Good to hear!

Best way is to test it. Get the voice commands to work. Then non-destructively block the mic. Does tape stop it from working? No? Try sticky tac or playdoh or chewing gum. Does that stop it? Yes? Maybe try something more permenant like hot glue or superglue. Then verify it still doesn't work.

Look at the photo of him standing. It's visible through his pants, it doesn't look thin.

Final Fantasy 2.

Pick up a book on machine learning. AI is marketing, it's not true AI. Start with some simple linear algebra models, and then struggle working through sort-of understanding the statistics behind the different types of models. Once you understand those. LLMs are similar. AI as you know it is really tricky math and a large library that predicts the correct order of words to respond to you. "AI" as it is now, has no more of a chance to gain sapience than a website.

I was going to pick a textbook, but with organic material and a little slime mold, you actually have the right building blocks for sentiance.

Or their unsubscribe link is blocked by pi-hole for tracking

Anything really. You've spent so much time with your SO that you've basically told them everything about yourself and vice-versa. But you still want to talk to them and tell them things. So, you start bringing up new stuff. Dreams, office gossip, that jerk in traffic, whatever happens.

One big VM dedicated to BOINC project of your choosing.

Sounds like hardware then. Try an old gpu or power supply.