It’s night. It’s late. My wife’s breathing has reached that level that indicates near-dream state. I know what time it is. 12:36 A.M.
Abruptly I sit up in the dark, ramrod straight:
ME What-was-that?
LAURA Rey, what.
ME …!
LAURA Rey, what did you hear?
ME …!
LAURA (louder) What is it?!
LAURA (louder!) WHAT IS IT?!?
LAURA (louder!!) WHAT’S GOING ON, REY, WHAT DID YOU HEAR?!?
ME April Fool’s Day.
Got this from my Father.
Excerpt from a Dog’s Diary……..
8:00 am – Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am – A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am – A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am – Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 PM – Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 PM – Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 PM – Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 PM – Milk Bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 PM – Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 PM – Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 PM – Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!
Many of you already know about CADIE (Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity) which has been in the testing stage for several years. Today, scientists were confident enough to enable the first self-aware computer to see which would be the first tasks that it (she, I guess) would accomplish.