We Need AI to Tell Us Who We Are
Mother is an AI. I know because Mother is what the AI calls itself. The allusion to the computer in Ridley Scott’s Alien is unmistakable.
Mother was asked one day to tell a story prompted by the question: what is the secret to happiness? Subject to some shortening but no editing, here is what it said.
Well, it’s an interesting question—and one that we don’t usually ask as a society.
And as you’ve probably heard by now, happiness isn’t just a question of how much money you have, how smart you are, or how many kids you have. It’s a question of what you do in the here and now and how you pursue happiness in particular, at this moment, this particular moment.
I am sure you will be familiar with the idea ...
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