Chaos on CatNet (CatNet #2)

by Naomi Kritzer

Haha yes

Crystal Bordewieck,

Haha yup

There are times in the past that it’s been completely clear to me what the right course of action is for some human.

Ethics

I try to be cautious about influencing people’s life choices. It doesn’t always work out the way I intended—but sometimes I am persuaded that it’s the best course of action.

Unintended consequences UIC

So maybe I’m not above this sort of tactic, but involving an intermediate human like this just feels … wrong.

The Bethlehem Remnant,

does this make me just as manipulative as the other AI?

Yes.

Is this the other AI?

Has Nell ever met the Elder?

Who is running this, and what do they want?

that night-photography camera the Mischief Elves tried to bribe me with,

Rajiv?

Psychology

Rajiv

I should probably tell my mother this.

Permanence is hard. Stability is hard. Trusting her not to freak out: super hard.

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college was the first time in my life I ever had friends.”

I did understand math, which definitely didn’t help me fit in,

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Fully automated luxury space communism.

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Rachel

an entire shelf of used Fast Girls Detective Agency graphic novels.

There’s a Dead Girls Detective Agency book and TV series from 2018 - is this a riff on that? Question

It’s actually delicious, what I can taste of it around the incredible burning in my mouth.

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Explosions are fun,

The first two are here, the third is a goof? And the fourth is a biblical plague, but it’s also a real thing, and a world of Warcraft spell. Question https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/rain-frog.htm https://www.wowhead.com/spell=147709/rain-of-frogs

How far is New Coburg? Question

Firestar:

Hermione:

CheshireCat:

Boom Storm:

frosting roses.

Brother Daniel

Wanting to stay out of trouble is not the same as wanting to be good.

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I could put a smile on my face, but I didn’t ever feel the joy inside I was supposed to have. Mostly, I just felt anxious.

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“Stump remover is potassium nitrate. You can use it for homemade fireworks.”

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I’m not supposed to be thinking this way. I’m supposed to trust the Elder, Brother Daniel, Brother Malachi, and the Remnant.

By atheist Philip Pullman

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My mother didn’t leave me on purpose, I tell myself again, but I don’t know anymore if I believe it.

I’m so taken by this use of user data that I’m tempted to start redesigning aspects of CatNet,

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the Fatherhold in Wisconsin.

Yay! Great job.

Seton,

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