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1. bitwize · 1790535318 · focus · HN ↗

   When Dario talks to himself sotto voce and then answers himself in a raspy voice, Gollum-like, made me lose it. I once encountered a severely cognitively deficient individual on the bus who calmed himself in the exact same fashion. It's almost a perfectly succinct psychological snapshot of the character they're trying to create.

   1. nullc · 1790538006 · focus · HN ↗

      They missed an opportunity to talk about 'my precious AI' or have the gollum-like voice talk in claudeisms ('lever', 'honest take', 'load bearing'). I wasn't entirely clear on the skits working theory, is this a crazy guy that thinks he has the one ring but really has a cereal box toy?

      1. MBCook · 1790538422 · focus · HN ↗

         “My precious” would have been too on the nose for the Gollum part for me.

         Claudisms could be fun but probably too obscure for the target audience.

         1. uncivilized · 1790540068 · focus · HN ↗

            I imagine 99% of viewers have never seen Dario speak either.

            1. MBCook · 1790541353 · focus · HN ↗

               I haven’t myself. I don’t know his name. So in many ways, I’m a more normal person. I’m aware they keep claiming that AI will kill everyone, but that’s about as much as I know. I didn’t even know if the CEO was claiming it or just underlings.

               It wasn’t until I saw comments here that I found out they weren’t making up the gollum thing and he apparently talks to himself a bit like that.

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