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Sean of the South

Sean Dietrich

Personal Journals, S-town, Music, Alabama, Garrison Keillor, Storytelling, Story, Garden And Gun, Southern Living, Serial, Southern Culture, S Town, Old Radio, Lake Wobegon, Stories, Prairie Home Companion, Arts, Society & Culture, Live From Here, Story Podcast

5.0 • 546 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Have you ever locked eyes with a robot?

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1:05.6	Music I was in the airport when an AI robot custodian was roving around, sweeping the floor and accepting various bits of trash from nearby passengers waiting for their plane.
1:10.8	The robot came close to me, and we just locked eyes.
1:13.9	Hi, I said.
1:17.8	Hello, do you have any garbage for me?
1:20.1	I smiled.
1:21.9	No.
1:26.3	The robot said, thank you, and buzzed away.
1:27.5	When I was a kid, artificial intelligence did not scare me.
1:31.3	In kid world, the concept of AI always carried a fun-loving tone.
1:36.1	Robots were your friend.
1:37.9	There was Rosie from the Jetsons.
1:39.8	She was a lovable maternal figure, a mechanical member of the Jetson family.
1:45.6	She cooked, she cleaned, and spoke with a Brooklyn accent, and all her antennas flashed and
1:50.5	beeped whenever she spoke.
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