Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals.
As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.
Go Knicks.
Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas
Me: "**** Library, how can I help you?"
Caller: "Yes, I have some books that are due tomorrow, but I need to keep them longer."
Me: "Okay, ma'am. I'll need your name so I can renew the books."
Caller: *scandalized* "You need my what?"
Me: "Your name, ma'am. So I can call up your account on my computer."
Caller: "You have my account?! How did you get that? Do you have my Social Security number?"
Me: "No, ma'am. I mean your library account. When you came in to get your library card, you filled out a form with your name, address, phone number, and email, so that we can contact you if you ever have overdue books. We don't have your social security number."
Caller: "Well, I'm not giving out my name to a complete stranger over the phone!"
Me: "Okay, ma'am. Perhaps you could give me the titles of the books?"
Caller: "Why do you need to know what I'm reading?! The books are due tomorrow! Just renew them!"
Me: "I'm sorry, ma'am, but there's no way I can look up books by the due date. Without your name or the titles of the books, I can't help you."
Caller: "You're trying to steal my identity! I'm calling the cops."
Me: *giving up* "You do that, ma'am." *hangs up*
Co-worker: "You should have told her we put cameras in the books."