Reassuring

[[A woman sits at her computer. A man stands behind her.]] Woman: Looks like computers will beat humans at Go pretty soon. Man: Wow. That's the last of the big ones. Woman: Yeah. [[She looks back over her shoulder at him.]] Man: Well, at least humans are still better at, uh, coming up with reassuring parables about things humans are better at? Woman: Hmm. [[The woman types on her computer.]] <<Type type>> [[She leans back over her chair again and addresses the man.]] Woman: I made a Python script that generates thousands of reassuring parables per second. Man: Dammit. Computer: Computers will never understand a sonnet computers will never enjoy a salad comp- {{Title text: 'At least humans are better at quietly amusing ourselves, oblivious to our pending obsolescence' thought the human, as a nearby Dell Inspiron contentedly displayed the same bouncing geometric shape screensaver it had been running for years.}}

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