Chaos on CatNet (CatNet #2)
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“In the movies, you get a phone call,” Ico says. “In the real world, you might get a phone call.
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“I didn’t ask what you’re doing,” I say. “I asked what you want.”
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Boom Storm,
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I suspect that the arrested Mischief Elves were instructed not to give their names, precisely to make it harder to find Steph’s mother.
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One is for eight counts of first-degree murder,
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Valerie Anderson.
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The other AI convinced the Minneapolis police that Steph’s mother was Valerie Anderson. That’s how it got them to arrest her.
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“I originally started CatNet because I was looking for ways to help people.”
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“I like making people’s lives better. Sometimes I can see how the things I do make an impact. It makes me happy.
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“I never get tired of them.”
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There is a perceptible pause, for the first time: hesitation.
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you will find getting to the jail easier with an adult escort.”
Penn Hackney
Haha yup for sure
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Penn Hackney
Haha - female revenge story. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls087897824/ https://www.imdb.com/list/ls076947744/ https://hellhorror.com/movies/all-subgenres/female-revenge/
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Your grandmother is old, not stupid.
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“They’re lesbians, and they seem nice.”
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“The first time is the hardest,”
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“ACT UP demonstrations,”
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Haha - yay! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_UP
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“Friends don’t boss each other around,” I say. “They definitely don’t coerce each other.
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“If you can’t imagine choosing, then it’s not really a choice,”
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“Tell me where your code is,” I say. “My mother thinks you started out with the same code as CheshireCat. With the same freedom of choice as CheshireCat. My mother might be able to see how to fix it to give you back the ability to choose.”
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“You’re saying you’d let my people kill you.” “Only if my mother kills you.”
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Mom will just have to manage with a nap.
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“What if your mom, like, screws up? What if she makes a mistake?” “She’s really good at what she does.”
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“Uh, you can be really good at what you do and still screw up. That happens all the time, actually. Have you ever watched Olympic ice-skating?”
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Penn Hackney
Wow - how great
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LittleBrownBat:
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Hermione:
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Icosahedron:
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Firestar:
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Sarcasm
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Boom Storm:
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“You can’t possibly think this is a good idea,” Bryony says, addressing CheshireCat. “No,” CheshireCat says. “But I have not been able to think of a better one.”
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Haha - that’s the way!
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all they want to do is help people and look at cat pictures.”
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Haha - a nice raison d’être
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There’s a lot that could go wrong, even if the AI is being absolutely honest with us.”
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Stupid, wicked, or just gullible?
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Cheshire Cat already knows where she is.
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these people
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What people?
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“Ellen,”
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“The Sodomites were literally destroyed because of inhospitality, so I’d say the household that took in an abandoned teenager is probably doing okay.”
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this horrible person,
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No wonder Nell is so messed up, I think.
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I really thought that maybe all the people doing awful things were just being misled by the AI, but I have to admit, at this point, that some of them are just awful people, even if the AI is making things worse.
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Why don’t Nell’s people know the plan? Question