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Re: Show HN: Stream of Consciousness – watch an artificial persona making art

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Post by squigz » Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 3:34 PM UTC

squigz wrote: post #19

> human uniqueness is being eroded Why does this bother so many people? The more we learn about life on our own tiny planet, and when you consider the size of the universe... certainly we're not very unique at all. So what? I don't think it should change anything.

Bit funny that people will downvote this, or tell me I lack empathy... but won't attempt to explain "why"

Re: Show HN: Stream of Consciousness – watch an artificial persona making art

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Post by _akhe » Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 6:23 PM UTC

Awesome UI, just fun navigating around this thing.

Re: Show HN: Stream of Consciousness – watch an artificial persona making art

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Post by airstrike » Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 7:26 PM UTC

jamez wrote: post #20

squigz wrote: post #19

> human uniqueness is being eroded Why does this bother so many people? The more we learn about life on our own tiny planet, and when you consider the size of the universe... certainly we're not very unique at all. So what? I don't think it should change anything.

I'm probably not the best person to elaborate on why societal anxieties arise every time our place in the universe shrinks. I guess observing reactions to copernican heliocentrism could be a good starting point. We're witnessing something similar, and while we may accept it at the individual level, the objections of the many will stir painful reactions.

This is so well said I can clearly picture it as a paragraph next to this exhibit in a museum or gallery (sorry I keep to exhibit your work but I just can't help it at this point...)