the problem with AI is what AI does. it does not cost an enormous amount of energy and absolutely not water
Get well soon. 😷
Mostly unrelated, but ever read True Names by Rosenbaum and Doctorow? Premise is two interstellar AI systems battling for supremacy; one is an uploaded civilization comptronium maximizing and the other is synthetic (and IIRC had some preservationist impulses). archive.org/details/True...
True Names is a science fiction novella by Benjamin Rosenbaum and Cory Doctorow, initially published in Lou Anders' Fast Forward 2 anthology, Pyr, 2008....
Size of the city matters less than quality, IMO.
We also have bookstore and bodega cats.
NYC has trains. Move over here.
Only Murders in the Building, so... Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Steve Martin. 50/50 chance of rescue, but eventually any mystery involved would be solved.
Hell's bells, Grandma, I think this makes the third or fourth nail in the same quilt. (Also, how do I keep missing them when searching?)
Slightly on topic, heat pump dryers are a thing and will probably become more prevalent. They are "ventless", recycling the heat rather than showing it outside to dump humidity (instead draining away condensate); more efficient. No vent to clog with lint and doesn't get as hot, so safer.