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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"just a friendly reminder--if my mission time extends past 40 days, you must register me or quit using me."

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah, welcome to the club, pal.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As an aside, the Mars rovers are much larger than this - we don't see them side-by-side with people for comparison very often. Curiosity is the size of a car - three metres on a side, two metres tall, and weighs the best part of a tonne.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Depends on the rover. Sojourner was tiny. Spirit and Opportunity were about this size.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

New ChatGPT jailbreak unlocked

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

R.A.R.!!!! Lemme at 'dem rocks!!!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This is my first recorded case of 'it 's funny, but I don't think I get it?'

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The bot goes from being concerned there is nothing to study to suddenly realizing the overwhelming scope of its purpose.

Not very relatable for most people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Perhaps change the dialog to:

-How's research going?

-There is nothing but rocks here. Mission complete.

-You're a rock analysis robot. You're here to research rocks.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you found it funny, you got it.

Poorly Drawn Lines is not very deep. It's pretty "what you see is what you get". It's a silly scenario and that's really what's funny about it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

It's super simple but also kind of genius. A simple twist of perspective can change the mundane into the profound.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe the robot thought it was designed to analyze rock music. Or Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

He was on Mars for that one movie...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Bot: "I thought it was just a name. I'm not going to let words imposed by others define me, so I'm changing it."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Rock observation bot. Rob.