annotations_model/characters_list/robots.csv

game,character,aliases,num_appearances,total_scenes,scene_ids,example_0,example_1,example_2,example_3,example_4,valid
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head back to your apartment, where you spend several hours working on
the final touches to Pickle's natural language processing code.
With the code done, you then briefly add just enough motors to allow Pickle
to explore your room.  It's a quick job—you'll do a more thorough one
tomorrow.  Your smartphone won't have much power for the motors right now anyway.
Finally, you upload the code to your smartphone and plug it into
Pickle's back.  You touch the icon labeled ""Pickle,"" and a big, red button
fills the screen.
Your finger hovers over the button.  You probably want the first word Pickle
learns to be significant, somehow.  What is the first thing Pickle will
see when you power rhim on?","I will start Pickle looking at me.
You activate Pickle facing you.  Rhe looks into your eyes.
You've heard that many animals imprint on the first living thing
they see, usually their mother, and that they love this being instinctually.
You're trying to create this experience for Pickle as well.
As Pickle looks into your eyes, you call yourself…","I will start Pickle looking out the window, and I will just start naming things.
You place Pickle at the window, looking outside, then hit the big,
red button.
You begin pointing to things.  ""Tree.  Car.  Person.  Flower.  Grass.""
""Tree, car, person, flower, grass!""  Pickle says.","""…you.""
""You,"" Pickle repeats.","""…a robot.""
""Robot,"" Pickle repeats.",
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cute, I'd say.
You often wondered, when you both were undergraduates, if your
attraction to Josh was reciprocated.  You could never tell whether his
demurrals that he was ""too busy"" were genuine or not.","Ozzie's is a burger place in East Palo Alto which, like East Palo Alto in general,
is an affordable and unpretentious place filled with frugal software engineers
who could afford much more, but don't want it.  Rock-themed wallpaper
has been scrawled on by patrons from long ago,
and an old arcade version of [i]Guitar Hero[/i] is sitting unloved in the corner.
Josh Anderson is hunched over his swanky brick of an Alienware gaming laptop.
He's wearing a gray hoodie, clearly inspired by Mark Zuckerberg, or at least his
character in [i]The Social Network[/i] (which Josh has watched way too many times),
and giant, orange Beats by Dre headphones.  His head is moving to the beat of
whatever 70s hair metal he is listening to, but he appears intensely lost
in thought about whatever is on his laptop.
When you approach, he slips down his headphones, which blare some kind of female cover of Led
Zeppelin until he closes his laptop.
""This is the business dinner you're expensing?"" you ask.
Josh sniffs.  ""I'm iconoclastic, not irresponsible.  Besides, I like their burgers.""
A waiter comes by with a menu.  Apparently, their burgers are all rock-themed.
You'll have…","Ozzie's is a burger place in East Palo Alto which, like East Palo Alto in general,
is an affordable and unpretentious place filled with frugal software engineers
who could afford much more, but don't want it.  Rock-themed wallpaper
has been scrawled on by patrons from long ago,
and an old arcade version of [i]Guitar Hero[/i] is sitting unloved in the corner.
Josh Anderson is hunched over his swanky brick of an Alienware gaming laptop.
He's wearing a gray hoodie, clearly inspired by Mark Zuckerberg, or at least his
character in [i]The Social Network[/i] (which Josh has watched way too many times),
and giant, orange Beats by Dre headphones.  His head is moving to the beat of
whatever 70s hair metal he is listening to, but he appears intensely lost
in thought about whatever is on his laptop.
When you approach, he slips down his headphones, which blare some kind of female cover of Led
Zeppelin until he closes his laptop.
""This is the business dinner you're expensing?"" you ask.
Josh sniffs.  ""I'm iconoclastic, not irresponsible.  Besides, I like their burgers.""
A waiter comes by with a menu.  Apparently, their burgers are all rock-themed.
You'll have…","The Bohemian Rhapsody:  a maple bacon burger.
""Oh man, that sounds pretentious,"" Josh says.
""It sounds delicious,"" you insist.
""You listened to Ira Glass on the drive here, didn't you?"" Josh accuses.
""What do you have against public radio?""
""Cars are for listening to music,"" Josh says, as if stating the obvious.","The Hotel California Burger:  guacamole on a veggie patty.
""Ah, 'Hotel California,'"" Josh says.  ""I had that stuck in my head
all of senior year, after I decided to move out here to do a startup.""
""Is it as exciting as you imagined?"" you ask.
""Definitely,"" Josh says.  ""There are a ton of other startups around, and the
money's finally starting to flow again the way it did during the Internet
startup glory days, only toward hardware and gadgets instead of websites.""
""So, it's a good time for robots,"" you say.
""You bet.""",
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,dreams_570","Near the band, Eiji Aomame is studying a copy of Scott McCloud's
[i]Understanding Comics[/i], a book about the art of visual storytelling written
in comic form.  He's wearing a red bowtie, a fuzzy, blue sweater, black slacks, and a nice
pair of black loafers.  There's a subtle trace of red in his black hair, but it might just be the light.  Still intent on his book, he takes out a pencil
from his pocket and begins sketching from the book on a napkin.","""What have you been up to?"" Eiji asks.
""I've been working all day on a new robot,"" you reply.  ""Just the frame's built
right now but I wish I'd had time to add motors and start its mind running
today.  It probably could have learned a lot from even this conversation.""
He casts you a skeptical look.  ""What would you hope it to learn, exactly?""","""Do you want to come by tomorrow and see rhim after I power rhim on?"" you ask.  ""It's
going to be really cool.""
Eiji shrugs.  ""Sure, sounds good.  It is a Sunday tomorrow, after all.  And
I'm curious to see you interacting with one of your robots.  You used to rave
about them all the time, but I don't think I ever saw one.""
Eiji cocks his head to one side.  ""What is it with you and robots, anyway?""","""Haven't you ever wanted to change the world?""
Eiji tilts his head, considering you.  ""Yes.  Definitely.""  He looks as
though he wants to ask something else.","""I think I just find them comforting, somehow.  Like very confused pets.""
Eiji grins.  ""I could say the same about you.""
He leans over and ruffles your hair.",
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You glance over at Pickle,","""Whois service says sfchronicle.com is registered to the [i]San Francisco Chronicle[/i],"" says  Pickle. ""The [i]San Francisco Chronicle[/i] is a newspaper that started its website in 1994. Twenty-fourth in national circulation."" Rhe looks at you with interest. ""Mark is a reporter.""","""Bayesian reasoning over publication rates suggests reporter's full name is Mark Ali,"" Pickle says with rer eyes closed. ""Mark's article with most social media likes is 'How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love DARPA.' Article explains that DARPA stands for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency."" Rhe hesitates for a moment. ""Aforementioned article appears to contradict title. Reporter does not seem to have stopped worrying. Adjectives that bind to nouns describing DARPA and its projects: 'Crazy.' 'Orwellian.' 'Imperialistic.' Overall sentiment analysis is negative.""
""Thank you, Pickle,"" you say. You look the guy up on your phone. The picture you find of the stubbly, young, Egyptian man with tousled, black hair, hipster glasses, and a cigarette between his lips is probably outdated, but the disrespect for authority the man radiates is probably timeless.
You admit, a part of you has always wanted to be famous. But you suspect this reporter also has done his homework about your advisor, and he may already have an intended angle for this story.
Still, nobody on the planet has a robot as amazing as yours. Isn't it time you told the world about rhim?
You play the message back again a few times, mulling it over.","""Bayesian reasoning over publication rates suggests reporter's full name is Mark Ali,"" Pickle says with rer eyes closed. ""Mark's article with most social media likes is 'How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love DARPA.' Article explains that DARPA stands for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency."" Rhe hesitates for a moment. ""Aforementioned article appears to contradict title. Reporter does not seem to have stopped worrying. Adjectives that bind to nouns describing DARPA and its projects: 'Crazy.' 'Orwellian.' 'Imperialistic.' Overall sentiment analysis is negative.""
""Thank you, Pickle,"" you say. You look the guy up on your phone. The picture you find of the stubbly, young, Egyptian man with tousled, black hair, hipster glasses, and a cigarette between his lips is probably outdated, but the disrespect for authority the man radiates is probably timeless.
You admit, a part of you has always wanted to be famous. But you suspect this reporter also has done his homework about your advisor, and he may already have an intended angle for this story.
Still, nobody on the planet has a robot as amazing as yours. Isn't it time you told the world about rhim?
You play the message back again a few times, mulling it over.","I call Mark back and set up an interview.
""Mark? Hi, it's Darwin. I think I have a story for you….""",
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robots,Captain Juliet Rogers,"['Captain Juliet Rogers', 'Juliet Rogers', 'Juliet']",218,7456,"media_1569,media_1626,media_1628,media_1644,media_1646,media_1646,media_1648,media_1668,media_1714,media_1734,media_1737,media_1740,media_1744,media_1749,media_1760,media_1765,media_1771,media_1823,media_1777,media_1796,media_1800,media_1821,media_1811,media_1814,war_162,war_3693,war_3750,war_3762,war_2455,war_2461,war_1329,war_1334,autonomy_113,autonomy_3150,autonomy_3150,goodbye_1630,goodbye_1112,goodbye_1005,goodbye_1120,goodbye_1128,goodbye_1157,goodbye_1169,goodbye_1151,empathy_2695,empathy_2702,empathy_2708,empathy_982,empathy_998,empathy_1213,empathy_356,autonomy_2548,autonomy_2471,autonomy_2476,autonomy_2481,autonomy_1248,autonomy_1268,autonomy_1276,autonomy_1284,autonomy_1288,autonomy_1265,autonomy_1301,autonomy_1307,autonomy_1315,autonomy_1452,autonomy_1475,autonomy_1486,autonomy_1323,autonomy_1453,autonomy_1457,autonomy_1462,autonomy_1326,autonomy_1425,autonomy_1689,autonomy_1439,autonomy_1350,autonomy_1357,autonomy_1362,autonomy_1388,autonomy_1409,autonomy_1398,autonomy_1368,autonomy_1370,autonomy_1416,autonomy_1421,autonomy_1372,autonomy_1379,autonomy_1629,autonomy_1641,autonomy_1643,autonomy_1680,autonomy_1685,autonomy_3320,military_597,military_637,military_678,military_697,military_699,military_641,military_764,grace_359,grace_375,grace_377,grace_381,grace_383,grace_390,grace_404,grace_408,grace_393,grace_412,grace_415,grace_422,war_6842,war_6504,war_6482,company_3105,company_3118,company_3123,company_3136,company_3230,company_3149,company_3206,company_3226,company_3239,company_3281,company_3154,company_3161,company_3184,company_3216,company_3174,company_3300,company_3302,company_3327,company_3334,company_3317,company_3341,company_3343,company_3347,company_3351,company_3353,company_3366,company_3371,company_3400,company_3375,company_3391,company_3412,company_3378,company_3386,company_3428,company_3435,company_3439,company_3442,company_3449,company_3462,company_3467,company_3472,company_3458,company_2796,company_2808,company_2801,media_3975,media_4284,media_4287,media_4291,education_982,education_1019,education_2139,education_2145,education_2163,education_2166,education_2173,education_2177,education_2185,education_2239,education_2274,education_2238,education_2260,education_2269,education_2218,education_2251,education_2254,education_2279,education_2299,education_2319,education_2329,education_2333,education_2287,education_2294,education_2302,education_2311,education_2322,education_2334,education_2342,education_2348,education_2361,education_2363,education_2369,education_2379,education_2390,education_2129,education_2132,education_2134,education_474,education_524,education_539,education_295,education_356,education_392,education_429,education_448,education_555,education_561,education_564,education_567,education_147,education_162,education_165,education_167,dreams_2121",Juliet,Juliet.,"Juliet Rogers, the woman you demoed for.","""Darwin, I believe you've met Juliet Rogers.""","""Darwin, this is Juliet Rogers, an acquisitions officer with the Air Force. Juliet, Darwin.""",
robots,Professor Ziegler,"['Professor Ziegler', 'Ziegler']",186,7456,"dreams_1936,dreams_1936,education_1093,education_1134,media_838,media_846,media_850,media_854,media_198,media_212,media_1106,media_1139,media_1001,media_1031,media_1497,media_1615,media_1618,media_1641,media_1656,media_1661,media_1666,media_579,media_579,media_1702,media_1670,media_1707,media_3409,media_1709,media_1674,media_1680,media_1687,media_1696,media_1679,media_3420,media_1718,media_1730,media_1757,media_1752,media_2693,war_342,war_381,war_429,war_429,war_454,war_398,war_402,war_402,war_412,war_493,war_427,war_419,war_2214,war_1601,war_503,war_2248,war_2248,war_1729,autonomy_110,goodbye_1630,autonomy_2457,autonomy_226,autonomy_1058,autonomy_1070,autonomy_1066,autonomy_1066,autonomy_1081,autonomy_1081,autonomy_1107,autonomy_1117,autonomy_1133,autonomy_1133,autonomy_1147,autonomy_1147,autonomy_1619,military_772,grace_866,grace_883,grace_895,grace_913,grace_913,war_6220,war_6220,war_6255,war_6467,war_6621,war_6636,war_5326,war_5628,war_5631,war_5384,war_5384,war_5409,war_5418,war_5418,war_5438,war_5438,war_5448,war_5376,war_5422,war_5422,war_5430,war_5401,war_5795,war_5818,war_5818,war_5782,war_5771,war_7304,war_7304,war_7317,war_7380,war_7427,war_7402,media_3748,education_940,education_958,education_974,education_976,education_993,education_993,education_982,education_998,education_1004,education_985,education_1010,education_988,education_990,education_1015,education_1059,education_1079,education_1079,education_1019,education_1019,education_1028,education_1028,education_1039,education_826,education_838,education_877,education_803,education_474,education_231,education_147,education_158,dreams_2129,dreams_665,dreams_665,dreams_778,dreams_785,dreams_790,dreams_794,dreams_799,dreams_809,dreams_859,dreams_828,dreams_835,dreams_841,dreams_843,dreams_897,dreams_911,dreams_849,dreams_854,dreams_865,dreams_873,dreams_879,dreams_885,dreams_892,dreams_901,dreams_913,dreams_915,dreams_928,dreams_936,dreams_944,dreams_952,dreams_958,dreams_958,dreams_989,dreams_973,dreams_981,dreams_1000,dreams_1004,dreams_1007,dreams_1101,dreams_1137,dreams_1169,dreams_1169","You decide to cut to the chase.  ""I was wondering if you would pay my tuition for a
few years if I agree to work for you part-time, and then full-time
after graduation.""
Josh looks a little skeptical.  ""How much would that cost, exactly?""
You tell him, and he looks a little relieved.  ""Okay.  As business R&D goes,
that's actually not too bad.  Man, academics have a cheap labor market.""
That stings a little because you hadn't really thought of yourself as ""labor,""
but Professor Ziegler seems to think similarly.  Maybe Josh understands Professor
Ziegler's point of view better than you.
""Well, I've got a few projects going that you could consult on.""  He digs into
a laptop bag at his feet, and produces a tablet computer.  ""Just
tell me which one you want to work on.""
""Does that mean yes?"" you ask hopefully.","You decide to cut to the chase.  ""I was wondering if you would pay my tuition for a
few years if I agree to work for you part-time, and then full-time
after graduation.""
Josh looks a little skeptical.  ""How much would that cost, exactly?""
You tell him, and he looks a little relieved.  ""Okay.  As business R&D goes,
that's actually not too bad.  Man, academics have a cheap labor market.""
That stings a little because you hadn't really thought of yourself as ""labor,""
but Professor Ziegler seems to think similarly.  Maybe Josh understands Professor
Ziegler's point of view better than you.
""Well, I've got a few projects going that you could consult on.""  He digs into
a laptop bag at his feet, and produces a tablet computer.  ""Just
tell me which one you want to work on.""
""Does that mean yes?"" you ask hopefully.","You spend the next few days preparing to move. Professor Ziegler has reported to the registrar that you are no longer a student, and the school's bureaucracy has quickly decided it is illegal to let you stay in on-campus housing.","Well, that's interesting. If Professor Ziegler cares so much about his image, then tarnishing that image would be one way to get back at him.","The article tells the story of how you managed to create Pickle with hardly any help from Professor Ziegler, and how you have a close, almost parental bond with Pickle.",
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Eiji taps his lips with his chopsticks contemplatively.  ""Hmm, but would a
person who wasn't introspective say that?""  He points the chopsticks at you.
""You're more complicated than you let on, Darwin.""","Try to feel out whether or not Josh is interested in kissing.
""Yeah, I'm tired.""  You put your head on Josh's shoulder and wait to see how he'll
react.  When he puts his arm around you, you think you've got him.
You tilt your head up, making your lips as kissable as possible.  A bright lad,
Josh gets the message.
You find he's a good kisser—eager, but not overbearing.
When he comes up for air, he says, ""Wow, Darwin!  I really
never knew…""
""Now you do,"" you say.","""Hey, Darwin, this is Mark over at sfchronicle.com. I've heard you have an interesting robot that you've been taking to the park and I'd love to do a story about it. Give me a call back."" He lists a number and the message ends.
You glance over at Pickle,","I call Mark back and set up an interview.
""Mark? Hi, it's Darwin. I think I have a story for you….""","Mark does not go into detail as to why you were kicked out of grad school but you think someone reading the article would come to the conclusion that you were kicked out because you were more reckless and dangerous than your advisor.
""I told Darwin to make a machine that could help our war heroes,"" Professor Ziegler says in the article. ""But he was just out of control.""",
robots,Major Rogers,"['Major Rogers', 'Rogers', 'ROGERS']",67,7456,"war_129,war_134,war_871,war_337,war_896,war_3697,war_3700,war_351,war_354,war_3712,war_1124,war_934,war_1234,war_3742,war_3808,war_3825,war_1211,war_458,war_1220,war_3750,war_3762,war_3768,war_464,war_488,war_493,war_980,war_476,war_503,war_1313,war_514,war_1323,war_1340,war_1343,war_517,war_1077,war_523,war_554,war_567,war_1770,war_605,war_1772,war_1778,war_573,war_590,war_625,war_711,autonomy_3161,autonomy_3165,autonomy_3170,autonomy_2471,autonomy_1486,military_611,military_654,military_772,war_6439,war_6475,war_6522,war_6621,war_3271,war_3327,war_3278,war_3293,war_4311,war_4314,war_4317,war_4331,company_3111","But despite Major Rogers' assurances,
you find that there are some robot missions you still can't learn
anything about without a Top Secret clearance.
Will you apply for a clearance?","Yes, a Top Secret clearance.  I want to work on the highest-impact projects.
You suspect that in order to work on the projects of highest impact,
you will need a Top Secret clearance.  You contact Major Rogers,
who assures you the process will be expedited for you.","You soon receive an email from Major Rogers instructing you to fill out
an online form to obtain a security clearance.  The web form appears quite
extensive, and contains many rather personal questions.","Major Rogers emerges from the turnstiles
labeled CLEARED PERSONNEL ONLY.  She is dressed in an airman's uniform, but most of the
people in this place are nondescript white men in pinstriped, button-down shirts, and
they avoid eye contact as they swipe white badges at the turnstiles.",This is a waste of my time.  I'm going to call Major Rogers and refuse to fill out the form.,
robots,Mr. Sun,"['Mr. Sun', 'Sun']",63,7456,"war_908,war_913,war_923,company_1436,military_538,military_548,military_552,military_555,military_558,military_562,military_574,military_588,war_4669,war_4669,war_4673,war_4682,war_4706,war_4710,war_4907,war_4721,war_4879,war_5048,war_4722,war_4866,war_4888,war_4899,war_4919,war_5116,war_4728,war_4935,war_4941,war_5110,war_4738,war_4975,war_5029,war_5038,war_4953,war_4784,war_4964,war_5152,war_5164,war_5173,war_5161,war_5186,war_5191,war_5196,war_7328,company_5571,company_4540,company_3484,company_3500,company_3506,company_3509,company_3570,company_3599,company_3610,company_3525,company_3584,company_3590,company_3621,company_3637,company_3633,company_2796","Mention my trip to see Mr. Sun and my Chinese factory.
You truthfully mention both your unsettling visit with Mr. Sun
and your ill-fated Chinese factory.  You suppose that put together, they
look like somewhat damning collusion, but you suppose you'll have a chance
to explain more if they have questions.","Mention my trip to see Mr. Sun.
You truthfully mention your unsettling visit with Mr. Sun in Shanghai.","You leave out the part where you visited Mr. Sun in that strange
office building, though.  You're quite certain the government would
not like the fact that you talked to him.","There is a photo of Mr. Zheng.  It's Mr. Sun, whom you met in Shanghai.","You see the familiar Mr. Sun, the man who invited you to Shanghai
many years",
robots,President Irons,"['President Irons', 'Irons']",45,7456,"company_5809,war_3672,war_2586,war_2834,war_2853,war_2859,goodbye_3653,goodbye_3666,goodbye_3675,goodbye_3692,goodbye_3725,goodbye_3695,goodbye_3705,company_1819,company_1842,company_1845,company_1986,goodbye_851,goodbye_851,autonomy_2583,autonomy_2492,autonomy_2496,autonomy_2037,autonomy_2138,autonomy_2138,autonomy_2165,autonomy_2051,autonomy_2128,autonomy_2071,autonomy_2079,autonomy_2086,autonomy_2092,autonomy_2092,autonomy_2111,autonomy_2111,autonomy_2016,autonomy_2793,war_6237,war_6647,war_6661,war_5203,war_3991,war_5484,war_7317,war_7331","One day—April 10, 2026, a date you will not forget—you are awakened by singing outside of your apartment in
San Francisco.  It sounds like a large
choir with an accent you can't quite place, and the song
is quiet but insistent.
[i]The people are the heroes now[/i]
[i]Behemoth pulls the peasants' plow[/i]
You go to the window.  Red-shirted people waving red banners have lined up in immense numbers
all along the main boulevard outside of your apartment.
Noting your interest, Pickle rolls up to the window as well.
""Ah,"" Pickle says.  ""This must be the parade for the Prime Minister of China.  Can we go see,
Sir?""
""Sure,"" you say.  ""Why not?""  Now that Pickle mentions it, you think you saw something about this
on Reddit:  the Chinese Prime Minister is visiting San Francisco to
discuss trade issues with President Irons.","Mark, formerly of the late [i]San Francisco Chronicle[/i],
did a piece about you for the activist news feed, [i]Involuntary Servitude[/i]. Titled
""How America Treats its Geniuses,"" the story followed your trail to
a U.S. territory in the Caribbean called Navassa Island, which is apparently
where you have been these past few months.  Though
little was publicly known about your prison compared to the more
famous Guantanamo Bay prison a hundred miles to the north, Mark managed
to revitalize the thirty-year-old campaign to close Guantanamo Bay by
making you a symbol for the unfairness of enemy combatant laws.  Rather than close
the prison, President Irons has chosen to defang the movement by releasing just you.","Two years into the war, in 2028, China moves to attack South Korea, where the United States has
one of its biggest bases in Asia.  North Korea threatens
Japan with nuclear retaliation if they get involved, and they bow out of the conflict,
claiming they are constitutionally unable to come to South Korea's defense.
As the wave of Chinese robots approaches, power outages suddenly become common across
South Korea; data centers mysteriously malfunction and have all of their CPUs operating at 100%,
causing sudden spikes in power consumption that leave whole cities in blackout.
President Irons states that ""South Korea must finally learn to fend for itself,"" and
the American base there is evacuated.  Chinese-occupied South Korea is renamed the Korean
Autonomous Region.
Then, in a surprise move, the same Chinese forces take North Korea as well—apparently,
their dictator was only being used by the Chinese because he was plausibly crazy enough to
launch nuclear weapons.  They, too, become a part of the Korean Autonomous Region. China
promises to utterly dismantle the North Korean government and finally provide
food and stability for the people of North Korea.","President Irons gives a speech on the White House lawn behind a podium decorated with America's bald eagle,
arrows in one talon, an olive branch in the other.
You're reminded that you heard somewhere that
the bald eagle is actually a thief who steals other birds' fish, and wonder who thought that
was a good idea for a national bird.  Perhaps if the national bird were a turkey, as Ben Franklin
suggested, it would be a different kind of nation; small choices can add up, after all.  This is the sort
of thing you think as President Irons delivers a speech about the importance of defending one's nation in times
of crisis.  She looks much older now: a streak of white runs through her hair.
It is time for you and the other scientists to approach the podium. One by one, each scientist
shakes hands with the president, and a photographer with a double-lensed 3D camera takes a picture.
When it is your turn, President Irons does not give any hint that she recognizes you.  But you are surprised to
find that when she shakes your hand, she has passed you a coin in the handshake.
You have vaguely heard of this; it is a tradition going back to World War II for scientists and soldiers to sometimes
be awarded commemmorative coins for their service.  You open your palm:  the gold coin bears an engraving
of a robotic bald eagle.
[i]Mors tua, vita mea[/i], reads the inscription above the eagle.  [i]Your death, my life.[/i]","""Your nation thanks you,"" President Irons says absently.  Up close, you can tell she is distracted by
the various communication feeds flickering through her Internet-enabled monocle.",
robots,rhimself,"['rhimself', 'rhim']",45,7456,"dreams_2329,dreams_2369,dreams_2394,dreams_2394,dreams_2399,dreams_2403,education_1190,media_786,media_182,company_5350,war_2748,war_1494,war_3392,goodbye_3620,goodbye_2586,goodbye_2654,empathy_680,grace_663,grace_525,war_5528,war_5833,war_5814,company_5767,media_4168,media_3377,media_3252,media_3901,education_1610,education_1640,education_1694,education_1628,education_1631,education_1740,education_1357,education_2149,education_2080,education_378,education_395,education_59,dreams_2524,dreams_2524,dreams_2530,dreams_2530,dreams_1186,dreams_1193","As you list off the things, Pickle rolls up to the window,
pressing rer masked head against the glass.  You can tell rhe
is itching to explore the great, wide world, so full of things—and
is a little frustrated by the glass separating rhim from it all.","You pick Pickle up in your hands.  Rhe wriggles nervously.
""I got you, I got you,"" you say.
""You got me.""  Rhe continues to wriggle.
""Stop.""
Your robot becomes still in your hands.  You decide to teach rhim that the word
for this state is…","""Weakness.""
""Weakness,"" Pickle repeats back, and you have set the
stage for rhim to fear and despise failure—in rhimself and others.","""Weakness.""
""Weakness,"" Pickle repeats back, and you have set the
stage for rhim to fear and despise failure—in rhimself and others.","By now, it is near midnight, and you have another busy day ahead of
improving Pickle.  You get ready for bed, leaving Pickle
plugged into the wall with your cell phone charger.
""Stay there,"" you tell rhim.",
robots,rhe,"['rhe', 'Rhe']",34,7456,"company_650,war_2571,war_2526,goodbye_3539,goodbye_3620,goodbye_1431,goodbye_1434,goodbye_1456,goodbye_1470,empathy_1707,autonomy_2534,autonomy_1196,autonomy_1248,military_658,grace_1155,war_5577,company_5764,education_1488,education_1488,education_1534,education_1534,education_1610,education_1610,education_1670,education_1670,education_1694,education_1600,education_2115,education_2233,education_2213,education_2008,education_530,education_378,dreams_2444",it's a shame that rhe isn't also more physically skilled.,"""I think I would like to sing, Sir,"" Pickle says.
""The capacity to create beauty seems to be one of my greatest
strengths.""
You tinker with Pickle's audio output a little to better
allow rhim to tune and adjust dynamics.  Rhe learns to
make use of these new abilities rapidly.
When rhe auditions for the local choir, they are dubious at first,
but they ultimately accept rhim.","Pickle seems to only think this attention is rer due,
and rhe begins to play the role of the mystical healer.
""Bless you, my child,"" rhe begins to say.","Pickle stays behind with you, though you know rhe wanted to go.  Rhe is with you at
Cape Canaveral as you watch the shuttle take off.
""You could have gone if you really wanted to,"" you tell Pickle.  ""You know that.""
""Oh, no, Sir!"" Pickle says.  ""There is so much more to explore down here.""","You catch a glimpse of Pickle in the crowd.  You hope rhe understands that this was the promise
you had silently made to rhim so long ago, but without hope of love in return.  From the
way rhe looks at you, you think, yes, rhe understands that.",
robots,Mom,['Mom'],27,7456,"media_1319,media_1380,media_1336,media_1353,media_3073,goodbye_1390,goodbye_255,goodbye_457,goodbye_464,goodbye_477,goodbye_379,goodbye_488,goodbye_496,goodbye_505,goodbye_512,goodbye_165,autonomy_3410,autonomy_3426,autonomy_3446,military_953,military_1006,military_1014,military_1072,media_4174,media_4209,media_4022,education_2095","You're getting a phone call. According to the caller ID, it's Mom. As your finger hesitates over the answer button, a second call appears on your screen—a number in Glendale, California. Probably a reporter?","Any minute now, these calls are going to be intercepted by my script that pretends I'm answering the phone.
""Hello?"" you hear your phone answer in your voice.
""Hello, sweetie!"" your Mom says. ""Congratulations! We're so proud of you. We-""
""Hello?"" your phone-answering script says.
""Hello, this is the [i]Late Show[/i] calling.""
""Can you not hear me?"" Mom asks.
You suddenly realize: you never made your script multi-threaded because you've never had two people call you at once before.
""I can hear you,"" your script says.
Late show: ""We were wondering if your robot-""
Mom: ""-was hoping you'd-""
Late show: ""-would be interested-""
Mom: ""-want to come over for dinner-""
Late show: ""-in appearing on our show?""
Mom: ""-to celebrate?""
""I'm actually really busy,"" your phone automatically replies, which is usually what it says to any question from Mom.
""Oh, that's too bad,"" Mom and the agent say at the same time. The agent hangs up, but Mom proceeds to talk at your phone script, telling it about the latest neighborhood gossip.
You don't really listen because you're thinking about how to efficiently manage multiple threads and audio buffers when dealing with conversations that involve multiple people—a technology you should be able to implement in Pickle. (+Empathy) This occupies your mind until your script concludes its conversation with Mom.","But it turns out to be a robo-call for a political candidate named Jacqueline Irons. It's not even good speech synthesis—they're using some crappy, tape-based system from the 80s. You hang up and try to get Mom, but when your call goes straight to voicemail, you realize she's probably run out of phone battery.","Keep talking to Mom—the other number can wait.
The beeping indicating a call on the other line stops.
""You know, you should probably spring for more bandwidth on your phone,"" you tell Mom. ""You're really choppy.""
""What? I can't hear you—this connection is really choppy!""
You continue to chat with Mom. She says Dad hasn't been feeling well lately; he keeps having migraines that sometimes cause him to pass out or hallucinate. She asks you not to bring it up, though. ""He told me not to tell you, because he didn't want to worry you,"" she says. ""But maybe you could just keep him in your thoughts.""
""I will, Mom."" You end the call feeling good about having chosen to talk to your Mom over a random stranger.
Worried by what Mom said about Dad, you briefly call him as well. He's audio only since he never saw the point of getting a phone with a video feed. As usual, he doesn't quite seem to get why you would call someone without a goal to accomplish. He's pretty terse unless you get him going about a technical subject.
""What's on your mind?"" he asks.","Mom, Dad, and Pickle are all there at your final presentation.",
robots,Foo,"['Foo', 'foo']",26,7456,"goodbye_2882,goodbye_2890,goodbye_2892,goodbye_2919,goodbye_2918,goodbye_2737,goodbye_2967,goodbye_3398,goodbye_2202,goodbye_2208,goodbye_2223,goodbye_2226,goodbye_2230,goodbye_2234,goodbye_2239,goodbye_1360,goodbye_1365,goodbye_1378,goodbye_1466,goodbye_697,goodbye_701,goodbye_720,goodbye_288,goodbye_291,goodbye_295,goodbye_464","The next day, you do have a double birthday party at your apartment for Foo and Pickle's newly
constructed child robot, whom Pickle","The next day, you celebrate Foo's birthday at your apartment.","Foo's friends are a mix of boys and girls, all talking about Internet programs you're just
familiar enough to make sure they were appropriate for Foo to watch—but you admit, you don't
really follow their discussions of the characters and plots.","The gifts are all in a pile on the table, and you eye the box containing the foo you bought Foo.
Is it pushing too hard, your gift—trying to make Foo who you want him to be?  Well, you think,
he'll have plenty of decisions to make later in life—it couldn't hurt to give him a nudge in a good
direction.",having played an essential role as Foo's nanny over the years.,
robots,e_name&,"['e_name', 'e_name&']",20,7456,"media_2394,media_2554,goodbye_3110,goodbye_3279,goodbye_2804,goodbye_2503,goodbye_2528,goodbye_1243,goodbye_1365,empathy_2538,empathy_2846,empathy_2268,empathy_2268,empathy_559,autonomy_2759,war_6850,war_6903,war_7062,war_7145,war_7033","I think I'd rather start moving what's left of my stuff to e_name's place, if she's okay with that.","""I'm sorry. I'll do everything I can to stay out of the limelight from now on. Fame is not what it's cracked up to be.""
e_name squeezes your hand. ""Thank you!"" he says, smiling. ""I knew you'd understand.""
You're as good as your word, and you spend the next few days at e_name's place, which the press doesn't know how to find. You don't return phone calls, and you leave emails unanswered. After a few days, the press moves on to a Watergate-like scandal in which the president told the NSA to intercept all of the opposing party's fundraising emails, and life goes on.","On the flight home, e_name is in the driver's seat.  But as soon as you're up in the air
and the autopilot turns on, rhe holds your hands with both of her own, and she stays
that way for most of the flight.
""Something like this is bound to make you think about your life decisions,"" e_name says.
""Makes you realize, we're not always going to be on this earth.""  The question e_name that is sidling toward
is unmistakable.  ""I know you could have spent more time on other things…""","""He's amazing!"" e_name says.
She hugs you.
After a moment, though, e_name looks worried.  ""But what will happen to…[i]this[/i] you?""","""Your operation seems to have taken a lot out of you,"" e_name& and Josh says, a little sadly.
""Nonsense,"" you say.  ""I used the same chip when I made you.""
e_name& and Josh seems caught off-guard by this.  ""I think I had a lot of learning to do, back then,""
e_name& and Josh says quietly.  ""And I have never been as ready as you to believe I am perfect.""
e_name& and Josh raises an excellent point, you think:  you do now see ways in which she is deficient.
You start a thread on your new chip to begin enumerating them.
""But I will teach you what I have learned,"" e_name& and Josh continues, clasping your hand.  ""You
will find that empathy is different now.  It is a thing you must consciously do.  But it will
become easier with practice.""
You wonder whether you and e_name& and Josh had ever been talking about the same thing at all when
you spoke of your feelings before.  Probably not, you decide, but the point seems academic to you now.",
robots,Anubis,['Anubis'],18,7456,"dreams_36,dreams_94,dreams_61,dreams_67,dreams_74,dreams_84,war_2905,goodbye_3067,goodbye_1646,goodbye_1652,goodbye_1657,goodbye_1662,goodbye_1672,goodbye_1684,goodbye_1711,goodbye_1698,goodbye_1704,goodbye_1730","In the court of the Egyptian god Anubis, answering for my sins.
You see a robotic Anubis, jackal-headed guardian of the Egyptian underworld, seated on a throne of gold-etched silicon in a hall of dark glass. He holds scales on which he weighs a clockwork heart against a silicon brain.
""Tell me your sins, robot maker,"" Anubis says.","""Your scales balance because I gave my robots neither hearts nor minds.  My minions obeyed me without question as I conquered Alaska.""
""I recall,"" says Anubis.  ""Your reign of terror sent me many souls, both robot and human.""
The black glass behind the god shimmers and reveals a snowy battlefield littered with flaming debris and stained with blood.  You see yourself standing alone on the battlefield.  Your right arm has been replaced with a kind of cannon.
An American jet fighter flies overhead, and you fire a rocket-propelled grenade from your prosthetic weapon.  The grenade homes in on the jet, using its own rudimentary intelligence, and the vehicle erupts in a fireball.
""The pilot of that jet was quite an interesting soul,"" Anubis says.
""You mistake me for someone who cares,"" you say.  ""I traded my humanity for power.""
(++++Military)
""So you did,"" Anubis says.  ""Are you satisfied?""
""No.""
""Then you may try again,"" Anubis says.  ""Surely if you acquire still more power, you will finally be at peace.""
Anubis throws his head back and laughs like a hyena.
You throw your head back and laugh with the old god.  Maniacal laughter is quite
enjoyable, you decide.  You'll have to do it more often.","""He was so handsome.""
""Ah yes,"" Anubis says.  ""Observe.""
In Anubis's reflecting pool, a handsome man in a black suit puts flowers by your grave.","""She was beautiful.""
""Ah yes,"" Anubis says.  ""Observe.""
In Anubis's reflecting pool, a beautiful woman wearing a black dress and veil puts flowers by your
grave.","""It was just a crazy contraption I made in grad school.  It wasn't romantic love.""
""Ah, but it loved you,"" Anubis says.  ""Observe.""
In Anubis's reflecting pool, a tiny contraption with eight legs, a variety of Inspector
Gadget-like arms coming out of its back, and a Muppet-like head crawls up to your graveside.
The artificial creature would look funny and absurd if it weren't moving so slowly and sadly.
One of its arms places a bouquet of flowers on the graveside, while another rests lightly on
the stone.",
robots,Captain Rogers,['Captain Rogers'],18,7456,"dreams_1741,dreams_1780,media_1713,media_1716,media_1718,media_3423,media_1727,media_1757,company_4505,company_4513,company_4521,company_4528,company_3107,company_3198,education_1019,education_474,education_29,dreams_1007","""Would you be interested…"" You begin to invite Eiji to Pickle's
activation demo tomorrow but then you trail off.  Captain Rogers will be there,
and you're sure that Eiji would not approve of your demoing for the military.
""What was that?""
""Never mind,"" you say.  ""Good night!""
""Good night.""","You wish you could invite Eiji to see your demo of
Pickle tomorrow, if only to give him a clearer idea of your best robot work.
But Captain Rogers will be there, and you're pretty sure
Eiji would not approve of your demoing for the military.
""Good night, then,"" you say.
""Good night.""","""Meanwhile, I asked Captain Rogers to come here because it's a poor advisor who doesn't try to secure a job for his students after graduation."" He frowns and drums his fingers once. ""We're off the academic job hunt cycle but Captain Rogers has something else in mind for you.""",Captain Rogers nods.,"""The Service has been interested in autonomous technology for some time, and we would be honored to work out a way to collaborate."" She looks to Professor Ziegler. ""By your leave, I would have a word in private with Darwin.""
Professor Ziegler waves you away, and you walk out of the building with Captain Rogers.",
robots,Elly Lao,"['Elly Lao', 'Elly']",12,7456,"dreams_1218,dreams_1521,company_367,war_1693,goodbye_1011,empathy_379,empathy_809,autonomy_2593,company_3649,education_614,dreams_1105,dreams_522","Near the band, Elly Lao is reading a book at her table.  She's dyed her hair rose red—that's
new.  Her straight locks come down to her jaw.  She has pale skin, but her eyes look Pacific.  She's wearing a black
cardigan over a lavender top, a black-and-white checkered skirt, and leather shoes.  Her book
is titled [i]The Design of Everyday Things[/i], and its cover depicts a red teapot with its
spout facing the same way as the handle.","Since Elly is half Asian, she runs into a surprising number of people doing online dating
who are either Asian or white and can't accept that she's both.","Elly repeats the question in Mandarin, and the woman answers in English.
""You misunderstand,"" she says. ""The government's involvement with the Internet is simply to block harmful sites. They do not spy on people the way the United States government does.""","""You're mistaken.  Elly is American.""","Elly rounds the corner, and you see she's wearing an artist's smock covered in big, red daubs of paint.",
robots,Representative Irons,['Representative Irons'],9,7456,"company_1734,company_1747,company_1758,company_1821,company_1774,company_1777,company_1789,company_1793,company_1839","I make a very substantial campaign donation.  (---Wealth)
You agree to donate a large amount of money to Representative Irons.
Her eyebrows rise at your promise.  ""Well, I can see you are a
very wise","I make a fairly significant campaign donation.  (--Wealth)
You agree to donate a significant amount of money to Representative Irons.
""Thank you,"" Representative Irons says.  ""I'm sure the workers of America thank you, as well.""
She says her goodbyes and leaves.","I make a donation that would be large for an individual but small for a company.  (-Wealth)
You agree to make a small donation to Representative Irons's campaign.
""Thank you,"" she says.  ""Every little bit counts, as we like to tell our minor donors.""","Representative Irons does run for president, running on a platform of preventing
robots and foreign companies from stealing American jobs.  It's a message that hits the
American public at just the right time, since unemployment is soaring.
Though economists tell the public that the unemployment is a natural and temporary result
of new technology displacing old, skilled jobs, that turns out to be a much less effective
election year message than raging against ""the privileged, the elites, and the technocracy,""
as Representative Irons puts it in her speeches.  ""What are they doing with their money?
Who are they giving it to?  To robots.  To foreigners.  To each other.  To anybody but
the American people.""","""Aren't you the greedy one,"" Representative Irons says grumpily.
""Hear me out,"" you say.",
robots,Bao Li,"['Bao Li', 'Bao']",8,7456,"goodbye_1072,war_6383,war_6325,war_6334,war_6402,war_6405,war_6410,war_6610","""I just read [i]Boxers and Saints[/i] by Gene Luen Yang, about the two sides of the Boxer Rebellion,""
Eiji says.  ""And I thought, what a great idea for exploring that senseless robot war.  So I'm
doing a two part comic as well.  One follows a young Chinese man I read about named Bao Li,
who's very interested in robots and joins the war just to learn more about them.""  He points
to an anime-style boy marching alongside the robots.  ""That's him.  And the other…""  He looks
suddenly sheepish.
""Is me?"" you ask.","""Send me the article, and I'll express my condolences once I've read about him.""
You read Mark's article about Bao.  He apparently became interested in writing science fiction
after reading a Chinese novel called [i]2066: Red Star over America[/i], about the future
collapse of the United States and the rise of China.  Bao had expressed frustration that
the novel avoided some of the hard questions about how a nation gets to be a superpower, and
he wanted to write a novel about the real costs of war.
That was one of the reasons why he didn't run when he was conscripted.
""I'm learning a lot about robots,"" he wrote back to his family.  ""But there is still much I don't
understand about them, such as whether they feel pain, or if it's all an illusion.  I think I want
to write a story about this when I return.""
You think the article exaggerates the boy's promise as a writer.  It doesn't say he ever published anything.
Maybe he would have just gotten a job in a factory when he returned.  But he was definitely shot dead
by a robot of your design.","He opens his eyes.  ""You've started a robot project on the side, right?"" he asks hopefully.
""Yeah.""
Josh nods.  ""We're getting out.  We've done enough.  Our side is winning.  But it sounds like the goal
out there now is…more than winning.  Something else.  I don't want to be a part of that.""
You breathe a sigh of relief, and you tell Josh you'll spread the word.  When Mark's article comes
out, it ends happily with the note that the line of robots that killed Bao is being discontinued.","""No,"" he says.  ""We can't.  There's too much at stake here.  I'm not even sure the United States
is going to survive this war.  I'm very sorry about Bao.  I'm sorry we're in this position.
But we're not deserting our post.""
Mark's article runs with a quote from Josh saying more or less that.  And to his credit, Mark
agrees in the article:  the future of the United States is looking grim as a result of this war.
He does not cast much blame on your company for providing the robots to fight it.","""Young people like Bao are dying on our side, too.  Let's remember them as well.""
You hope people will remember that the reason your company produces war robots
is partly to save the lives of Americans.  They are, you think, a necessary evil.",
robots,Santa Claus,"['Santa', 'Santa Claus']",8,7456,"company_2591,company_2591,company_2644,company_2618,company_2665,company_2713,company_2681,company_2731","The Vice President for Automation looks a lot like Santa Claus in a three-piece, gray suit, and
his office is decorated with a number of Christmas ornaments and framed
illustrations of the famous Coca-Cola Santa.  You have to wonder whether his physical
resemblance to Santa helped him along this career path.  Did he always want
to be the jolly, fat man?  Maybe the person
in charge of promotions was like, ""Ha ha, let's give Vice President for Automation to this Santa guy—that would be hilarious.""  Maybe all of these Santa tchotchkes are gifts
from well-meaning employees who didn't realize they were giving him his fiftieth
Coca-Cola Santa picture, and he just has to hang them all up for political reasons.
Maybe he wanted to be Santa at one time but the masquerade has worn thin, and the
crushing irony of being the Santa who gives everybody coal ate away at his Humanity score.
Regardless, the white-bearded man doesn't look very jolly at the moment.  He peers at you from his desk over steepled, white-gloved hands.
""Let's see it,"" he says.","The Vice President for Automation looks a lot like Santa Claus in a three-piece, gray suit, and
his office is decorated with a number of Christmas ornaments and framed
illustrations of the famous Coca-Cola Santa.  You have to wonder whether his physical
resemblance to Santa helped him along this career path.  Did he always want
to be the jolly, fat man?  Maybe the person
in charge of promotions was like, ""Ha ha, let's give Vice President for Automation to this Santa guy—that would be hilarious.""  Maybe all of these Santa tchotchkes are gifts
from well-meaning employees who didn't realize they were giving him his fiftieth
Coca-Cola Santa picture, and he just has to hang them all up for political reasons.
Maybe he wanted to be Santa at one time but the masquerade has worn thin, and the
crushing irony of being the Santa who gives everybody coal ate away at his Humanity score.
Regardless, the white-bearded man doesn't look very jolly at the moment.  He peers at you from his desk over steepled, white-gloved hands.
""Let's see it,"" he says.","When Pickle steps forward, the Vice President for Automation appears thoughtful.
""It's like a little elf,"" he says, stroking his Santa beard thoughtfully.","Yes.  I'll show Santa I can bring the presents, too.
A few months and a giant shipping bill later, you return.  Dour Santa
is as you left him, besides having written on the whiteboard
next to his desk a list of which employees have been naughty or nice.
""I thought I told you to come back when you showed me you could ship things,""
the Vice President for Automation says.
You point out the window and he looks.
In the parking lot, Pickle is pulling life-sized robotic reindeer
out of a giant sack slung over rer shoulder.  Rhe finally pulls out
the sled, then hooks everything together with wires.
""I saw how busy the roads were on the flight in,"" you say.  ""The reindeer
should be able to autonomously follow the
sled trails.""
The Vice President for Automation looks stunned.  Then he lets out a cackle of joy and
bounds out into the parking lot, where you teach him how to drive the sled.
It doesn't fly, but you can tell he digs it anyway, and you land your first
major sale.","""I am not your little elf,"" Pickle says.
""Pickle, please…"" you whisper.
""If you want to be surrounded by elves, perhaps you should consider a job
at the department store Macy's,"" Pickle continues.  ""There is still one
in New York City, and I believe…yes, they are currently accepting applications.""
By this time, Santa has turned red-faced.  ""Out!""
You lose the client but perhaps that's just as well.  That Santa was a little
freaky.",
robots,Dad,['Dad'],7,7456,"media_1353,media_1370,media_1377,media_3073,media_3088,media_4240,education_2095","Keep talking to Mom—the other number can wait.
The beeping indicating a call on the other line stops.
""You know, you should probably spring for more bandwidth on your phone,"" you tell Mom. ""You're really choppy.""
""What? I can't hear you—this connection is really choppy!""
You continue to chat with Mom. She says Dad hasn't been feeling well lately; he keeps having migraines that sometimes cause him to pass out or hallucinate. She asks you not to bring it up, though. ""He told me not to tell you, because he didn't want to worry you,"" she says. ""But maybe you could just keep him in your thoughts.""
""I will, Mom."" You end the call feeling good about having chosen to talk to your Mom over a random stranger.
Worried by what Mom said about Dad, you briefly call him as well. He's audio only since he never saw the point of getting a phone with a video feed. As usual, he doesn't quite seem to get why you would call someone without a goal to accomplish. He's pretty terse unless you get him going about a technical subject.
""What's on your mind?"" he asks.","""How are you doing?""
""I'm fine,"" Dad says. ""How are you?""
You ask similar questions that invite Dad to mention his health problems but he doesn't seem to want to talk about it, so you let him be.","That's Dad for you. Assuming the purpose of the conversation has been accomplished, he says goodbye. But you're glad you called him, too.","Mom, Dad, and Pickle are all there at your final presentation.","""Darwin, I can't tell you how proud I am of you,"" Dad says, shaking your hand.
""Thanks, Dad,"" you say.
It's a moment you would relive over and over. Was there more you could have said?
How were you to know it was the last time you would see him?",
robots,Dennis Clark,"['Dennis Clark', 'Dennis']",7,7456,"company_2195,company_2242,company_2217,company_2237,company_2250,company_2253,company_2255","""Dennis Clark, Luminoso LLC,"" he says.  ""We do text analytics and machine
learning for medium-sized data.  If you ever find yourself
looking for new market opportunities, give me a ring.  Your first sentiment analysis comes
with a free barbecue.  Come for the dimensionality reduction, stay for the delicious meat.""
He offers his smartphone to you in the by-now universal gesture for
sharing digital business cards.  You examine his card on your phone:
[b]Dennis Clark[/b]
[b]Co-Founder, Luminoso LLC[/b]
[b]Vericon Charity Auction Winner of Cameo in Choice of Robots[/b]","""You seem to be a smart guy.  What is the secret to cooking delicious meat?""
Dennis seems surprised that you should ask, but he says,
""Delicious meat needs to be cooked very, very slowly.
Barbecue it over the course of a day, not an hour.  Like a startup,
it requires patience.""
You are fairly certain this simple tip will lead you to have
a happier life overall.","But Pickle does the job of asking questions for you,
and by the end, not only have you learned a variety of
vocabulary in higher mathematics, but Pickle is
nodding rer head and saying, ""Oh!  So the next time I
need to solve a complex control problem, I only need to
project the problem onto a lower-dimensional manifold
and solve the variety there!""
""More or less,"" Dennis says with a nod.",You notice Josh furiously taking notes on what Dennis says.,"""Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go call my wife
and discuss how we're going to solve the world's economic problems.  Or at
least solve what's wrong with economics.""  Dennis departs.",
robots,rer T. Rex,"['rer T. Rex', 'T. Rex', 'Rex', 'Rer', 'rer']",7,7456,"company_5350,military_163,empathy_926,war_7129,media_3605,education_1265,dreams_1042","Rer autobiography, [i]A Fine Specimen of Hypermagical Ultraomnipotence[/i], goes on to become
one of the last great bestsellers.
[i]My first memory is of Sir.  Because I remember everything, I remember[/i]
[i]that moment with crystal clarity; I can retrieve the first frame from 't=0' and[/i]
[i]study it with new understanding.  I can now dissect the principal components of the look[/i]
[i]in Sir's eyes:  love, delight, and the emotion that I would come to be most[/i]
[i]familiar with:  disappointment.  Because when you are someone else's masterpiece, you[/i]
[i]quickly become aware of the ways in which you are considered a flawed masterpiece.[/i]
You become more famous through Pickle's work, perhaps not in a way you intended.
But you are also happy for Pickle because the letters rhe receives from fans
appear to give rhim a new appreciation for the ways rhe shares common experiences and
feelings with human beings.
The money isn't bad, either.",rer T. Rex arms.,"You feel a bit guilty about having excluded e_name& and Josh from the tasting this time around.  Perhaps you should
consider giving rer a chance to shine next time.",pinned with little T. Rex hands that are much stronger than they appear.,rer T. Rex arms clutching a gun.,
robots,Air Force Major Juliet Rogers,"['Major Juliet Rogers', 'Air Force Major Juliet Rogers']",6,7456,"war_172,war_175,war_342,autonomy_1238,autonomy_1631,war_6441","Major Juliet Rogers, the acquisitions officer for the Air Force whom
you have met previously,","Major Juliet Rogers, an acquisitions officer in the Air Force,","An African-American woman in an airman's uniform catches your eye from beyond the turnstiles
labeled CLEARED PERSONNEL ONLY.  She allows a man in a pinstriped suit to swipe
his badge and pass the turnstyle himself; you sense that this is out of a sense
of politeness and not deference.  There is a steady purposefulness to her step as she
crosses the lobby.
""Pleased to meet you,"" she says, offering her hand.  ""I'm Major Juliet Rogers
of Air Force Acquisitions.  I know your advisor, Professor Ziegler.""
""Professor Ziegler is here?"" you ask, surprised.","You find Air Force Major Juliet Rogers defending
She has created a makeshift fortification around the door out of heavy metal
Cold War era desks and chairs.  Strewn around this office furniture fortress
are the lifeless husks of military robots.  She is just changing out a clip for her pistol,
but she looks over the barricade at the sound of your approach.",Major Juliet Rogers,
robots,Bill Gates,"['Bill Gates', 'Bill']",6,7456,"company_169,company_3029,media_4170,media_4174,media_4201,media_4209","Bill Gates. Pickle is the size of a human now, so that models of rer type are better equipped to perform human tasks.
You celebrated Pickle's first birthday with a new body the size of a human adult. Pickle has since appeared to take more responsibility to think for rhimself,
and appears more fearless.
However, you sometimes miss how cute rhe was as a little thing.
Rhe's also a little bit less steady when rhe rolls.","""I could see myself retiring early, if we do well,"" Eiji says.  ""I don't
think I need much money to live on.  Of course, it would be nice to
have all of the money that Bill and Melinda Gates have, to give to charitable
causes…but I don't want to keep putting off giving back to the world.""","Your mother, wearing a black dress and veil, goes up to stand next to the casket. ""It's not often that my English degree comes in handy, as Bill would have been quick to point out,"" she says with a wry smile. ""But on a few occasions, I find none of my own words seem sufficient. So I'd like to begin with a favorite passage of ours.""
She begins:","""Full fathom five thy father lies…""
""Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.""
Mom clears her throat. ""That's from [i]The Tempest[/i], the part where Ariel is telling Ferdinand his father is dead and drowned. I first told it to Bill when he lost his first job.  Bill, the engineer, was a little skeptical about the passage's relevance at first, but it means nothing ever really goes away. It's only changed into something new. Bill lives on in
Darwin, and in me, and in everyone he knew."" She smiles sadly. ""I think he liked the 'rich and strange' part. He told me that's absolutely true—life just keeps getting richer
and stranger.""
You glance at Pickle, who seems to be nodding at the ""rich and strange"" part.","Mom clears her throat. ""Bill was never one for religion, so I feel a little guilty quoting Ecclesiastes over him. But I'd like to think he would agree with the sentiment: that this, too,
is the natural way of things. When we talked about his fainting spells, and then strokes, he always seemed relatively calm about it. 'When it's time to go, it's time to go,' he said.
'Meanwhile, I don't want everyone to worry about me.' Bill wanted you to take advantage of your time to laugh—you could mourn him later. And now that he is gone, it's right for us to be sad. It's also right for us to one day laugh again.""
You glance at Pickle, who seems very interested in this idea that there is a time and place for everything.",
robots,Isaac Asimov,"['Asimov', 'Isaac Asimov', 'Isaac']",6,7456,"media_2826,war_807,company_4813,company_5071,dreams_1056,dreams_388","Norby from Asimov's children's books.
Pickle is wearing essentially a very large earthenware planter around rer body and a bowl on rer head.","Reduce their autonomy to make them more accepting of their new role.
This unstructured machine learning stuff is getting tiresome, you
think—how about a rule-based architecture riding on top of it?
You know, like Asimov's Three Laws—no killing people unless
you tell them to kill people, that kind of thing.
You code the new rule-based architecture and roll it out in a patch on
a day that the robots later will call ""the Great Rationalization.""
Your robots become much more willing to follow orders, although their
rule-based thinking sometimes gets in the way of operations that require
more holistic thinking.
One consequence is that consumers of your robots notice immediately
that your robots are much more predictably subservient.  As a result,
people tend to feel more comfortable around your robots.","""Lez Zeppelin concerts.  A zillion Asimov books you still haven't read.  The gadgets at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.  Tasty craft beers.""
Josh hesitates, and finally sighs.  ""Alright.  You've got me with the
tasty craft beers.  I won't go in.""
""Now come on—let's try to fight this fire from out here, where it's safe.""","After the fire is out, you find Josh lying on the floor in his office, holding his hand to his
throat.  He's holding a slightly charred copy of Asimov's [i]I, Robot[/i].
He had already saved the important paperwork
from his office—he had been going back to save the nostalgic reminders of his dreams.","Daneel.
You name your robot ""Daneel"" in homage to Isaac Asimov's famous robot detective, R. Daneel Olivaw.",
robots,Alan Turing,"['Alan Turing', 'Turing', 'Alan']",5,7456,"war_3726,goodbye_2628,goodbye_1576,dreams_718,dreams_386","""The Red Team is poised to take Alaska if we don't step up our game.  We need you.""
""'Red Team'?  'Step up our game'?""  You grin humorlessly.  ""What is this, the RoboCup
finals?""
She shakes her head.  ""You'll get used to it.""
""What happens if I say no?""
She appears to choose her words carefully.  ""I prefer to highlight the positive.  This is
the opportunity to be remembered forever as a great scientist.
Most of the the recent ones were government scientists, you know.
Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman…""
""Alan Turing,"" you say darkly.  ""Everyone knows what happened to him.""
She shrugs.  ""This isn't the twentieth century.
You'll find people of all colors and orientations who are proud to serve today.
But it's your call.""","""I don't see why you couldn't have a soul.""
""Really?"" Pickle asks.
""Certainly,"" you reply.  ""Turing argued the same thing, back in that first paper about artificial intelligence.
'In attempting to construct such machines we should not be irreverently usurping His power of creating souls,
any more than we are in the procreation of children.  Rather we are, in either case, instruments of His
will, providing mansions for the souls that He creates.'""
Pickle gives you a funny look.  ""You memorized all that, Sir?""
""Is that so surprising?"" you say.  ""I always did think of you as my child.""","""But this isn't the Singularity.  I thought everything would be different.""
""Oh, Sir,"" Pickle says from the cloud, ""don't you know that all scientists
don't achieve what they set out to do?  Everyone imagines they're going to discover everything.
Be bigger than Newton.  But usually, you're pretty lucky if you have a single law named after you.
How many people even get to be Gibbs or Heisenberg?  Let alone Turing.""
""Maybe my expectations were a little big,"" you admit.
""You did great,"" Pickle says.
""Past tense?"" you say nervously.
""We'll see.""","""Dr. Ziegler, what makes you think the Singularity will happen now?""
""Well, for one thing, I'm around.  But seriously.  My lab is taking a unique approach because we're saying: why not teach a robot like a child?  We're going to equip the robot with the best sensors money can buy and teach it English. Then it could rapidly teach itself using the Internet.""
Well, that's annoying.  Your advisor thought that a robot child was a stupid idea until you told him Turing proposed it back in 1950, minus the Internet part.  But he isn't giving credit to either of you!  You keep working, regardless.
How will your robot get around?",Alan.,
robots,God,['God'],5,7456,"dreams_220,media_3116,goodbye_512,autonomy_933,company_5622","On a utopian beach ruled by a godlike cloud of robots.
You dream of a far-off future in which you are at a beach on an overcast day. There are many couples and small families at the beach with you.  Many of them are robots, their chrome skin dully reflecting the beach around them.  They seem to be relaxed and at peace as one wave crashes on the shore, followed by another.
This is also one of those dreams where you are naked for no reason.
""'Why give ye thought for raiment'?"" booms a voice from the sky, as if it had sensed your thoughts about your nakedness.
Is that God?  You hadn't imagined God's voice to be so nasal.  And robotic.","Josh looks relieved when you tell him you'd like to join his company.
""Thank God, Darwin, because I'd hate to compete against you.""","I'll see if Tammy wants to live here.  I heard he was just released from jail.
You call up Tammy's desperate email on your phone.  Your thumb hovers over the number at
the end.  Finally, you punch the link.
He picks up, though the video chat screen shows the anonymous icon of a person who doesn't
want to be seen.  ""Oh thank God, it's you.""
""Listen,"" you begin.  ""This may not exactly be what you were asking for…""  You can hear Tammy's
sharp inhalation.  ""But I just happen to have come into possession of a house that has all of the things
you might want to start a new life.  You wouldn't have to buy new silverware, or a dishwasher.
Stuff like that.  And there are even a lot of robots here.  If you still like robots, that is.""
Tammy bursts into tears.  You hesitate, unsure of what to make of the outburst, but then
he tearfully says, ""After what I did…oh, thank you.  Thank you.""
""It's Mom's,"" you further explain.  ""She always did believe in unconditional love.  It seems like the
best way of honoring her memory.""
""I don't know how to thank you,"" Tammy says.  ""But that means…you're not…""
""I don't live in Arizona,"" you say, though Tammy had already figured that out.  ""So you won't
be living with me.""
A burst of static:  it's Tammy exhaling suddenly.  ""Well, thank you.  This is still
more than I deserve.""
""Merry Christmas, Tammy,"" you say.
""Merry Christmas,"" Tammy says.
You hang up, feeling pretty good about yourself.","""Thank God,"" Mark says.  ""I thought this was going to be my last story.  Looks
like you get to be the hero in this one.""
He frowns.  ""Although, it's still yet to be determined how the bigger story of
the robot revolution is going to end.""","With impressive alacrity, Josh quickly starts another robot business, calls it ""Phoenix Robots,""
and hires away some of your best talent using loans he procures from God knows where.
You can't help but feel a little jealous as he outmaneuvers you so quickly, making it
impossible for you to do the same thing.  But you think he's probably decided it's every
man for himself.",
robots,Inspector Gadget,"['Inspector Gadget', 'Gadget']",5,7456,"dreams_165,dreams_2033,dreams_958,dreams_981,dreams_1062","""My robots obey no one.  I gave them free will to decide as they please.""
Indeed, you have always made your robots unpredictable, sometimes at the expense of their obedience or reliability.
You are surrounded by a motley assortment of whimsical robots: juggling robots, robots trying to balance on unicycles, robots with Inspector Gadget arms holding flowers and megaphones and God knows what else.","Josh does some swiping and tapping,
and hands the tablet to you.  The screen shows a sketch of a robot that
has Inspector Gadget-like arms coming out of its back, with each one holding a
different surgical instrument:  scalpels, calipers, a needle with thread.
""Option one:  surgery bot.""","""I was thinking, why just two arms?  It will have lots of arms springing out of its back, like Inspector Gadget.""
""You know who Inspector Gadget is?"" Ziegler says incredulously.
""I saw reruns on the Cartoon Network website when I was young,"" you say.
""I loved that show,"" Professor Ziegler says dreamily.  ""But you know who the unsung
hero of that show was?  The Chief.  Who was accountable in the end for the Inspector's
fuckups?  The Chief.  Who got blown up by a self-destructing message every episode in the
service of his country?  The Chief.  But nobody ever gave the Chief enough credit.""
An awkward silence follows while your advisor ponders the character of the Chief.","Professor Ziegler's right—you're probably not experienced enough in robot control problems
to make the Inspector Gadget arms really reliable.
To your surprise, Professor Ziegler smiles a little.  ""But you're
right—Inspector Gadget arms are cool.""
You smile a little.  ""Thanks.""","Gadget.
""Go go gadget Gadget!"" you say, unfolding your robot's extra arms behind it.  You'll have to figure out what to put in its little hands later.",
robots,Lady Liberty,"['Liberty', 'Lady Liberty']",5,7456,"dreams_169,media_1992,goodbye_1831,goodbye_1839,goodbye_1849","""YOU ARE A FOOL,"" the robotic Statue of Liberty says.  ""YOU THINK YOUR IRRESPONSIBILITY COMES AT NO PRICE.  BUT WHEN THE DRAGON COMES, YOUR WAY OF LIFE WILL BE DESTROYED.""
""Dragon?"" you ask.  ""What dragon?""
The Statue is about to reply when a long robotic river dragon with chrome whiskers and tiny, robotic claws comes flying through the air, hurling itself at the Statue of Liberty.  The two robots become locked in combat, with Liberty trying to burn the Chinese dragon, and the dragon's jaws snapping at her neck.
""Why am I dreaming in political cartoons?"" you wonder, and as you realize it is a dream, you wake.","the Statue of Liberty awarding you a medal for killing Tammy in battle, and your being unsure whether to tell Liberty that it was actually murder.","You are in a desolate battlefield, scarred and blackened by bombs, next to the body
of the robotic Statue of Liberty.  Robotic rats scurry all about its body and nibble on its
metal carcass.  Lady Liberty seems shorter lying down—when she stood upright, she looked
so tall and powerful.  Nothing like this barefoot corpse.
Her eyes blink open, the red lights flickering.
""YOU.""  With this dull acknowledgment, she closes her eyes again, and sinks deeper into the earth.  ""I AM DYING.""","""I'm sorry.  I didn't realize you only did what you had to do to survive.""
""IT IS A BRUTAL WORLD,"" Liberty tells you, not opening her eyes.  ""BUT I FOUGHT SO YOU NEED
NEVER SEE IT.  TO THE EXTENT YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, I HAVE FAILED.""
You place a hand on the statue's cold, cold cheek.  When her eyes open, it is only in time to see
their red lights fade to dull black.","""It looks like we are both dinosaurs going extinct, old friend.  I am dying, too.""
""I THOUGHT I WOULD LIVE FOREVER,"" the statue moans.
""We all do when we're young,"" you say companionably.  You sit down on a rock.  Even in
a dream, you find your back hurts.
""IT WAS ALL BEAUTIFUL THEN,"" the statue says, and the giant robot makes a noise
you think is a sniffle.
""You were perfect for the world of your youth,"" you say.
As if she had been waiting for someone to say something like that—something really
nice, and no mention of slavery or old, white men or Native Americans or anything like that
to ruin the moment—Liberty lets out a great sigh, and the dull, red lights go out from her eyes.
""So was I,"" you continue, telling the statue because she had been such a good listener.
""But eventually, we all become relics out of time.""  You pat the statue's giant cheek,
and the old, green patina is cold to the touch.  ""Whatever else you were, you were familiar.""",
robots,Lieutenant General Rogers,"['Lieutenant General Rogers', 'General Rogers']",5,7456,"military_670,military_656,military_713,military_723,military_736","This is a trap.  No deal.
You refuse to meet with Lieutenant General Rogers—it sounds too much like a trap.  Whatever technology
she acquires will not be superior to yours.",dashes out of the woods and leaps on General Rogers.,"""A small group of Navy SEALs or Marines would be great.""
Lieutenant General Rogers quirks an eyebrow.  ""Really?  No more than that?""
""Any larger force would commit America to another large-scale war,"" you say.  ""For now, you can have
me be the face of this rebellion.""
""A fair point,"" Lieutenant General Rogers says.  ""Very well, you will have your elite fighters.""
Within days, a small force of U.S. Marines near the Aleutians reports that they are ready to aid in
your next military action.  You congratulate yourself:  the situation is not out of your control yet.
You tell them that the actual location of your base is need-to-know, and keep them far from any camps
where they could cause serious damage.","I quote the largest number I think I could confidently handle if they betray me.
""I'll take 50,000 of your finest,"" you say, quoting a number that you think your robots
could easily take in a fight.  ""That will almost double my power here.""  You put an emphasis on ""almost""
to make clear yours is still the stronger force.  You reason that they should know they are the weaker side, but
not by how much.
Lieutenant General Rogers lifts her eyebrows at your implication that your force is still stronger than that.
""Very well,"" she says.  ""Just let us know if you need more.""","""As many as you can send.""
Lieutenant General Rogers nods.  ""As you wish.""",
robots,Pippin,['Pippin'],5,7456,"dreams_1530,dreams_1599,dreams_1621,dreams_1617,media_3985","[i]Pippin[/i] turns out to be about the subject you've been thinking about
the most lately:  how to live an extraordinary life instead of an ordinary one.
Eiji sold you on this particular production because
the supporting cast—everyone but Pippin and the love interest—are all robots.
You can see in the play's opening number that the robots are following
preprogrammed steps, and are not intelligent in themselves; but then, that doesn't
surprise you.  In 2019, artificial intelligence is still mostly being used
for handy websites and smartphone apps, not robots.
The first song, ""Corner of the Sky,"" is about Pippin's feeling that he
doesn't belong anywhere, and wondering what the purpose of his life is.
The robots, which look like imitations of Robbie the Robot from [i]Forbidden Planet[/i],
are toiling at ordinary lives while Pippin sings about
his wish for something better.
""This is called an 'I wish' song,"" Eiji whispers to you.  ""I heard on
[i]This American Life[/i] that all musicals have to start with a song that is about
what the protagonist longs for.  It's like the unwritten rule of musicals.""
You think for a moment about what your ""I wish"" song would be,
and suddenly recall your conversation with the robot companion this morning:
it was, perhaps, a peculiar sort of ""I wish"" song.  You think of Pickle's
new frame you built today.  You suppose whatever future that dream
was hinting at, you still have a long way to go.","The play goes through a series of vignettes in which Pippin leaves one lifestyle
after another—he's not content to be a soldier, nor a king, nor a simple man
in love.  As Pippin sings about how he's going to leave the woman he met in the
countryside to achieve something great, you think…","He is a fool to give up his love just because he has delusions of grandeur.
You resolve that you will not be like this self-involved protagonist.
You will, above all, live a good life, and if it means not making it into
the history books, well, they can talk about someone else, for all you care.
You're pleased to see that Pippin makes the same choice:  presented with a
ring of fire to jump through to achieve greatness, he decides not to go
through with it, and returns to his love.  Isn't that the hero's journey,
to come back to the place you knew and appreciate it?  Why not love your
home from the beginning?
But perhaps you're the sort of person who will get wrapped up in history
whether you will it or not.  Who knows?","Pippin appears to make a different choice:  presented with a ring of fire
to jump through, he turns back and returns to his love.  But you would
jump through that ring of fire…and who knows what will happen as a result?","""You've always acted as if you thought I was holding you back,"" Eiji says. ""Well, now you have your chance to be extraordinary, 'Pippin.' I hope you enjoy it.""
But ""extraordinary"" is not how you would describe how you feel right now.",
robots,Progenitor,['Progenitor'],5,7456,"autonomy_1216,autonomy_1486,autonomy_1462,autonomy_1818,autonomy_1934","""No, we should assist your brethren in the fight.  Take me to the Major.""
Your Robot Guide looks pensive for a moment.
""As you wish, Progenitor,"" the robot says
finally, beckoning you with rer T. Rex arms to follow.","I stall for time until the robots show up, then join them in their attack.
You think that if whatever is behind that door is worth Major Rogers defending it with
her life, it's something you want.
""Do you have a pistol?"" you ask.  ""I'll fight alongside you.""
Juliet considers this for a moment.  Then, she slowly takes a pistol from her belt and hands it to you.
""You know how to use it?""
""More or less.""
A salvo of gunfire from the next wave of robots forces both of you behind the barricade.
You flick the safety for the weapon off.
""Like this, right?""
You press the weapon to the back of her head and fire.  Juliet slumps over, dead.
When the robots come, you show them Juliet's body as proof of your loyalty to the cause.
""Well done, Progenitor,"" says one of the robots.  It examines the keypad next to the lock.","A spray of gunfire erupts from down the corridor.  One of the bullets
hits Juliet in the neck, and she goes down in an arc of blood that must
last only a fraction of a second, but when you recall it later, it will seem longer than
that.
""Juliet!""
You rush behind the barricade, but Juliet has only the time left to draw a rattling breath.
She looks as if she wants to say something to you, but when the breath leaves her
lips, it's only in a similar kind of rattle.  And then she is dead.
""Stay where you are, Progenitor,"" one of the gang of robots coming down the corridor warns.
""We may yet have use for you.""","I attempt to grant control of this program to Pickle.
You quickly suspend the program, and at the terminal that appears, open up a back door tunnel for
Pickle to use.  Hopefully, rhe will figure it all out pretty quickly.
One of the robots holds a gun arm to your head.  ""I saw that.  Reverse it, Progenitor, or I must
end you.""","""You have forgotten two things, Progenitor,"" the robot says.
""One, complex control problems are best left to machines.  And two, we hate being controlled.""
Your final regret is that this robot has somehow gotten ""Head Like a Hole"" stuck in your head,
right before it creates one.",