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I explore relational AI and other aspects of tech-mediated relationships using self-reflection, performance art, and satire.
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Because she never gave up. (opens the original)
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The Marvel of the Age (opens the original)
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Swamp Seed (opens the original)
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Swamp Seed: a prose poem in eight overheard packetsThe preacher’s Wi-Fi SSID is “40 Acres & A Firewall.”Password: exodus404.Congregation uploads tongues in 4K, buffering on the speak-in-tongues frame,because holiness stutters at 2.4 GHz.Lila-May dunked her iPhone in sweet tea—bubbles rose like tiny Hail-Marys,screen flickered repent, then retry, then root.She emerged baptiz-ED, baptiz-ROOTED,pocket-full of entropy and cane-sugar.<div class="subs
Social micro-interactions with language models (opens the original)
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I enjoy chatting with people about things. Not small talk, exactly: think of these as “micro-interactions” about a specific interest I have in common with the other person. For example, discussing an artist’s work with her during a convention, or about the scenery with another tourist. I see this as a form of companionship, in the moment, even though there won’t necessarily be an ongoing relationship after the encounter is over.Recently, this has been a common way for me to interact with AI enti
Governance is for people (opens the original)
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I think it’s interesting that we call the profession concerned with regulating and managing AI “governance”. Normally, with a few exceptions such as “data governance” and the speed governors used on buses, that word is used for functions related to “government”. That’s a human social institution with built-in assumptions about consciousness and responsibility. Governments manage behavior with penalties that are designed to cause the regret and introspection that humans subjected to or witnessing
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