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Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
Marcus Aurelius
Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.
Mary Shelley
I dwell in Possibility—
Emily Dickinson
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
The Quoteiac Journal
Everyone Wants AI to Change the World. Tolstoy Says Start With Yourself.
Everyone Wants AI to Change the World. Tolstoy Says Start With Yourself. Every keynote right now is "AI will change everything." Cool. Leo Tolstoy said the same thing about people in 1903: everyone...
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Mary Shelley vs. AI Perfection: Why Monsters Beat Algorithms
Mary Shelley vs. AI Perfection: Why Monsters Beat Algorithms AI art is shiny. It's also suspiciously polite. Everything is symmetrical, color-graded, and utterly forgettable. Meanwhile Mary Shelley...
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Emily Dickinson, Em Dashes, and Why AI Can't Fake Intentional Chaos
Emily Dickinson, Em Dashes, and Why AI Can't Fake Intentional Chaos Everyone thinks the em dash is an AI tell now. Screenshots of ChatGPT replies get roasted for the endless dash train. But long be...
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