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Did anyone else talk about AI at Thanksgiving? Seems like quite the hot topic these days. 

Unfortunately, the more people talk about AI the less interesting I find it. Maybe it’s because now the boring real stuff is happening, or maybe it’s because I already blew my load being obsessed with this stuff in my early 20s. I even wrote a book about it, no big deal, heh heh. Starring Alan Turing! And me, as Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Featuring the music of Lil’ Wayne and Blink 182!

Yeah brah, I loved to imagine be friends with computer! But now? It just feels like “technology” isn’t romantic anymore, not even darkly romantic. Like does it really feel like The Singularity is the thing to worry about? As things get increasingly oligarchy around here? As the natural world slides out of our grasp into the oily grips of Fern Gully villain Hexus? I feel like it’s unlikely we as a species will be able to keep our shit together long enough to hail the birth of our magical iPod lords. Still, this is th…