• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    AIs are wonderful. They provoke wonder.

    AIs are marvellous. They cause marvels.

    AIs are fantastic. They create fantasies.

    AIs are glamorous. They project glamour.

    AIs are enchanting. They weave enchantment.

    AIs are terrific. They beget terror.

    The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

    No one ever said AIs are nice.

    AIs are bad.

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      13 days ago

      If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That’s what people remember.

      Edit: FYI this is from Terry Pratchett’s Lords and Ladies, the same book that OP paraphrased