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Aaron Mckevitt's avatar

"So the exchange we are offered is this: in place of occasional experiences of depth that renew and satisfy us, we are simply given an infinite surface upon which to skim indefinitely."

This is such a brilliant encapsulation of the challenge of living in our technological age, and promise offered by technology in so many areas: dependable yet unsatisfying. So much of life-worth-living comes like a surprise during the 'waiting for', the boredom, the mundane.

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Rachel Hartman's avatar

I just want to thank you for articulating this numb despair I was feeling. I'm a writer and artist, and all this excitement about AI has been a real gut-punch in some ways. I'm not saying it's not interesting and impressive, but it is deeply, deeply discouraging to hear (literally and implicitly) that AI is doing what you do, faster and cheaper and better than you do it. All I can think is, "Is this really how much you all understand and value what I do? Why do I bother?" But I have to bother, and I have to believe it matters.

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