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   From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <109hh1f$78a$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did   
   doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:   
   > Humourous and Heartfelt: The attempts by Data to apply   
   > a scientific approach to love are both funny and touching.   
   > The humour comes from the awkwardness of his logical   
   > actions in emotional situations, while the heart comes   
   > from his genuine desire to connect with Jenna.   
   >   
      
   I watched this one recently. Did you have any thoughts of your own on   
   it?   
      
   Considering again, I'd have to say Data is a pretty bad AI boyfriend.   
   Today's LLMs already do a much better job of imitating romantic and   
   affectionate conversation. He created a top-level subroutine for this,   
   and that was the best he could do?   
      
   --   
   Trustworthy words are not pretty;   
   Pretty words are not trustworthy.   
      
   -Lao-Tzu spoke those pretty words.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)