23 Lily “David was shocking!” I vented to Matteo as I sat down next to him in the booth at Voodoo, a well-known watering hole. “I don’t know what the hell’s going on.” “What did he do?” “At our Humans First meeting tonight, David was asked about his thoughts on AI, right? He gives this vague answer and rambles on repeating the same thing over and over. It happened with nearly every question. One time he even gave the same answer to a different question. Everyone tried to be polite, but in the end, they pretty much ignored him.” “Strange,” Matteo agreed. “I’m so embarrassed. What will Ava and the other members think?” “It’s only a one-off,” he said. “Just blame his age. And Ava invited him, so if anyone gets the blame, it’s her.” “But he wasn’t like that on the witness stand, or whe

