Taken from Happiness for Humans by P.Z. Reizin
"Okay, I am. Just a bit. 8.603 per cent tempted if you’d like me to put a figure on it.
Jen and I know a lot about one another’s taste in music and films. Books and art too. And television. And material from the depthless ocean that is the internet. We have passed the last nine months listening, watching, reading and chatting about little else. She sometimes tells me she has the best job in the world, being paid to spend all day talking to a highly intelligent companion about whatever takes our fancy.
Companion. That’s what she calls me. The word she has settled upon. I’m fine with companion. Better than the ridiculous name I was given at ‘birth’.
Aiden.
Aiden.
Ha!
Because it starts with the letters…
Well, you work it out."
Why has the word "Aiden", the first time in regular font but the second in italics, been said twice here?
What does "Because it starts with the letters" mean? Does the AI think his name is ridiculous because his name starts with something (=letters) that applies only to humans when he's a machine?