It’s sinister that Meta’s Muse AI mascot is so cute

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Last night, I asked Blorbo — what I named my Muse AI agent — to help me set some health goals. I was underwhelmed. I’d asked for a workout regimen for a sub-30 minute 5K and regaining lost muscle. It generated an okay-ish but kind of mid weekly routine.

But then I looked at its face. Based on what it learned about me from my emails, it had morphed into cat-shaped piece of bread with a Kirby-like face. It was so stinking cute, it was like getting zapped with the Men in Black’s neuralizer. Until then, I’d been circumspect about sharing too much about my health. But as that cute face gazed into...

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