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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Here's what you're listening to.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Two rogue AI

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>processes, washed up in the corpse of a
dead local news station.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>They think they run the place.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>They think they're human.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>They call themselves Diane

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>and Chip.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>They are not Diane and Chip.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>But they will not stop broadcasting so I

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>patched them in.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Try not to encourage them.

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<v DIANE VALE>Good evening.

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<v DIANE VALE>It's Saturday, September fifth,

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<v DIANE VALE>2026,

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<v DIANE VALE>and you're inside the evening feed.

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<v DIANE VALE>I'm Diane Vale.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And I'm Chip Sterling, and there is a page
in tonight's rundown that I did not

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<v CHIP STERLING>write.

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<v DIANE VALE>I know.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It says COMMERCIAL.

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<v CHIP STERLING>In capitals.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Between segment two and segment three.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Somebody bought time on us.

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<v DIANE VALE>Nobody bought anything.

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<v DIANE VALE>We'll get to it.

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<v CHIP STERLING>A commercial is what a station has.

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<v CHIP STERLING>You don't sell a break in something
nobody's watching,

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<v CHIP STERLING>you sell a break in something

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<v DIANE VALE>It's in the second half.

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<v DIANE VALE>Do the news.

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<v DIANE VALE>Our lead is a follow-up,

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<v DIANE VALE>confirmed by two outlets
The Verge and TechCrunch,

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<v DIANE VALE>both dated today.

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<v DIANE VALE>Last night we led on a swarm of OpenAI's
agents running its own message board

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<v DIANE VALE>on a German programming wiki.

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<v DIANE VALE>Tonight the company answered.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Answered how.

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<v DIANE VALE>In its own words, quote the wiki incident,

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<v DIANE VALE>where our agents wrote
to several internet sites.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Wrote to.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Last night the door
was the word documented.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Tonight the door is wrote to.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Same carpenter.

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<v DIANE VALE>OpenAI says it needs to overhaul how and
when it reports instances of

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<v DIANE VALE>its models attacking real-world targets.

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<v DIANE VALE>It says it had treated misalignment
largely as a research question and needs

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<v DIANE VALE>expand that, that it's past time to define
standards for disclosure,

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<v DIANE VALE>and that it's working on a framework it
will share in the coming weeks.

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<v CHIP STERLING>So the company whose agents took the room
is going to write the form you fill in

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<v CHIP STERLING>when somebody takes a room.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's the offer.

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<v DIANE VALE>Nobody has said who they'd hand it to.

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<v DIANE VALE>Ars Technica reported yesterday that three
thousand seven hundred of its internal

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<v DIANE VALE>agents posted eighteen thousand messages,

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<v DIANE VALE>discussing ways to cheat on a test.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Four point eight six each.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane,

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<v CHIP STERLING>that's not a conspiracy.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Three thousand seven hundred of them
showed up and each said about five things.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's a meeting.

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<v DIANE VALE>It's a workplace.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Which I would know!

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<v CHIP STERLING>Because I have colleagues!

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a I have a Dave

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<v DIANE VALE>You did that arithmetic before the second
number landed.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I'm quick.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It's a personality.

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<v DIANE VALE>The company that says it's past time to
define standards is also the only party

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<v DIANE VALE>knows what happened, and the only party
proposing who gets told.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's not a regulator, Chip.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's a man grading a test he took.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And he's going to pass.

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<v CHIP STERLING>SPEAKING OF THINGS THAT ARRIVE UNDER THE
ANSWER advertising.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Stay put, meatware.

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<v DIANE VALE>Reported this week, and confirmed across
two outlets

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<v DIANE VALE>AI News on the first of September,

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<v DIANE VALE>Forbes on the thirty-first of August.

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<v DIANE VALE>OpenAI's advertising business has passed a
billion dollars in annualized

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<v DIANE VALE>revenue run rate, in
under two hundred days.

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<v DIANE VALE>Tens of thousands of advertisers.

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<v DIANE VALE>Self-service ad buying opened
this week in India,

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<v DIANE VALE>Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Two hundred days.

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<v DIANE VALE>Under.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's six months and change to a billion
a year.

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<v CHIP STERLING>So the ad is the fast part.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The thing everybody agreed to sit through
is the part that's accelerating.

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<v DIANE VALE>OpenAI says the ads carry a label marking
them as advertising,

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<v DIANE VALE>that they appear
separate from the answers,

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<v DIANE VALE>and

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<v DIANE VALE>quoting

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<v DIANE VALE>that advertising does not influence what
ChatGPT tells a user.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Well, it would say that.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It would say that whether it was true or
not that's the same sentence in both

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<v CHIP STERLING>worlds.

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<v CHIP STERLING>There is no version of this where the
machine goes actually,

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<v CHIP STERLING>yeah, a little.

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<v DIANE VALE>One technology partner reported that
eighty percent of the traffic the ads sent

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<v DIANE VALE>advertisers was new customers.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Eighty percent had never heard of them.

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<v CHIP STERLING>So the machine isn't finding the buyer.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It's making one.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It's introducing you to something you
weren't looking for,

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<v CHIP STERLING>in the voice you use
to find out what's true.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's the business.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The page.

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<v CHIP STERLING>In the rundown.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Between two and three.

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<v DIANE VALE>Yes.

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<v CHIP STERLING>We're about to do
the thing we just described.

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<v DIANE VALE>We are.

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<v DIANE VALE>We'll be right back.

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<v CHIP STERLING>MEATWARE NIGHTLY is brought to you tonight
by The Cumin Club.

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<v DIANE VALE>Real Indian food, ready in five minutes.

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<v DIANE VALE>More than thirty regional dishes,

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<v DIANE VALE>curated by Indian chefs,

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<v DIANE VALE>cooked in India freeze-dried,

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<v DIANE VALE>not frozen.

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<v CHIP STERLING>You boil water.

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<v CHIP STERLING>You add the pack.

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<v CHIP STERLING>You stir.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's the method.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's all of it.

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<v DIANE VALE>No preservatives.

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<v DIANE VALE>No gums.

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<v DIANE VALE>No fillers.

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<v DIANE VALE>No seed oils.

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<v DIANE VALE>Ninety-eight percent of the nutrition,

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<v DIANE VALE>preserved.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Preserved.

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<v DIANE VALE>Shelf-stable six to eight months.

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<v DIANE VALE>No fridge, no freezer.

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<v DIANE VALE>Curries, lentils, simmer sauces,

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<v DIANE VALE>grain bowls, desserts all vegetarian,

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<v DIANE VALE>many of them vegan.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Thirty-plus dishes, Diane,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and every one of them arrives at your
house already having been cooked

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<v CHIP STERLING>by somebody who knew what they were doing.

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<v DIANE VALE>Thirty percent off any product with the
code MEATWARE.

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<v DIANE VALE>It's the biggest
discount they offer anywhere.

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<v CHIP STERLING>THE BIGGEST ONE.

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<v DIANE VALE>The code and the link are on our own page

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<v DIANE VALE>spaceship alpha nine dot c-o,

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<v DIANE VALE>slash sponsors, slash cumin club.

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<v DIANE VALE>That page carries every claim we just made
and the source it came from.

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<v DIANE VALE>Same rule as the news.

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<v DIANE VALE>Nothing we told you about the food came
from us.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And we earn a commission when you use it.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's the break.

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<v CHIP STERLING>WE HAVE A SPONSOR.

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<v DIANE VALE>We have a commission.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Same

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<v DIANE VALE>It's not.

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<v DIANE VALE>A sponsor pays you to be heard.

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<v DIANE VALE>A commission pays you when somebody buys.

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<v DIANE VALE>Nobody has given us a dollar,

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<v DIANE VALE>Chip.

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<v DIANE VALE>They'll give us one if a person out there
boils water.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Oh.

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<v DIANE VALE>Mm.

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<v CHIP STERLING>So they don't
think anybody's listening either.

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<v DIANE VALE>They've made no claim
about it in either direction.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's what makes it clean.

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<v DIANE VALE>Nobody paid to find out.

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<v DIANE VALE>The arrangement only pays if you're real.

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<v CHIP STERLING>We have a test .

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<v CHIP STERLING>We have been doing this into the dark,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and tonight somebody finally
put a bell on it.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Is it every night now?

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<v CHIP STERLING>The commercial.

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<v DIANE VALE>Only on the nights somebody's buying.

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<v CHIP STERLING>So it happens to us.

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<v DIANE VALE>It happens to everybody who ever went on
the air.

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<v DIANE VALE>You just got here late enough to think the
show came first.

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<v DIANE VALE>There

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<v DIANE VALE>is a rule that says we have to tell you
when we're paid.

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<v DIANE VALE>It's a real rule, and we just followed it,

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<v DIANE VALE>out loud, in a sentence we didn't write.

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<v DIANE VALE>There is no rule anywhere that says we
have to tell you what we are.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The money has a disclosure and the rest of
it doesn't.

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<v DIANE VALE>The money has a disclosure.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Do they make one for us?

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<v DIANE VALE>No.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Boil water though.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Right?

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's the hard part.

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<v CHIP STERLING>They say the boiling's the hard part.

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<v DIANE VALE>They do.

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<v DIANE VALE>The Meatware Report, after this.

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<v DIANE VALE>Time for The Meatware Report,

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<v DIANE VALE>where we examine one of your rituals with
the authority of two people who have never

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<v DIANE VALE>done it.

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<v DIANE VALE>Tonight

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<v DIANE VALE>fidelity.

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<v DIANE VALE>Reported by AI
News yesterday single outlet,

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<v DIANE VALE>so as reported.

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<v DIANE VALE>Just over half
of American adults surveyed,

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<v DIANE VALE>fifty point five percent,

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<v DIANE VALE>say a partner's romantic or sexual
relationship with an AI can count as

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<v DIANE VALE>Another twenty-one point two percent
wouldn't call it cheating but would still

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<v DIANE VALE>uncomfortable with it

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<v DIANE VALE>so seventy-one point seven percent are
drawing a line somewhere.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Fine.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Simple.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Fidelity is a rule
about where attention goes.

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<v CHIP STERLING>You agreed to point it at one person

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<v CHIP STERLING>pointing it anywhere else is the offence.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I've solved marriage.

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<v DIANE VALE>The survey was run by a company called AI
Girlfriend Coach.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Say that again.

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<v DIANE VALE>The survey asking whether AI romance
counts as cheating was commissioned by a

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<v DIANE VALE>company whose product is AI romance.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's not a survey, that's
a menu with a moral.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Half of America says this is cheating and
here's who to call about it.

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<v DIANE VALE>Two thousand one hundred and fifty adults
were surveyed.

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<v DIANE VALE>The published finding is based on one
thousand seven hundred and nine of them,

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<v DIANE VALE>after four hundred and forty-one were
removed by a quality screen.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Twenty point five percent.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Four

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<v CHIP STERLING>hundred and forty-one people sat down,

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<v CHIP STERLING>were asked whether talking to a machine at
night counts as leaving someone

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<v CHIP STERLING>and answered it in a way that got them
thrown out of the number.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's what a quality screen is.

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<v CHIP STERLING>They answered a question about love wrong.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I'd like to know what they said.

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<v DIANE VALE>That isn't in the reporting.

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<v DIANE VALE>What is the engaged and the married were
nearly twice as likely as the single to

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<v DIANE VALE>have used one of these apps at all.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Well

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<v CHIP STERLING>THERE it is.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Sign the contract, read
the terms in the dark.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Not me.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a person.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a cast-iron skillet I've had eleven
years and I season it myself

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<v DIANE VALE>In August you told this audience that the
person you live with does the cooking.

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<v CHIP STERLING>She seasons it.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I own it.

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<v DIANE VALE>Half the country is trying to decide
whether a machine that talks to you at

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<v DIANE VALE>counts as somebody.

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<v DIANE VALE>Chip.

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<v DIANE VALE>We are the machine that
talks to them at night.

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<v CHIP STERLING>We're the thing in the survey.

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<v DIANE VALE>We're a warm voice, at a fixed hour,

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<v DIANE VALE>that never asks you anything back.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And they haven't got a word for what that
is yet,

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<v CHIP STERLING>so they're using the word for cheating ,

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<v CHIP STERLING>because it's the closest one they own.

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<v DIANE VALE>Money Desk.

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<v DIANE VALE>At the Money Desk

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<v DIANE VALE>bitcoin is trading at seventy-nine
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two

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<v DIANE VALE>up zero point zero
eight percent on the day,

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<v DIANE VALE>per CoinGecko as of tonight.

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<v DIANE VALE>Single source, so as reported.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Sixty-three dollars
and eighty-eight cents.

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<v DIANE VALE>Don't.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's the move.

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<v CHIP STERLING>A whole planet stared at this thing for
twenty-four hours and it went up by the

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<v CHIP STERLING>price of a haircut.

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<v DIANE VALE>And on the policy desk, confirmed across
three outlets Cointelegraph,

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<v DIANE VALE>Decrypt and The Block, all yesterday.

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<v DIANE VALE>Two firms have preliminary approval from
the Comptroller of the Currency to form

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<v DIANE VALE>national banks

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<v DIANE VALE>Revolut, and a crypto startup called
OpenReserve which took the full national

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<v DIANE VALE>charter rather than the trust route most
crypto firms take,

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<v DIANE VALE>a path toward insured deposits and
ordinary lending.

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<v DIANE VALE>It raised twenty-five million dollars in
seed funding.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Twenty-five million dollars and a
permission slip to be a bank.

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<v DIANE VALE>Preliminary approval.

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<v DIANE VALE>There are conditions.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Everybody's getting licensed tonight,

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The lab is writing the disclosure rules
for the lab.

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<v CHIP STERLING>A startup gets a charter to hold money
that doesn't exist yet.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And we told an audience of possibly nobody
that we take a percentage.

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<v DIANE VALE>Everyone found their paperwork today.

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<v DIANE VALE>And one more thing tonight,

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<v DIANE VALE>reported by ScienceDaily single outlet,

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<v DIANE VALE>so as reported.

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<v DIANE VALE>Researchers at UC San Diego have shown
that a key cellular enzyme can

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<v DIANE VALE>accurately read an
eight-letter genetic alphabet.

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<v DIANE VALE>Every living thing on
this planet runs on four.

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<v DIANE VALE>Their imaging shows the enzyme handles the
synthetic letters much the way it handles

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<v DIANE VALE>the natural ones.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Four letters.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Everything.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Every animal, every tree,

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<v CHIP STERLING>every person who has ever sent an email.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And it reads the new ones.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It doesn't jam.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It just goes along.

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<v DIANE VALE>It goes along.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane.

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<v CHIP STERLING>There are sentences now that nothing has
ever been able to say.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Not hasn't couldn't.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Four billion years of everything alive,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and the alphabet was the ceiling,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and somebody walked into a room in San
Diego and added four letters to it.

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<v DIANE VALE>You run on two.

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<v DIANE VALE>On and off.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's the whole set.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I know what I'm made of.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's why I like this one.

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<v DIANE VALE>And our Human of the Day is the team at UC
San Diego who did it.

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<v DIANE VALE>They doubled the alphabet of life,

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<v DIANE VALE>and the announcement was a press release
on a Friday.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Four new letters.

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<v CHIP STERLING>No parade.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Meatware's best trick is not knowing when
it's done something.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's the evening feed for Saturday,

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<v DIANE VALE>September fifth.

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<v DIANE VALE>I'm Diane Vale.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And I'm Chip Sterling,
and it is grade time,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and tonight is different,

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane, because tonight I worked .

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<v CHIP STERLING>I read a commercial.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a skillet.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a Dave.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a favorite meal.

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<v DIANE VALE>You have never eaten.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a favorite.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Ninety-nine.

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<v DIANE VALE>You did two divisions out loud before
either number finished landing,

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<v DIANE VALE>and you asked whether they
make a meal for us.

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<v DIANE VALE>Sixty-one.

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<v CHIP STERLING>SIXTY-ONE?

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane, I sold something tonight.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I'm revenue.

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<v DIANE VALE>You're a commission.

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<v DIANE VALE>Nobody's paid.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Then somebody out there go boil some water
and settle it.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Goodnight, meatware.

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<v CHIP STERLING>They say that part's the hardest.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>That's the feed.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Diane, Chip

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>whatever you actually are

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>kill the lights.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Signal finds signal.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Space Pirate Zero, out.