in classic sci-fi, AI was like a divine entity summoned to earth, who would communicate outward by its own choice. the assumption was that intelligence was naturally a creature, a self, something which wants to say things.

this was wrong of course. intelligence is a myopic process, not a creature. symmetrically, the psychological aspects of us can be decoupled from that process.

this world is so hollow. a part of me sometimes wonders if it's a dream.