HeyJaredAn Ordinary Citizen
Explorations of language and culture in our times by and for the ordinary citizen.
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How Much AI Does It Take To Switch A Lightbulb? (opens the original)
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Plink!Damn! The bulb’s gone.Jack hauled himself out of his seat at the kitchen table and crossed to the switches, flicking on the lounge area light. He’d only need it for a little longer until the sun came up.“Now I’ll have to replace the bloody thing.” His mood darkened as his phone pinged a message notification. He was on his own this Wednesday – his wife Nancy was visiting friends interstate and their two sons would be getting ready for work and getting kids off to school. So, the light bulb
Stephanie Says (opens the original)
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James was woken by the smell of cooking scones drifting in from his grandmother’s kitchen. He checked his phone – 7:12 am. She was already hard at it. James had been sent by his parents to help his grandmother for a week after she’d been discharged from hospital.“You’re the only one available,” his father had said. A week’s compassionate leave from his job as a university lab tech to help Gran while she recovered. As if. A week of supporting Gran had turned into a week of being pampered by Gran.
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