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Sam Tschida's avatar

Genius as usual, esp the strong conclusion. So measured and then "ChaptGPT is going to kill us." lol. I love reading your stacks!

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Nikki Payne's avatar

Sam, you are the love of my life 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾

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Plain Jane's avatar

Fascinating - I'm just asking myself how much of the fandom on AO3 and elsewhere is Joaquin Phoenix and the film "Her" responsible for? Will watch for updates on this conversation - wonderful to have an anthropologist romance-specialist's take! 💮🌻❣️

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Alicia Thompson's avatar

FASCINATING!!!! When will we be getting your AI romance?!?! (Also, not a romance, but I thought Ishiguro's KLARA AND THE SUN was so good in this vein)

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Nikki Payne's avatar

I loved Clara and the sun so much and it's such an interesting counterpart for that aerfect automaton to be a child as well. That desire to be a perfect parent.

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Cath's avatar

I rece rly read an argument that AI only puts out info based on what you feed into it, so really it's just a relationship with yourself. I think about that a lot.

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Nikki Payne's avatar

This is so true! I'm thinking of the Greek myth of Narcissus!!!

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Regina Black's avatar

Isn't this the idea of "a perfect companion who understands us completely," in every romance novel?

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