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It's the first of many.

But if it fixes Amazon's search engine so I can actually find what I'm looking for instead of pages and pages of unrelated sponsored products, I think I'm good with it - think.
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I hate shopping.  Love dogs.  But a pup overeager to please while hiding its greedy mercenary intent?  Naw.
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We always think of AI as like a human, but here, we have one with a dog's name, and it fetches. OMG, it's the world's first canine AI!

Or it could be Rufus from Supernatural.
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We always think of AI as like a human, but here, we have one with a dog's name, and it fetches. OMG, it's the world's first canine AI!
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Rufus? They can't be serious. That's like Elmer. Names people in the U.S. associate with rural stupidity. I live in a rural area with plenty of stupid people but haven't met anybody named Elmer or Rufus, but that's not the point, is it? Also, Rufus is a popular dog's name here.

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The Replicants are on the table in a laboratory...

(Bonus points for knowing the reference.)

R.C.
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I can see myself very soon.

"Yeah, f*ck off Rufus!"
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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: I just got dinged in AC - WTF moment.
« Last post by PJ Post on January 31, 2024, 10:52:22 AM »
But if I've understood your past statements correctly, you also think that Amazon will be gone before too long.

No, I said that the interests of self-publishing as we've known it will no longer align with Amazon's goals. We won't have a place there, not like we've had in the past.

As for Amazon long-term, I think they'll be the first transnational, independent corporate state - the first of the cyberpunk era. "You're gonna carry that weight."

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What are Amazon doing now? [Public] / Re: I just got dinged in AC - WTF moment.
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on January 31, 2024, 12:15:48 AM »
Past experience suggests they care at least a little if a big public embarrassment occurs. They started caring about fake reviews when there were articles about them in national publications, for example. Also, they occasionally make improvements that they didn't have to make (like improving the series page.

Large companies in general will tend to keep moving in the direction they're moving. And people will tend to continue doing business with them. But if I've understood your past statements correctly, you also think that Amazon will be gone before too long. If faced with possible dissolution, a company might change direction.
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