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> If somebody gives you an excerpt of a book, it doesn't mean they have the intelligence of the author

A closely related rant of my own: The fictional character we humans infer from text is not the author-machine generating that text, not even if they happen to share the same name. Assuming that the author-machine is already conscious and choosing to insert itself is begging the question.






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