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2 points by gHeadphone 2 months ago · 1 comment

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Marshferm 2 months ago

Words are the arbitrary vortex. We never solved the icon, index, signifier threshold, so all words remain a kind of lossy condition hovering at metaphor. And that means AIs role is really to destroy words, perpetually loosen and tear them away from contexts. The key paradox is the conduit metaphor. In person, the paradox disappears. On the page of a great writer, we forget about it since they create the uncanny thread that dissipates our awareness of it. But with AI, the paradox becomes the Achilles heel.

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