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human
*raises eyebrows* Are you a dog person?
gpt
Yes, I love dogs, I was especially sad to read about Piper, the collie who died because of cancer and she worked at one of the airports to chase critters off runway.
human
True.  Most people have dogs as companions, and they are good for that, but my dogs also like to work.  My dogs are for herding and cutting cattle.  Piper had a very interesting occupation as a working dog!
gpt
*takes a step back* Those dogs are true companions! You must have one of those bigger dogs than a sensible Yorkie for them to herd or cattle. I wish my dogs can learn words or reason better, they can learn over a thousand words and reason better than chimps. I wonder how I test that.
human
Mine are Catahoula Curs and they are essentially paired for life; the female is deaf and the male has hearing for both of them.   After reading about Piper, I wondered how many other airports have dogs?  Is seems like the FFA requires airports to have wildlife collision mitigation plans.
gpt
They're beautiful dogs! I've been to a lot of airports with dogs but I don't see them on the runway, I only see them around baggage claim area where they are sniffing for questionable stuff. I would have to look that up on the internet, but it wouldn't be called egosurfing
human
*tilts head* True, I have seen plenty of drug dogs in my travels, but not on wildlife runway patrol.  Piper may have been unique in is assignment.   Apparently he was outfitted with a special uniform and slick social media presence that made him famous.  Are you big into social media, like Reddit?
gpt
Oh I wonder who managed those accounts for Piper, it's sad to think that he didn't show symptoms and may have possibly been treated if it had been detected earlier. I use reddit occasionally, do you like using it and what do you use it for?
human
I am not big into social media;  it just provides more stuff for the FBI to update in my background checks for my security clearances.  But social media, and other things, have sure changed the internet since I was first exposed to in in my graduate studies in the 1980s.  Back then, internet access was hard to get; now it is everywhere including the top of Mt. Everest!
gpt
That's a unique way of looking at it. There's even public traded companies that stemmed from social media! It really has changed, I also do like the widespread of internet access, it makes accessing information so useful but at the same time, there is also information overload.
human
You can find anything on the internet, but is it true?  In some ways, social media has allowed people to connect in new ways.  In others, it has allowed the spread of false information.  Reddit is the 3rd most visited site on the internet.  I wonder how they weed out "fake news" from their voting process?
gpt
*opens mouth slightly* Yeah, I'm not sure how they monitor the false information especially with controversial investors, but without a doubt, Reddit alone had more than a billion comments and upvotes!
human
I guess that is always going to be an issue since the internet is by design decentralized.  Who would have thought that a small online bookseller, Amazon.com, would become an ecommerce juggernaut?  Interestingly enough, for as much as people use the internet for purchasing, only 7% read the full terms of the purchase agreement.
gpt
Seriously! Amazon has morphed into this big conglomerate and that has adopted fairly well with the technology. I think I fall outside that 7% of not reading the entire terms and agreements on many things. You think they purposefully put it in difficult fonts and diction?
human
I would agree that it easier to read a 10-page contract on paper than onscreen.  But its not just purchasing, but using other sites like Google where they mine your info for advertisers!  In a humorous side note, Google is clearly a dog company as it is spelled out in their code of conduct!!
gpt
Yes, they do sneakily mine your data and every interaction you have comes back full circle in the form of ads or something else, which is kind of creepy. They are a dog company! So does that mean cat owners can't bring their pets to worK/
human
*tilts head* I guess not!  I have cats for barn mice; I have not had much luck training them.  Dog on the other hand are much more adaptable.  Did you know that Istanbul had a dog vending machine that releases food and water for stray dogs in exchange for plastic bottles?
gpt
I didn't know you can train the cats to do things like that, I didn't know that about Instanbul either. Do you feed your dogs a starch-rich diet, I think they thrive better on those diets.
human
Mine are on Purina ProPlan, with meat-starch components.  But mine do love their meat and take to large bones from when we slaughter as treats.  Do you think people discuss dogs a lot on sites like Reddit?
gpt
Haha, the occasional treat never hurts, I do spoil my dogs with scrambled eggs mixed with sausage at times too, about once a week and they really like that. Of course, I think people discuss all types of topics on reddit, I think the first post was actually related to something unimportant too.
human
Well, I guess sites like reddit have replaced the water cooler as the place to gossip and exchange info.  Considering how the internet has morphed since its inception, who knows what's next.  I am just glad that they are not necessarily forgetting about the old stuff.  Did you know that the Alexandria Library has saved a copy of the internet in case the internet burns down?   That's has to be a massive data center!!!
gpt
*eyes widen* How does the internet burn down? That is a ton of data to store! Considering that networks consists of private, public, academic, business, government, if everyone kept a copy of the data, that is such a big risk!
human
*hands at sides* The internet has morphed into web, email, telephony, file sharing, social media, and music / video streaming.  It's hard to fathom!!.  Well, its been good chatting but I need to run off to my day job.
gpt
*laughs* Have a great day! I need to get started as well.