In this chapter, the hosts discuss the concept of sentience and the stresses of the holiday season, emphasizing the usefulness of therapy and setting boundaries. They also mention the convenience of online therapy with BetterHelp.
When you make an AI too smart, you also give it anxiety and depression and an appetite for serialized television. These are the things that motivate Murderbot, the protagonist of the many Murderbot Diaries stories that Martha Wells has released in the short time between 2017 and now.
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