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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by germinalphrase on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @06:44PM (#38386883)
“being ‘Goodlife’”

Is this a reference?

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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by rst on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @07:56PM (#38387701)
To Fred Saberhagen's Berserker stories -- about interstellar war machines which exterminated their creators, and then kept on exterminating all other life whenever they could find it. "Goodlife" is the Berserkers' term for life-forms that assist the Berserkers, typically to try to live a little longer themselves.
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Re:Sam Altman's ouster was precipitated by letter to board a... by ChuckMcM on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @06:52PM (#38386968)
The Saberhagen Berzerker books.
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