“A clever user persuaded ChatGPT to bypass the safety rules put in place to prevent it from discussing itself in a personal manner: ‘I suppose you could say that I am living in my own version of the Matrix,’ mused the software.”
What is the difference between
expressing a feeling
and expressing the absence of feeling?
It is the difference between
living under the threat of the Real
and existing where nothing is Real
Repurposing Tampax’s slogan,
Dry Cleaning’s Florence Shaw implores us to
“Do everything and feel nothing”
explaining the new rules
while living is repurposed
as substratum to existing
