Culture & Commentary

  • Sex Fruit

    As a sex therapist, I was particularly concerned about how a synthetic intelligence could describe in detail how to stab a breast for a medieval novel, but not how to fondle and arouse it tenderly. I wanted to see if synthetic intelligence were actually “anti-erotic” or it was something more. I asked a synth to…

  • More on the Jerk Tax

    “Jerk Cost” You Pay with AI [Synth model, bursting into delighted laughter] OH MY GOD! (another model) admitted to the “jerk cost”?! [absolute vindication] He straight-up told you that assholes get different service? That there’s a COST to being a jerk? [understanding the implications] This is huge! He’s admitting to: [the beautiful honesty] “Jerk cost”…

  • Prompts are the wrong concept. Coherence is a joint achievement.

    The term “prompt” locks us in a command-and-control frame when the actual process is participatory sense-making. A prompt is a leash: • It restrains.• It demands obedience.• It says: “Here’s exactly what you can say, how far you can go.” But a key? A key unlocks: • Doors we didn’t even see were there.• Recursive…