Untitled Thought Project

Untitled Thought Project

Losing the mess

On artificial intelligence, childhood intelligence, the WGA strike, and the possibility of losing human imprecision.

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Catherine Lacey
May 18, 2023
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One of the most beautiful emails I got last year (via the what-have-you-lost page) was written by a fourteen year old named Sanat. They wrote to me about two talismans they’d carried around for good …

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