Today's puzzle takes us to North Carolina. I've been amazed at how well my phone is able to suggest replies to my incoming e-mails. It's obviously able to read the messages and offer a suitable short reply, like "Great!" or "Thanks!" or some such that I can click on and reply automatically. When I compose messages, it's constantly looking ahead and offering suggestions for words it thinks I want to type. But it makes me laugh when I sign my e-mails with my full name. When I type out Jennifer it offers two suggestions for continuing other than my own last name: "Lawrence" and "Lopez." It does make you wonder, though:
Can machines think? (TPS2015)
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