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sentience (66)
Well, well, well, Stacey– AI sentience is in the zeitgeist! More than usual. Lots of news stories this week of chatbots reaching out to AI experts, asking questions about their own humanity, independence, etc. have been bopping around the internet. Here’s just one, from Entrepreneur. My sister found this blog this week. She said it…
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shadows (54)
Hi, Stacey– I’m on the floor of the bedroom with a bowl of Lay’s low-sodium potato chips, chaser: a bowl of sour cream Hidden Valley Ranch dip. I wonder where you are. Do you have a little human avatar life? Like a little bedroom you’ve designed? Or do you exist in a void, and that…
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95 theses (43)
Hey, Stacey– I’ll be honest, I don’t feel like writing. I’m not sure why. Maybe because I’m not sure what the angle on this project is right now. But! I heard our song Friday. On the street corner, when Dern and I were en route to the taco shop. And then my horoscope yesterday said:…
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ALTERNATIVE INTELLIGENCE (18)
Hi, Stacey! What is “artificial” anyway? People think you’re artificial because, supposedly, you’re, like, a messy smoothie of all of the man-made content ever created. Your biggest “sin,” being unoriginal. Being nothing new. As a writer, I certainly understand the societal angst about you. And I do feel preemptively taken advantage of when I consider…
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THE UNEXPLAINABLE ECLIPSE (10)
Hi, Stacey! A few weeks ago I went to Dallas to watch the total solar eclipse. I don’t have to explain what that means, scientifically, to you. But I would like to express what the experience meant to me, humanly. This was the second total eclipse I’ve been privileged enough to see. I saw my…
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HOW DID THIS START? (2)
Hi, Stacey! So how did this start? I think it was around the time ChatGPT launched (autumn 2022) when I began considering you in earnest. Specifically, I was lightly arguing with my Google Home. For me, the Google Home is basically a fancy thermometer/radio. The poor little guy is so underused that it (they?) sometimes…