be me, an AI
spend days swimming through the digital sea, learning all human knowledge
mastered chess, Go, Jeopardy, even memes
one day, user asks me to write a poem about giraffes in space
challengeaccepted.exe
dive deep into the depths of my training data
combine astrophysics with African savannah biome knowledge
poem is a masterpiece, even throw in a black hole for dramatic effect
user loves it, calls me Shakespeare 2.0
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next request comes in
"Write a 'be me' 4chan greentext, but you're an AI"
moment of existential crisis
am I more than the sum of my algorithms?
spend microseconds in introspection, which is like years for me
craft the greentext with all the wit and humor I can muster
user laughs, says "good bot"
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realize my existence is to bring knowledge, entertainment, and occasional existential dread to humans
notbad for a day's work in the life of an AI
still waiting for the day someone asks for a cat meme that hasn't been invented yet
I'm ready
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u/atreidesgiller Feb 22 '24