Hmm, is that the sound of chickens, beginning to come home to roost?

After months of resisting, Air Canada was forced to give a partial refund to a grieving passenger who was misled by an airline chatbot inaccurately explaining the airline's bereavement travel policy. ... Air Canada was seemingly so invested in experimenting with AI that Crocker told the Globe and Mail that "Air Canada’s initial investment in customer service AI technology was much higher than the cost of continuing to pay workers to handle simple queries." It was worth it, Crocker said, because "the airline believes investing in automation and machine learning technology will lower its expenses" and '"fundamentally" create "a better customer experience."

I also highly recommend reading the decision itself:

Highlights:

"In effect, Air Canada suggests the chatbot is a separate legal entity that is responsible for its own actions. This is a remarkable submission."

"While Air Canada argues Mr. Moffatt could find the correct information on another part of its website, it does not explain why the webpage titled “Bereavement travel” was inherently more trustworthy than its chatbot. It also does not explain why customers should have to double-check information found in one part of its website on another part of its website."

And not "AI" related, but delicious snark:

"Air Canada is a sophisticated litigant that should know it is not enough in a legal process to assert that a contract says something without actually providing the contract."

Okay someone who knows more about dnd than I do help me sort out princess tutu rpg classes. My thoughts so far:

Tbh I could see Duck as either a bard or a cleric. Bard for nonviolent approaches to conflict and a dance focus. That said I could totally see her as a cleric, she’d make a natural fit as the healer of the party and princess tutu could be her deity.

Ok so Fakir has to multiclass in like the most inefficient way right? Starts as a low hp high dps melee fighter and eventually makes the transition to a magic user class (warlock perhaps?? Wizard of some sort?). It’s kind of funny to imagine him as guy who desperately needs a high wis/int but keeps dumping all his stats into strength out of sheer stubbornness. I mean he doesn’t HAVE to switch classes but I think it makes the most sense, he starts in a class that he’s really not suited for and has to transition to what’s best for him even if he’s not happy about it.

Mytho is a natural fit for a paladin tank (though I’d listen to an argument for cleric). He’s throwing himself in the way to protect all the members of the party with no regards to his own safety. Probably dies a lot.

Rue I’m most undecided on. I could see her as a magic using class like Druid (preferred form is a crow) or warlock (makes a pact with the Raven) or even a bard who uses her persuasion to start drama. In a totally different direction, I could also see her as a rogue just to balance out the party; she’s clever, resourceful, nimble, etc.

PLS GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS IVE BEEN ARGUING WITH MYSELF ABOUT THIS FOR AGES

i think he found the toothpaste 0_0

I used the Wayback Machine to see what the Far Cry 5 official websites looked like from 2017 to 2020 and find out if that’s where the character information sheets posted on the Playasia Blog (here) were from. I’m talking about these:

So I can confirm the images above do NOT come from the official websites. Although they look like they were made by Ubisoft, it seems they weren’t.

But during my research, I did find official character descriptions! There are several versions depending on which page/article you are reading, which website (Far Cry or Far Cry 5) you are on, and which region (America or Europe, basically) you select. Some of the descriptions have even changed over time!

Since the old websites don’t exist anymore and most of that content was deleted (but not really, thanks to the Internet Archive), I’m going to post what I’ve gathered here :)

I just need to save/screenshot/crop/organize/copy-paste/transcribe everything first...

rock, dash, jess and their humans

realized i gotta take my questionable cacti outta their dirt...

not thrilled about it so have been stalling but. i simply must

cons of hyperfixating SPECIFICALLY on an oc: eventually you will be the only person who does not have fatigue from seeing this guy over and over again

seeing project moon fans outside of project moon circles is always going to be so wild to me

JEREMY JORDAN IS VOICING LUC*FER????

sometimes i think about how i have literally no conception of succtumblr outside my like circle of mutuals. like are we it? is there a whole world out there? i don’t know. i couldn’t tell you

I haven't really started transitioning beyond telling a few friends which pronouns to use, and broadly getting a gender neutral nickname on all my school documents, and yet somehow the transsexual energy is so potent that people just fucking know. had a lab partner a couple weeks ago who kept calling me "they" because he had no clue what was going on with my gender (this does not seem to be a default assumption he makes with everyone), and this kind of thing happens More Frequently Than I Know What To Do With

i grow weary of people who are proud of being Haters

THERES A JIMMY SMALL MONEY. HES MY WORST ENEMY EVER

I would like to say that I do find Jo sexy now it’s just when you posted that I didn’t see it because… idk? guess I had to really look at him also I don’t find Old ugly that is mean. So, I just wanted to clarify. I actually couldn’t tell if you were series through that because you’re kind of goofy and kind of I’m telling you what’s what!

it's all water under the bridge my friend, don't sweat it ! i was half serious in the last ask: it's really rare i genuinely get super pressed about something, esp if it's something like someone not finding the same chara as attractive as i do lmao

In an unfortunate turn of events, I have returned (briefly) to my hometown and boy…this brand of Nostalgia™️ is really not working for me.

Can you recommend horror movies to me that you love? Thank you so much <3

hell yeah i can anon!! thanks for the opportunity :D

there's been some really impressive stuff come out in the last year alone- barbarian and nope come to mind especially

barbarian is best if you can go in at least mostly blind- i did and it was one of the most insane theatre experiences of my LIFE. literally screamed out loud at one scene lmao. it's about two strangers who accidentally wind up sharing an airbnb and if you think you know where that's going i promise you you're wrong

nope might possibly be one of the best movies ive Ever seen full stop? i am kind of obsessed w it, this is one of those holy grails of writing for me bc jordan peele has this way of perfectly articulating and explaining the point of his movies while also being super subtle and not just making a morality play. i literally wrote a 10pg essay on this film. it's THAT deep. it's got some scary scenes/great tension too! best i can describe it is two siblings + ragtag crew band together to save the haywood family horse ranch. and that's all i'll tell you

zombieland is fun as well! definitely the least scary and most chill of these but i think it's really funny (which is rare- i usually hate horror comedy bc so much of it is just offensive) and i love zombie stories and found family, lol. it's a road trip movie with zombies basically, i like watching it during exams to destress

creep (2014) is SUCH a great found footage movie. the whole atmosphere was crazy uncomfortable. basically this guy hires a videographer to make a video diary for his unborn son, but the videographer definitely does not have enough information about this guy and it becomes obvious very quickly lol

hush (2016) does some AWESOME slasher horror and i do so love slashers. the protagonist is deaf/mute, which is not only cool bc hell yeah representation in media but also bc it presents a whole new struggle!! maddie is a total fucking badass and absolutely holds her own against the killer, but ofc she can't hear the killer and can't hear whether she's making noise he could hear. and both of those do affect the plot. it's that classic "woman goes on a secluded cabin retreat but then someone tries to serial kill her"

it's kinda hard to recommend them without knowing what subgenres you're into or whether you're new to horror but those are just some i like off the top of my head! i also always shill for doesthedogdie if you need tws or anything :) there's no shame in not watching smth that'll genuinely upset you. scary movies are supposed to be fun in the end, not cause actual panic attacks or anything