Kind of a tinny mechanical laugh. Just a whiff of robotic condescension. The product of millions of dollars worth of research, that laugh. Let us be clear \u2013 it is not meant to reassure.\u202c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u202a”But I don’t think I need to be reprogrammed,” said the robot.\u202c\u202a”That is exactly the kind of thing we all say when we need reprogrammed,” said the robot doctor. \u202c \u202a”That does not compute,” said the robot.\u202c \u202a”Hey, who’s the robot doctor here?” said the robot doctor. Then she laughed. Kind of a tinny mechanical laugh. Just a whiff of robotic condescension. The product of millions of dollars worth of research, that laugh. 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