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These days, anti-GenAI screeds cross my radar every week. Even when I agree with what they’re saying (I often do), they’re mostly saying the same things. So, FWIW, here’s one with a fresh PoV: https://going-medieval.com/2025/10/21/on-ai-and-the-golem/
With an entertaining dip into MittelEuropean Jewish folklore.
@timbray The title reminds me of the book, The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. Which is an outstanding piece of speculative fiction. And an AI didn’t write it.
"Whatever the theoretical meaning of golem stories, the underlying message is the same. Just because one can do something, doesn’t mean one should. This is something that we have been pretty clear on for two hundred years."
Very good.
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@timbray I happen to know you feel differently, but to my mind and taste there isn't much difference between "porridge" and "slop." So that feature of the story feels right. Mind you, escaping by having to eat your way out of a graveyard buried in days old slop, err sorry "porridge," doesn't sound a like hopeful omen for the future...
@timbray What if we use AI to ingest all of them and categorize and summarize the similar ones and publish them all in a reader's digest-like single article. So we don't have to read all of them. Just the gist.
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