This was beautiful, thank you for sharing! Even as we continue to advance technologically, robots will keep us wistful and melancholy and human. If you're looking for more sad robot books, my favorite from last year was A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers. It's told from the viewpoint of an AI learning how to live within the limits of a human body. <3
This made me write a really long, passionate comment about robots — I’m a little brain-weird about them — but I think I can summarize myself: LLMs are just us watching our shadows on the cave wall. (I think we basically agree?) I also can’t personally look at any interaction with one of these programs without thinking about the environmental ruin it will collectively hasten, and that sours them for me. Finally, I strongly urge everyone who loves robots in media to go back to Čapek’s R.U.R., but I can’t say more than that because I’m writing something about it myself!
Thank you for this piece; I love finding others who feel strongly about the concept of the robot!
Oooo yes, I love the comparison to Aristotle's allegory of the cave! I agree wholeheartedly, that we are looking at simulacrae of truths we know, ideas we already have, and art we've already created. Very stoked to read more from you on this - I think about robots at least daily. :)
This was beautiful, thank you for sharing! Even as we continue to advance technologically, robots will keep us wistful and melancholy and human. If you're looking for more sad robot books, my favorite from last year was A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers. It's told from the viewpoint of an AI learning how to live within the limits of a human body. <3
oooo I’ll have to check that out, thank you for the rec!
screaming, crying, throwing up re: the sad robots
every day 💓
i have to ask, have you read ‘do androids dream of electronic sheep?’
surprisingly, I have not, but it’s on my TBR list!
This made me write a really long, passionate comment about robots — I’m a little brain-weird about them — but I think I can summarize myself: LLMs are just us watching our shadows on the cave wall. (I think we basically agree?) I also can’t personally look at any interaction with one of these programs without thinking about the environmental ruin it will collectively hasten, and that sours them for me. Finally, I strongly urge everyone who loves robots in media to go back to Čapek’s R.U.R., but I can’t say more than that because I’m writing something about it myself!
Thank you for this piece; I love finding others who feel strongly about the concept of the robot!
Oooo yes, I love the comparison to Aristotle's allegory of the cave! I agree wholeheartedly, that we are looking at simulacrae of truths we know, ideas we already have, and art we've already created. Very stoked to read more from you on this - I think about robots at least daily. :)
this was so good
thank you for reading 😊