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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I did get my Alexa+ invitation yesterday. I celebrated by ordering some brake pads for my bikecycle. ChatGPT can do the voice recognition, of course, but this agent delivered a physical thing to my house in 8 hours. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> on behalf of steve smith <sasmyth@swcp.com><br><b>Date: </b>Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM<br><b>To: </b>friam@redfish.com <friam@redfish.com><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [FRIAM] AI<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p>12,000 drone show in China? <o:p></o:p></p><p>At least the last thing we see after we hear Alexa shout "INCOMING" in our ears, at least it will be beautiful?<o:p></o:p></p><p><morbid fascination alert><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p><img width=595 height=397 style='width:6.1979in;height:4.1354in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:part1.yJc0QlaW.qZcFtVx5@swcp.com"><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.</span></i></strong><i><br>Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.<br>I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.</span></i></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Time to die."</span></i></strong><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p></morbidity><o:p></o:p></p><p>I should probably watch less 24 hour news, and less self-reinforcing doom-scrolling?<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>