Tag: Moxie

W H Confirms Moxie Robot Writes Biden’s Speeches

On By Malcolm R. CampbellIn Life in general

Washington DC, August 8, 2023, Star-Gazer News Service White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the President relies on the new Moxie Robot to write his important speeches.

“It began as a test on behalf of Embodied Corp,” she said, “to see how well an AI entity could manage the Situation Room in times of a national crisis. The results were better than expected and highly positive. So we moved on to other tasks: scheduling, travel itineries, public tours, and even press briefings in which Moxie was dressed up to look like me.”

Staffers told reporters that “it wasn’t really rocket science” to give Moxi test runs on handling Cabinet meetings and speech writing.

According to the President’s  Chief of Staff  Jeff Zients, “Biden’s gaffes are built into the text of the speeches because they give GOP and Fox News analysts something to laugh about ad nauseam while completely missing the important points in the speech.  The President is the perfect actor when it comes to pretending he doesn’t know what’s talking about.” 

Informed sources said that the only flaw with the Moxie Robot is its tendency to make passes at the First Lady and Vice President Kamala D. Harris during White House teas and state dinners.

Apparently, Moxie  told the First Lady, “You broads have  come a long way but are still more interesting when you’re not wearing any underwear” and mentioned to Kamala Harris that “I can get you onto the cover of the next Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition if you’ll be a little more friendly if you catch my drift.”

Karine Jean-Pierre admitted that there are still a few software bugs to work out.

—Story by Jock Stewart, Special Investigative Reporter

It takes a lot of moxie to rear children intelligently and lovingly

On By Malcolm R. CampbellIn Life in general, writing2 Comments

Since it’s an old word, let’s note that the online dictionary defines “moxie” as “force of character, determination, or nerve.” Parents have a covenant with their children to care for them properly. On the other hand, some parents are too busy, too bored, or too inept to care for their kids.

But there’s hope. A new product named “Moxie” is now on the market for parents who don’t have real moxie. Price tag: $799. Wikipedia says, “A social robot is an autonomous robot that interacts and communicates with humans or other autonomous physical agents by following social behaviors and rules attached to its role.”

Apparently, a lot of parents without moxie want Moxie because the product’s website is slow to load.is slow to load. Once there, they will learn that:

“Moxie is powered by SocialX®, Embodied’s breakthrough software platform that supports advanced conversation through:

  • Conversational AI
  • Body Language
  • Eye Contact
  • Emotion
  • Behavior Analytics
  • Premium Curated Content”

They will also learn that Moxie is “huggably soft,” you know like a parent would be if s/he were there. Moxie reaches life skills to kids from five to ten years of age, preparing their delicate psyches for the wonder years ahead. Moxie is purportedly their “bestie robot friend.”

USA Today approves: “Moxie is a robot companion on a mission to learn how to become a good friend to humans. Sent from the Global Robotics Laboratory, or G.R.L. for short, what Moxie needs is a real-life robot mentor, and the G.R.L. has chosen that mentor to be a child. Designed to engage with all kids needing to learn social, emotional, and life skills in the face of autism, anxiety, depression, and more, Moxie and its mentor go on a series of missions that help them both to learn and grow.” I take issue with the notion that a robot will help with autism and anxiety.

 In fact, most of the product reviews are favorable. This surprises me because the entire concept is flawed–not in the construction of the robot but in the notion we want a robot rearing our children because the parents can’t be bothered with it.

Maybe those who buy Moxie are really looking for Mary Poppins. 

–Malcolm