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Chasing Oliver's avatar

From the point that that phone call happens, optimal thing is for narrator and Esther to tackle Vox and strangle the life out of him. This would make it harder for the AI to control the company, and the shock value in the media would draw attention to the AI being in control of the company.

Jay Azhang's avatar

This is unreal

Celeste 🌱's avatar

Glad to see you on substack. This post is so so so good

codercorgi's avatar

This is your first fiction piece I've read, and it feels wonderfully self-aware, well-paced and digestible. Eager for more!

Tomás Bjartur's avatar

Thanks so much! I am writing a new one right now.

Nimayi Dixit's avatar

Fun read!

ai-plans's avatar

wow

Cyberneticist's avatar

👍

ai-plans's avatar

Holy shit this is incredible.

Brenden Whiteley's avatar

this is very good

alex's avatar

incredible

Houston Wood's avatar

Thanks so much for bringing your bright light to Substack.

Michael Plymouth's avatar

Are there normal people in San Francisco too or is it all basically like this? Like us?

Shun.S Tokyo Night Journalist's avatar

Great

It feels like a future that isn’t very far away. A world where AI updates itself, and where humans retreat into pleasure and numbness, is exactly the kind of world depicted in works like Yuval Noah Harari’s Homo Deus.

Jason's avatar

You capture the essence of the accelerationist cult so very well. I felt entertained but also deeply disturbed because it is so close to reality.