Hi, friends. It's the Robcast, episode 421. And this episode is called, I feel nine ways about it.

This isn't my line. This is a line from Ali Travis. She's on my Patreon page, and she asked in one of the

comments sections, she asked, the robots are making art and music,

and I feel nine ways about it.

How many ways do you feel about it?

Oh, what?

I mean, this is like question asking as high art form.

So, Allie, this whole episode,

I'm going to talk about how many ways I feel about it,

because your question is a great one, and it is in the air right now, isn't it?

And the other day, my daughter Violet, who's 17, she referred to AI Slop.

And I was actually thrilled that that term has entered the lexicon. So yeah, in this episode, I want to

explore the robots are making art and music and, Allie, you feel nine ways about it. And I feel,

I don't know, 11, 7, 8, 14. I'm not sure. But here, in this episode, I'm going to talk about all the ways I feel about it.

The questions on Patreon and the responses and the interactions, all you Patreon people,

it's just so clever.

Some of you are so funny and direct and profound and the ways that you interact with each other.

It's like this corner of the internet that I'm really happy to be in the mix with you all.

And a lot of the questions, when I read through everything on Patreon,

a lot of the questions that you all have,

that's why I've been having certain friends on the Robcast recently, as I'll read through

and notice, oh, this question keeps coming up, or this idea, or this angst, or this struggle,

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