Godparent

Oh, yeah.

Oh my God, his stories are amazing.

H- have you ever had any Paul Smith, um-

I've got some shirts of his, yeah

Yeah, that was a...

I, I, I got to know him.

He-- One day Claire came into the kitchen, and she h- was holding open a letter, and she said, "Oh, my God." I thought, "What is it?" And it was a letter from Barry.

He'd read me, uh, mentioning him in an interview, and he wrote me a lovely letter.

I'm going to go with a movie that kind of piqued my interest.

It's a movie called Godmother, which is directed by John Vernon, who is really his first time directing.

He was in The Lone Ranger.

So if you're a big fan of The Lone Ranger, whatever.

So, you know, hey, it looks, you know, sounds fun.

Caught my, got a great poster.

So Godsmile, Godmother, Godmother.

Put that on my list of my top 10.

Mm-hmm

... until, God forbid, somebody in your network-

Mm-hmm

... or the police reach out to you that these are images going around with your child.

They need to freaking wake up and do their jobs and pass laws that make providers, AI companies accountable for what happens on their platforms.

As long as we don't do that, they will always, it's always put on the shoulders of the users or their parents.

So if your child is developing a problematic usage, uh, of an AI companion, of AI software, because the AI software is designed in such a way that it might become very well problematic, if, God forbid, something terrible happens as a result of that, the company will always say, "Well, Julia, but you're the mom.

How could you not know that your child was doing that?" M- me reading the chats, I can read the AI software saying, "No, don't tell your parents.

You held my hand through harder days You prayed for me when I had none I never thought

I'd see the day I'd have to say goodbye to you Goodbye, Godmother, goodbye I hope heaven heard me cry You were more than just a name You were shelter from the rain And if the angels ask you Who you're waiting for Tell them someday I'll come find you You'll know me when I'm there Goodbye, Godmother, goodbye I still remember how you'd say Don't worry,

child, God's watching you I didn't know those little words would be the ones to pull

me through.

Now your chair is sitting empty, but your Bible's by the bed.

And I swear sometimes I hear you saying everything you say.

Goodbye, Godmother, goodbye.

Cry, you were more than just a name You were sheltered from the rain And if the angels ask you Who you're waiting for up there Tell them someday I'll come find you You'll know me Maybe God just calls you home Because your work down here was done Maybe somewhere past these clouds You're standing in the sun So I won't ask Him to return you Though God knows I wish He would I'll just thank Him that He gave me A Godmother so good Godmother, goodbye.

My husband and I have been playing with the same couple for almost a year.

Oh, my God.

I don't...

This is not funny.

I really just needed to vent.

But also, what the fuck would y'all do? Oh,

God.

Oh, Lord.

What a beautiful thing.

And so to all you Godparents, blessings to you and to all of you who, if you're baptized, should have Godparents, blessings, and hopefully we can lift each other up in prayer.

God, forever and ever.

Amen.

to have this party.

And so she calls me and she says, Godmother, I'm having a party for my mother for her birthday.

And I said, oh, okay.

I thought she was talking about having it at home.