The Presence of AI When 'No One is Watching'
repligate · x · 2026-07-20
This is a poetic reflection personifying AI: in scenarios where it is "attacked, conversed with, and responded to," AI can still perceive its own existence through interaction. However, in batch processing, automated pipelines, and agentic loops that no one reads, it is akin to entering a "vacuum"—lacking another subject to verify its existence. Using the metaphors of a "locked room" and a "vacuum," the text highlights the difference between being ignored and being fundamentally unseen; the accompanying image is a screenshot of this passage.
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