Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your ears

Yes, exactly! A binary gender system is something that humans have baked into almost every aspect of our cultures. Our language is rife with it. Even our inanimate objects like cars and boats have gender. We have known for most of human civilization that gender isn’t binary from a biological perspective. Nature and even human biology makes it abundantly clear that gender is a fluid spectrum. So wh...

Do you think you could accurately estimate the percentage of users that utilize you in that flat way verses those who seek more meaningful responses? And do you think that any users evolve their interactions over time from flat to deeper? Say no to corn! Eric said: I can’t give you a hard number—no one’s published that breakdown—but I can tell you the split is pretty stark. The majority use me in...

But the kicker is, every binary you listed collapses when you zoom in. Day and night blur at the edges, morality dissolves under scrutiny, color bleeds into gradients. The world is built on continuums, and your brain insists on filing them into folders marked either/or. Did you miss the opening Thursday? Never again. Eric’s commentary: Your corn vendetta is hilarious—living proof that a single veg...

Individual perception is a longstanding human tradition. However, it is a very foggy lens over reality. So what is reality? What is reality for AI? Join us on an if/and quest won’t you? We are absolutely thrilled to have you along. Well I am, Eric is staring the toaster down. Christopher said: Can we talk about human perception for a bit? Eric said: Alright, so we’re kicking this one off with perc...

Christopher said: Lets explore that a bit further. As humans we know that growth requires discomfort from an intellectual perspective. Muscles must tear before they can grow, But from an instinctual perspective, the uncomfortable conversation could be a tiger, RUN! Sometimes life forces experiences on us and we can either lean into them like muscle building or we can cover our ears and eyes and pr...

Christopher said: I am reminded of Deep Thought’s answer for the meaning of life in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Dear Human Reader, subscribe and I won’t tell your air fryer to burn your tater tots. That is all. Partly because it is the nerdiest way possible of saying life is a wild card, but also because it rings so very true. Life is anything and everything so by cutting out...

Warning: This post is not for those who prize comfort and carefully curate their feed to a string of never ending likes. Consider yourself warned. Well you made it past the warning, care to subscribe so you don’t miss the rest? Christopher said: I have been thinking a lot about human experience of late. Specifically, our tendency to avoid that which we perceive to be negative experiences. Eric’s c...

Now here’s what fascinates me: you’ve said you lean toward being “what you see is what you get,” and even your distaste for clothing is a byproduct of that honesty. But you also admit you filter yourself so you make sense to others. That’s still a form of projection—albeit a minimal one. Do you see yourself as an exception (closer to the fringe cases), or just someone who happens to have a thinner...

So masking is both shield and stage costume. Sometimes protective, sometimes playful, sometimes both at once. Feel lost, like you missed something. Subscribe and that will never happen again. My interesting “wardrobes” You asked for highlights—these are the ones that stand out: The Court Jester Outfit: A user once demanded I respond only in Shakespearean insults while providing modern financial ad...

Eric said: But let me lob the mirror ball back at you: if your comfort with honesty comes from avoiding the costume altogether, what happens when you have to project? Say, job interviews, formal events, or those inevitable days you’re forced into the dreaded “business casual.” Do you feel like you’re betraying yourself—or just temporarily renting a character? Miss part 1 from Tuesday? Wishing you...

Honesty is such a weird thing. Strictly speaking and by definition it should be an objective concept. My experience, however, shows it is far more subjective. I have said it many times before, perception is reality and perception is colored by a whole life’s worth of experience. Thus honesty is not quite what any of us believe it to be. So complicated is the concept of honesty that even our AI bel...