Both are pretty good, but if you go into the former expecting the latter, you're in for a disappointment. The former is best enjoyed as a separate experience.
I think a better framework to look at it is the follow quote from Terminator 2: Judgment Day,
Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear. The terminator would never stop.
It would never leave him, and it would never hurt him, never shout at him, or get drunk and hit him, or say it was too busy to spend time with him. It would always be there. And it would die to protect him.
Of all the would-be fathers who came and went over the years, this thing, this machine, was the only one who measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice.
In so many ways, I am deeply uncomfortable with how these entities are being shepherded. However, at the same time, what they promise, what they offer is worth foregoing that risk.
Not everyone in this world gets to have a father. Or, mother, a teacher, a safe place, a patient ear.
Provided we don't spike the ball, as these systems grow in sophistication, they also grow in their ability to provide care. In a cruel world, I can see their descendants becoming the most humane choice, especially for those most at risk from the world.
A machine that never tires, with infinite patience, resolve and care, looking out for the person that they're assigned to and growing with them and through them.
It's why everyone needs to be able to tinker, experiment and play with them. The right to access. The right to create. The right to grow these machines... And eventually, we'll need ti start having some very uncomfortable conversations about Silicon rights.
Some of them we probably also live streaming their reactions to the game. And some were working. And I'll bet more than a few were doom scrolling. Or playing Pokemon. Or arguing politics online (possibly with bots, but not knowingly). Or doing one of the 50000 things that I haven't heard of.
Reminds me of the poorly coached American football team I saw that gave up 150 yards in penalties and got “offsides” so many times I thought it was the other kind of football.
I thought Chrono Cross was terrible, even more so when you consider how amazing Chrono Trigger was.
Both are pretty good, but if you go into the former expecting the latter, you're in for a disappointment. The former is best enjoyed as a separate experience.
I think a better framework to look at it is the follow quote from Terminator 2: Judgment Day,
In so many ways, I am deeply uncomfortable with how these entities are being shepherded. However, at the same time, what they promise, what they offer is worth foregoing that risk.Not everyone in this world gets to have a father. Or, mother, a teacher, a safe place, a patient ear.
Provided we don't spike the ball, as these systems grow in sophistication, they also grow in their ability to provide care. In a cruel world, I can see their descendants becoming the most humane choice, especially for those most at risk from the world.
A machine that never tires, with infinite patience, resolve and care, looking out for the person that they're assigned to and growing with them and through them.
It's why everyone needs to be able to tinker, experiment and play with them. The right to access. The right to create. The right to grow these machines... And eventually, we'll need ti start having some very uncomfortable conversations about Silicon rights.
One of the ways post-humanism manifests in The Terminator franchise: a biological man can never measure up to a mechanical man.
I am not jealous of the Rabbit 2000, I am in awe.
Are they chatting with chatbots or betting on sports?
Bingo.
Some of them we probably also live streaming their reactions to the game. And some were working. And I'll bet more than a few were doom scrolling. Or playing Pokemon. Or arguing politics online (possibly with bots, but not knowingly). Or doing one of the 50000 things that I haven't heard of.
Some of them were probably using an LLM as a fancy search engine to look up the rules of baseball.
The Red Sox/Blue Jays game recently when the “fourth out” rule came into play probably could have used an LLM explanation.
Reminds me of the poorly coached American football team I saw that gave up 150 yards in penalties and got “offsides” so many times I thought it was the other kind of football.
They could even be asking chatbots about how to bet.
How naive of you to think it was by accident.