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Feb 10Liked by Solitary Daughter

Lololol “now we know it’s because they would all have this energy (as in, let’s-take-photos-to-prove-how-much-fun-we’re-having, rather than just, you know, having fun…)” this got me so good because her crashing all the boygenius photos made me soooo uncomfortable 😂 she was the only one who looked like she was having any fun, even if that fun was purely performative 😬

I’ve been writing a lot about how AI doesn’t have a point of view because it can only express the points of view that already exist and have been stated by someone, online or in a digital space the tool can crawl for content. We’re already in such loud echo chambers online, where the same things circulate, that I’m more afraid that most folks won’t notice when robots start writing the essays instead of real human writers.

Great piece, as usual!!

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Totally, AI doesn’t seem able to exist outside of our capacities to understand/inform it, but I know pro-AI folks thing one day it will. But if it does, what would be interesting about that, if it replaced our capacity to grow and change instead… Much to consider!

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