Now, that is progress. Manipulating a corporate droid into closing a deal by sending them a hand-written / hand-botted / whatever letter is serious kung fu.
How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
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Re: How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Having said that, if you are someone who works on this sort of invention, please take a long, hard look at what you're doing with your life and consider just how this invention is contributing to the advancement of mankind. This is a silly point that gets repeated far too often. You can make that statement to almost every developer and designer here. Some people are quite satisfied advancing their own lives and tha…
>Some people are quite satisfied advancing their own lives and that of those who are close to them. That is quite true, and that is the problem. It is an inherently different philosophy, whether one's work should advance humanity as a whole, the local subset of humanity, or the local subset of humanity at the expense of the whole.
They could always be using the money they're making from selling handwriting-robots to fund homeless shelters and college scholarships.
Re: How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
#103As a kid, when I used to write on white paper, my lines used to slope and I used to throw them in the trash and try again. Over time, underneath the white sheet of paper, I started placing another paper that has lines and a margin, so I can see through the white paper and know where exactly I should write. The result was perfectly straight lines and a perfect margin. I'm not a robot.
> I'm not a robot.
How do you know?
Re: How to tell when a robot has written you a letter
#104This is so pointless. People have positive associations with handwritten letters because of the content that goes with it. If marketeers start using handwritten letters they will just ruin that association.
Time to invest in wax and a signet ring