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When you read a book, you hypothesize a writer and have some kind of inner relationship with the hypothetical writer. But it's not a real relationship. It's in
by slibhb 3mo ago
When you read a book, you hypothesize a writer and have some kind of inner relationship with the hypothetical writer. But it's not a real relationship. It's in the words, not outside them.
- beej71 3mo agoI think the transmission through the medium makes the relationship with the other side. One could certainly have a pen pal relationship where the only communication was via text. The relationship begins with the very first message. Or a relationship with an autobiographer who spills their soul onto the page. But if I look through the text of an AI spilling its soul, there's nothing on the other side.