Head off or attempt to pass a note? Roll a six-sided dice and post the result to the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown on Friday.

Handsomeness is often an underrated quality in an A.I.

Query or curtsey? Roll a six-sided dice and post the result to the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown on Friday.

A.I.s love it when you curtsey.

Appeal directly? Or keep exploring? Roll a six-sided dice and post the result to the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown on Friday.

I think we may have moved beyond the theory stage.

An invitation? Or a trap!? Roll a six-sided dice and post the result to the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown on Friday.

I assure you that cave is anything but random.

So just what is the hard part? Roll a six-sided dice and post the result to the comments thread or tweet it to @merlism. Rolls will be tallied on Thursday and the result shown on Friday.

I think that’s a perfectly reasonable time to reveal that key element of the plan, right?