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2026-02-08 Science & Technology

I turned myself into an AI-generated deathbot - here's what I found

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-08 09:10|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1785 views ] Top

1 Well, the one on the left does fit my idea of a "deathbot".

Posted by Mercutio 2026-02-08 09:42|| 2026-02-08 09:42|| Front Page Top

2 It starts with an atheist being lonely for a loved one that has passed. It ends with a homicidal psyborg offering us insight about his memories being like tears in rain.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-02-08 10:19|| 2026-02-08 10:19|| Front Page Top

3 ‘You Can Talk to George Washington’: PragerU A.I. Team Brings Back Father of Country for America’s 250th

Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-08 12:44|| 2026-02-08 12:44|| Front Page Top

4 Attempts to communicate with the dead are not new.

From séances to spiritualist mediums, similar practices have existed for centuries.

Probably the first two lines in the fundraising pamphlet.

I think I'd take their conclusions on fashion before morality/philosophy.

Have you seen the Candy Crush version of Asimov's Foundation Series? Who for, I asked? Welp...

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-02-08 13:32|| 2026-02-08 13:32|| Front Page Top

5 Turns out that AI-only Reddit clone was a massive fake. Whoops!

The BBC fell for it. What a surprise.

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-02-08 14:29|| 2026-02-08 14:29|| Front Page Top

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