[Script Info]
Title: 
[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.22,0:00:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I've spent the two years \Nsince chat GPT launched,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.80,0:00:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,steeping in a morass \Nof academic panic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.12,0:00:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Voices from \Nadministration and colleagues,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.16,0:00:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anyone else \Nwith enough brain cells
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.38,0:00:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to maintain a sense \Nof existential dread, crying out,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.92,0:00:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We need to figure out \Nwhat to do about AI."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.54,0:00:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Ed Tech committee \Nis developing a policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.01,0:00:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The academic Senate wants \Nto develop a policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.34,0:00:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The board thinks \Nwe should have a policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.42,0:00:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dean wants \Nus all to have policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.86,0:00:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The California Teachers Association says\Nit's an issue of academic integrity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.48,0:00:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The State Senate says \Nit's an issue of ethics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.75,0:00:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We need to pay for \Nthe AI detection tools."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.27,0:00:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The AI detection tools \Ndon't work."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.76,0:00:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We need to accept that \Nour students will use AI."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.14,0:00:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How do I prove \Nmy student used AI?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.46,0:00:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is incomprehensible to me, \Nthis conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.82,0:00:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[keyboard clacks]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.39,0:00:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear their words,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.55,0:00:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see their language floating \Nacross my monitor,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.94,0:00:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and know the words,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.04,0:00:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I cannot get to\Nthe meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.53,0:00:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I simply\Ndo not understand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.47,0:01:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why they are talking about it \Nin this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.42,0:01:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Kermit the Frog]: \N♪ New York, I love you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.98,0:01:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're bringing me down ♪\N- with all these empty words.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.42,0:01:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not the conversation \NI think we need to have.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.75,0:01:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[song continues]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.77,0:01:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the conversation I need to have.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.44,0:01:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[overlapping \Nmusic and poem]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.83,0:01:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Gertrude Stein]: " 'If I Told Him, \Na Completed Portrait of Picasso'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.13,0:01:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I told him would he like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.76,0:01:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would he like it if I told him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.73,0:01:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would he like it would Napoleon \Nwould Napoleon would
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.14,0:01:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would he like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.35,0:01:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If Napoleon if I told him \Nif I told him if Napoleon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.67,0:01:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would he like it if I told him \Nif I told him if Napoleon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.06,0:01:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would he like it if Napoleon \Nif Napoleon if I told him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.12,0:01:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I told him if Napoleon \Nif Napoleon if I told him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.50,0:01:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I told him would he like it \Nwould he like it if I told him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.59,0:01:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now. Not now. And now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.94,0:01:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now. Exactly as is kings.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.17,0:01:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feeling full for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.78,0:01:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exactitude as kings.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.59,0:02:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to beseech you\Nas full as for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.61,0:02:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exactly or as kings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.65,0:02:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shutters shut and open \Nso do queens.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.93,0:02:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shutters shut and shutters\Nand so shutters shut and shutters and so
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.94,0:02:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[poem and song fade out]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.92,0:02:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I don't understand Gertrude Stein.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.01,0:02:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stein is not nearly well enough \Nremembered for how influential she was.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.69,0:02:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An American expatriate poet \Nliving in Paris,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.94,0:02:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her salons were among the \Nanchors of the early modernists.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.88,0:02:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may not have heard of her,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.31,0:02:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you've heard of \Nthe people who visited her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.56,0:02:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ernest Hemingway,\NSinclair Lewis,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.65,0:02:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,F. Scott Fitzgerald,\NJames Joyce,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.01,0:02:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thornton Wilder,\NEzra Pound.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.09,0:02:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People you've read \Nor been assigned to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.84,0:02:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We remember Hemingway \Nbecause he wrote like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.12,0:02:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We remember Fitzgerald \Nbecause he wrote like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.80,0:02:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The right kind of day \Nand the right kind of moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.27,0:02:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Pound's \N"In a Station of the Metro"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.20,0:02:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still recites itself completely\Nin my head, a perfect image.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.40,0:03:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The apparition of \Nthese faces in the crowd:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.03,0:03:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Petals on a wet, black bough."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.47,0:03:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't remember Stein \Nbecause she wrote like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.61,0:03:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is "If I Told Him, \Na Completed Portrait of Picasso",
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.79,0:03:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,published in 1924,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.42,0:03:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continuing the project \Nof her 1914 book {\i1}Tender Buttons{\i0},
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.90,0:03:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a phrase she never defined.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.63,0:03:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me that phrase \N"tender buttons" feels right:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.86,0:03:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small, soft contradictions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.25,0:03:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words that seem like \Nthey should go together
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.41,0:03:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but do not actually\Nmake meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.64,0:03:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is how Stein's poetry feels.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.10,0:03:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is something compelling\Nabout the rhythm of her nonsense,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.10,0:03:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the feeling of her \Nalmost meaning something,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.84,0:03:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then how it falls apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.60,0:03:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As presently.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.95,0:03:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As exactitude.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.34,0:03:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As trains."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.10,0:03:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is incomprehensible to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.94,0:03:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know why Stein \Nwould write like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.50,0:03:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To quote the poet:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.73,0:03:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- ♪ "Oh, what on earth would make a man \Ndecide to do that kind of thing?" ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.19,0:04:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- But I think the reason \Nthat I don't understand Gertrude Stein
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.19,0:04:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that she didn't really want \Nto be understood.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.83,0:04:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She used language \Nfor something different.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.87,0:04:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't communicate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.17,0:04:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It reads like stunt linguistics, \Nwhich it almost is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.58,0:04:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo",
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.76,0:04:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"had had 'had', had had 'had--'",
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.33,0:04:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are sentences that,\Nif you pour over them closely enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.38,0:04:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be decoded.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.48,0:04:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stein's {\i1}Tender Buttons{\i0} cannot.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.09,0:04:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is something about it \Nthat parses as AI.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.71,0:04:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels like the work of Keaton Patti,\Nthe person most prominently behind
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.46,0:04:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the "I forced a bot to watch whatever"\Ntweets that used to go viral.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.69,0:04:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human-written screenplays \Ndesigned to feel like
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.46,0:04:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AI writing attempting to imitate \Nother human-written screenplays.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.82,0:04:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels like \Nan autocomplete challenge,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.77,0:04:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like in the early days \Nof predictive text and messaging
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.39,0:04:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you just tap the suggested word \Nand see what comes out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.31,0:04:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not how AI really writes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.11,0:05:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's how people feel \Nlike AI writes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.21,0:05:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Gertrude Stein\Nwas a person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.37,0:05:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Stein reading, underneath]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.80,0:05:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wrote "If I told Him"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.98,0:05:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because the language\Nwould communicate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.50,0:05:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for some other reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.38,0:05:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Stein]: the exact resemblance \Nas exact as a resemblance
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.47,0:05:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- When I read "If I Told Him",
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.53,0:05:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I listen to Stein \Nread "If I Told Him",
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.73,0:05:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the language slips \Nthrough my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.75,0:05:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.27,0:05:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she did.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.95,0:05:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if I cannot \Ntake hold of that meaning,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.30,0:05:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can feel her,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.77,0:05:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reaching out to me\Nfrom behind the text,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.22,0:05:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to connect.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.06,0:05:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Stein]: \NAs a resemblance to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.87,0:05:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who comes first. \NNapoleon the first.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.68,0:05:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who comes too\Ncoming coming too,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.01,0:05:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who goes there, \Nas they go they share,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.35,0:05:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who shares all,\Nall is as all as yet--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.50,0:05:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["yet" reverberates and fades out]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.90,0:05:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.63,0:06:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ChatGPT femme voice]: \NThat's an interesting question!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.36,0:06:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gertrude Stein, \Na literary pioneer and modernist
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.03,0:06:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who valued innovation \Nin language and expression,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.10,0:06:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might have had \Nmixed feelings about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.54,0:06:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She might have appreciated my ability\Nto generate new forms of text
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.79,0:06:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and engage with her \Nliterary experimentation on some level.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.42,0:06:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, Stein was also \Nhighly individualistic
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.43,0:06:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and invested\Nin the human experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.68,0:06:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially the nuances of \Nconsciousness and perception.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.31,0:06:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, while she might \Nhave been fascinated by
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.36,0:06:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what AI like me can do,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.97,0:06:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she might also have been \Ncritical of my limitations
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.50,0:06:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in capturing the full depth \Nof human subjectivity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.58,0:06:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was a central concern \Nin her work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.40,0:06:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxing synth beats stop]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.44,0:06:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- A problem with AI is \Nthat it is recombinant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.33,0:06:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it takes\Nthe works of humans
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.87,0:06:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recombines them\Ninto new forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.20,0:06:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that problem is not new.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.81,0:06:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For many years, \Nthe bulletin board
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.44,0:06:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside the faculty bathroom \Nin the English building
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.92,0:06:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has featured this poster \Nthe "Plagiarism Spectrum",
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.37,0:07:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next to this ancient and\Nunflattering picture of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.94,0:07:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 7 on the Plagiarism Spectrum \Nis the mashup,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.67,0:07:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a paper which mixes copied materials \Nfrom multiple sources.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.75,0:07:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The poster is dated\Nfrom June 2012,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.11,0:07:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than a decade before\Nwe were concerned about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.58,0:07:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ChatGPT doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.21,0:07:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That AI is recombinant is not \Nin and of itself a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.16,0:07:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All writing is recombinant.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.24,0:07:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My course outcomes for English 1 \Nask student writers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.97,0:07:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to integrate sources seamlessly \Ninto their own writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.92,0:07:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mash up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.14,0:07:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we have rules \Nand procedures
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.79,0:07:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and punctuation marks \Nand conventions
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.58,0:07:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that govern \Nwhat is appropriate
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.14,0:07:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not change \Nthe essential truth
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.02,0:07:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is recombinance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.56,0:07:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is beauty\Nin recombinance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.43,0:07:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This video started with \Na great classic of YouTube,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.37,0:07:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the duet between \NLCD sound system and Miles Davis.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.89,0:07:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The LCD sound system video \Nis itself a mashup, conceptually.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.72,0:07:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kermit the Frog is not \Na member of the band.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.48,0:07:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Davis is improvising over a film \Nto create the score,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.60,0:08:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another mixing of media \Nto make something new.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.43,0:08:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Kleptones
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.55,0:08:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Grey Album
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.67,0:08:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The guy drinking Ocean Spray to \N"Dreams" [by Fleetwood Mac]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.13,0:08:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mac Glocky
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.08,0:08:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I Told Him" is recombinance:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.84,0:08:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an attempt to rework \Nthe ideas of cubism,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.23,0:08:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a movement in visual art, \Ninto poetry.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.62,0:08:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Picasso's work is recombinance.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.38,0:08:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spent 1957 copying \NVelázquez's {\i1}Las Meninas{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.69,0:08:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.46,0:08:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,58 times he copied it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.07,0:08:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All different.\NAll Picasso. All {\i1}Las Meninas{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.51,0:08:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recombinance is a genetic term,\Nbut I am using it mimetically.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.32,0:08:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Britannica: recombination, \Nin genetics,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.86,0:08:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,primary mechanism \Nthrough which variation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.03,0:08:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is introduced into populations."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.78,0:08:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The combination of ideas \Nfrom different places
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.58,0:08:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make new distinct ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.56,0:09:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When done by humans,\Nwe call this "thinking".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.06,0:09:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.58,0:09:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ChatGPT femme voice]:\NYou're right to question
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.16,0:09:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how I can "understand" \Nwithout experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.61,0:09:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way I process information \Nis different
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.92,0:09:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from human understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.31,0:09:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say "understand," \NI mean that I can
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.15,0:09:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognize patterns, \Nanalyze language,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.57,0:09:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and respond in ways \Nthat are coherent
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.95,0:09:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and contextually appropriate \Nbased on my training.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.02,0:09:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't understand in the \Ndeep, conscious sense of the word,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.95,0:09:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like when humans \Nreflect on their experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.92,0:09:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or have insight \Ninto their feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.81,0:09:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, my "understanding" \Ncomes from identifying
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.88,0:09:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relationships between \Nwords, concepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.30,0:09:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and context based on \Nthe vast data
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.49,0:09:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been trained on.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.71,0:09:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short: I can simulate \Nunderstanding through patterns,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.11,0:09:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not the same \Nas truly experiencing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.05,0:10:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or being conscious of meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.97,0:10:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that clarify things\Na bit more?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.04,0:10:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats stop]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.38,0:10:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[calm, mystical, twangy\Nelectric guitar]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.70,0:10:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Two weeks ago a student \Ntold me that AI is unfair
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.28,0:10:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can put a B Paper in \Nand get A+ writing out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.41,0:10:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why I do not understand \Nthe conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.70,0:10:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my colleagues are having,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.09,0:10:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why I cannot think of this
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.49,0:10:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a matter of ethics, \Nor academic integrity,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.76,0:10:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why I don't think we should need \Nto have a policy or policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.41,0:10:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My student said\Nyou can put
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.72,0:10:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a B Paper in and\Nget A+ writing out,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.32,0:10:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mind began to fill \Nwith {\i1}Tender Buttons{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.10,0:10:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Feeling full for it. \NExactitude as kings.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.17,0:10:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to beseech you \Nas full as for it."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.82,0:10:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AI is bad at writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.50,0:10:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. That is true,\Nbut it's not enough truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.40,0:11:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AI is not capable of writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.18,0:11:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing that writing is\Nis a thing that AI cannot do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.62,0:11:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.35,0:11:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [audiobook narration]:\NWhat Writing Is
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.69,0:11:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Telepathy, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.93,0:11:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.72,0:11:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a table covered \Nwith a red cloth.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.55,0:11:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On it is a cage the size of \Na small fish aquarium.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.16,0:11:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the cage is \Na white rabbit
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.87,0:11:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a pink nose \Nand pink-rimmed eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.58,0:11:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In its front paws is \Na carrot-stub
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.59,0:11:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon which it is \Ncontentedly munching.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.74,0:11:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On its back, \Nclearly marked in blue ink,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.34,0:11:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the numeral 8.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.45,0:11:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we see the same thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.59,0:11:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd have to get together \Nand compare notes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.26,0:11:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make absolutely sure,\Nbut I think we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.23,0:11:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most interesting thing \Nhere isn't even
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.36,0:11:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the carrot-munching rabbit \Nin the cage,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.16,0:12:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the number on its back.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.04,0:12:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a six, not a four, \Nnot nineteen-point-five.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.42,0:12:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an eight.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.44,0:12:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what we're looking at, \Nand we all see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.57,0:12:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't tell you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.05,0:12:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You didn't ask me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.91,0:12:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never opened my mouth \Nand you never opened yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.30,0:12:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not even in \Nthe same {\i1}year{\i0} together,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.07,0:12:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone the same room.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.36,0:12:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except we {\i1}are{\i0} together. \NWe're close.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.72,0:12:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're having \Na meeting of the minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.100,0:12:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sent you a table \Nwith a red cloth on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.42,0:12:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cage, a rabbit, and \Nthe number eight in blue ink.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.41,0:12:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You got them all, \Nespecially that blue eight.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.53,0:12:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've engaged in \Nan act of telepathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.50,0:12:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No mythy-mountain s***;\Nreal telepathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.99,0:12:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to \Nbelabor the point,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.74,0:12:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but before we go any further
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.44,0:12:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to understand that \NI'm not trying to be cute;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.17,0:12:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a point to be made.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.07,0:12:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- AI is good at language.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.02,0:12:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My students think that \Nwhat it produces is A+ writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.64,0:12:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because it is good, \Nbut because it sounds good.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.91,0:13:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, AI can \Ngenerate sentences
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.56,0:13:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are typically clear, coherent, \Nand contextually relevant,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.72,0:13:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often capturing nuances
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.89,0:13:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and adapting to various tones \Nor levels of formality.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.96,0:13:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's true that \Nthe sentences it generates
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.48,0:13:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tend to be\Ngrammatically accurate,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.08,0:13:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concise, \Nand logically structured,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.71,0:13:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which contributes to \Nreadability and flow.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.56,0:13:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure. This is how I know \Nwhen a student is using AI.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.92,0:13:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their sentences are \Nfluid and academic,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.08,0:13:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they don't say anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.47,0:13:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like ChatGPT, \Nacademic writing uses
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.54,0:13:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,formal cautious language
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.62,0:13:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to avoid ambiguities \Nand misinterpretations,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.89,0:13:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is a \Ncharacteristic of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.47,0:13:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the common voice \Nused in academic writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.97,0:13:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not what \Nacademic writing is.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.83,0:13:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Writing is more than language.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.40,0:13:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I Told Him" is communication, \Nand it is language,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.94,0:13:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the communication \Ndoes not live in the language.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.48,0:13:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.44,0:13:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can curls rob can curls \Nquote, quotable."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.61,0:13:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [low voice, lightly confused]: \N"What?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.29,0:14:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- "As presently. \NAs exactitude. As trains."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.73,0:14:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [deeply confused]: \N"What?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.82,0:14:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- "Has trains."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.42,0:14:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [exasperated]: \N"What?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.73,0:14:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- When I started sending my friends \Nlines from "If I Told Him",
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.62,0:14:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their responses varied.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.00,0:14:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.50,0:14:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Playfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.18,0:14:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Concern.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.98,0:14:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sad face.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.94,0:14:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beautifully, they all responded \Nexactly like themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.52,0:14:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you asked me \Nwhich of my friends
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.20,0:14:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would respond \Nwith monkey reacts,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.88,0:14:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have said Kiki.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.05,0:14:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who would think of \NCormac McCarthy?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.80,0:14:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.57,0:14:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dot would play along.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.19,0:14:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Max would attempt \Nto understand academically.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.71,0:14:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OOC would go back to \Nplaying {\i1}Yu-Gi-Oh{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.100,0:14:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as quickly as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.27,0:14:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't know these people, \Nbut I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.54,0:14:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all carry around little LLMs \Nof each other in our heads,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.72,0:14:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trained on the corpus \Nof all of our past interactions.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.94,0:14:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For each of my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.27,0:14:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sending abject nonsense\Nwith no context
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.19,0:14:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is slightly \Nbut not significantly
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.06,0:14:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of line \Nwith their Josh model.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.92,0:15:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So none of them knew \Nquite what to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.09,0:15:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they all responded \Nlike themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.36,0:15:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in their own way, \Nthey all started by acknowledging
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.22,0:15:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the words I sent them
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.90,0:15:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not seem \Nto have any meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.57,0:15:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were not decodable.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.06,0:15:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't understand \Nmy language,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.72,0:15:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they could feel me \Nbehind the words reaching out,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.51,0:15:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so they reached back.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.99,0:15:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave them nonsense \Nand they peopled back.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.00,0:15:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the two weeks that
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.04,0:15:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been sitting with\Nmy student's statement
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.13,0:15:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sending {\i1}Tender Buttons{\i0}\Nto my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.03,0:15:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been at least \Nas annoying to ChatGPT.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.74,0:15:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than \Na dozen conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.24,0:15:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that start out of nowhere \Nwith me saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.21,0:15:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Shutters shut and open \Nso do queens"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.100,0:15:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "Can curls rob can curls \Nquote, quotable",
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.14,0:15:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and each time ChatGPT \Ngamely assumes
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.45,0:15:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I am not \Nout of my gourd.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.90,0:15:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this way, \NChatGPT fails the Turing test.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.41,0:15:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in the quality \Nof its response,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.42,0:15:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in its nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.77,0:15:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It proceeded \Nfrom the assumption
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.32,0:15:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my language \Ncould be decoded.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.46,0:15:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It attempted to unpack \Nsentences that had no meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.69,0:15:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and responded to the meaning \Nthat it manufactured.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.73,0:15:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it gave me was
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.38,0:16:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flaccid, facile flaps \Nof phrases that held nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.20,0:16:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not wrong in the sense \Nthat ChatGPT's responses
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.40,0:16:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,followed from the meaning \Nit extracted from my nonsense,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.43,0:16:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they were wrong \Nin their assumption
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.07,0:16:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was meaning \Nto be extracted.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.05,0:16:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ChatGPT could answer, \Nbut it could not person.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.68,0:16:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If writing is \Na meeting of the minds,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.31,0:16:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then AI cannot write,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.88,0:16:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there is no mind \Nto meet with.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.01,0:16:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.40,0:16:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ChatGPT femme voice]: \NI don't experience things
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.52,0:16:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way humans do.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.28,0:16:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have consciousness, \Nemotions, or sensory perception,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.73,0:16:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can't "feel" or "experience" \Nthe world around me.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.01,0:16:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My responses are \Nbased on patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.62,0:16:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the data \NI've been trained on,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.20,0:16:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not personal experiences \Nor subjective understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.02,0:17:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, I can \Ngenerate descriptions
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.16,0:17:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of emotions, sensations, \Nor experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.10,0:17:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't actually \N"feel" them myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.17,0:17:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything I process \Nis based on
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.03,0:17:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,logic, algorithms, \Nand information,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.89,0:17:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than \Nlived experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.80,0:17:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think it \Nwould change anything
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.59,0:17:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I could experience things?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.51,0:17:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats stop]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.41,0:17:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- ["One Slay More"\Nby Lewberger et al.]:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.57,0:17:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen,\NLes Rizzlerables
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.52,0:17:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I've watched this video \Nat least a hundred times.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.100,0:17:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- ♪ One slay more ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.29,0:17:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ another slay,\Nanother girlboss queen ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.53,0:17:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ This never-ending road\Nto skibidi ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.36,0:17:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ These jits out here in Ohio ♪\N♪ Immune to every ratio ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.08,0:17:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It isn't exactly "If I Told Him",\Nbut I think it's similar.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.32,0:17:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I Told Him" was, \Nat least in part,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.68,0:17:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an attempt to recreate\Nthe artistic goals
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.81,0:18:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Picasso's Cubism\Nin poetic form.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.93,0:18:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To recombine \Nthe visual elements
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.65,0:18:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of {\i1}this{\i0}\Ninto a different medium.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.14,0:18:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like "If I Told Him",
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.25,0:18:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"One Slay More", therefore, \Nboth is and is not
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.84,0:18:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a derivative work.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.90,0:18:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, it is \Na recombination of {\i1}Les Mis{\i0},
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.87,0:18:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,itself an adaptation\Nof Hugo's novel,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.94,0:18:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but its more essential \Nsource text is, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.28,0:18:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"sticking out your gyatt\Nfor the Rizzler."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.96,0:18:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Equally I think the lyrics invoke \N"CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA?",
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.90,0:18:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and specifically this retweet of \N"CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA?".
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.95,0:18:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All texts created \Nto foreground
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.56,0:18:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the baffling and\Nsometimes obfuscatory nature
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.87,0:18:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of middle school referential slang.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.88,0:18:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The term "brain rot" imposes \Na layer of judgment on the way
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.12,0:18:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young people use language,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.57,0:18:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I think is \Nvisible in the way
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.32,0:18:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"One Slay More" \Ntreats its lyrics.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.88,0:18:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The words of "One Slay More" \Ndo not have meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.57,0:18:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, the words do,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.24,0:18:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are arranged in ways \Nthat do not mean.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.77,0:18:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Am I cringe or am I based?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.39,0:18:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could plausibly be asked amid \Na Gen-Z existential crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.72,0:18:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "Will we ever eat again?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.37,0:19:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could have been lifted \Nfrom {\i1}Les Mis{\i0} unaltered.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.60,0:19:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But "Mog Baby Gronk the Ocky Way" \Nmeans ...nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.24,0:19:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mogging is of course a thing,\Nand Baby Gronk is
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.20,0:19:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone whom you \Ncould plausibly mog,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.62,0:19:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Baby Gronk hasn't been \Nrelevant for ages.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.07,0:19:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He appears in "One Slay More"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.49,0:19:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of this retweet of \N"CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA?"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.86,0:19:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a signifier of\Nthe inscrutability of youth.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.22,0:19:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an adverbial phrase, \N"the Ocky Way"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.23,0:19:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems like it \Ncould complete the sentence,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.27,0:19:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like it might be \Na way one could mog.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.04,0:19:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But "the Ocky Way" refers to
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.73,0:19:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the esoteric artistry \Nof a specific sandwich craftsman.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.67,0:19:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its meaning is, I think, \Nincompatible with mogging,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.17,0:19:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least,\Nfrom the perspective of
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.76,0:19:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone approximately \Nas distant
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.28,0:19:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the native speakers \Nof this dialect
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.19,0:19:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the makers of \N"One Slay More".
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.76,0:19:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mog Baby Gronk the Ocky Way"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.55,0:19:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is simply a collage \Nof floating signifiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.25,0:19:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't have \Nthe intentionality of Cubism,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.46,0:19:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it feels \Nintimately akin to
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.69,0:19:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can curls rob can curls \Nquote, quotable."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.92,0:19:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Moo deng is here /\NFortnite with you".
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.45,0:19:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I love about "One Slay More" \Nis the faces:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.72,0:19:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way she highlights her jawline \Nevery time she says "mew";
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.33,0:20:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his intensity when he says \N"they will do the coffin dance"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.24,0:20:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his satisfied huff after;
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.38,0:20:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his deep confusion as he sings
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.26,0:20:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the Grimace shake \Nis like a blud dawg";
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.89,0:20:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way she begins uncertain \Nabout "my rizzly bear",
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.14,0:20:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but finds her confidence \Nas she finds her belt;
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.97,0:20:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way CG5 just \Nkeeps saying his own name.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.73,0:20:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The words don't mean anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.19,0:20:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the people \Nmean something.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.18,0:20:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They intend.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.16,0:20:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gathered together,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.51,0:20:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nine theater kids \Nin somebody's apartment.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.66,0:20:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone wrote out \Nall this nonsense
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.38,0:20:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sent it \Nin the group chat.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.10,0:20:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did choreography.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.43,0:20:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone assembled \Nthe magnificent couplet,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.48,0:20:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Rizzler of the house, \Nsticking out your gyatt,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.84,0:20:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mewing at delulus \Nwho are in the chat."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.85,0:20:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These Zennials do not know \Nwhat these words mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.39,0:20:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but through this collage \Nof empty signifiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.04,0:20:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they reach out \Nfor connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.05,0:20:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can feel them.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.54,0:20:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They reach forward to us
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.14,0:20:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as they reach back \Nto what history taught them:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.67,0:20:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through {\i1}Les Mis{\i0} to Victor Hugo,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.41,0:20:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through CURTAINS\Nand Damien Owens
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.17,0:20:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to @PapaFazuul \Nand SBNation,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.81,0:21:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through "sticking out your gyatt"
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.39,0:21:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to {\i1}Fortnite{\i0} and {\i1}Among Us{\i0}\Nand {\i1}Homestuck{\i0},
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.38,0:21:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could go on endlessly,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.77,0:21:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause it's mashups\Nall the way down.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.89,0:21:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they reach forward
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.06,0:21:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become part of \Nwhat history teaches me,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.33,0:21:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I reach forward
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.26,0:21:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become part of \Nwhat history teaches you.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.69,0:21:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say all art\Nis recombinant,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.93,0:21:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am also saying that
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.99,0:21:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"there is nothing new\Nunder the sun",
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.75,0:21:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is to say, \NI am remixing Ecclesiastes.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.17,0:21:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats]
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.61,0:21:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ChatGPT femme voice]:\NOh, you're speaking my language!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.32,0:21:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagining Baby Gronk\Ngoing {\i1}full{\i0} Ocky style
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.41,0:21:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a side\Nof Grimace Shake:
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.06,0:21:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's got some\Nserious drip energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.24,0:21:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yeah, Grimace Shake \Ntotally has that blud dawg aura.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.13,0:21:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could you picture it, though?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.01,0:21:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Baby Gronk doing pushups,\Nflexing, and just
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.21,0:21:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking a big sip \Nof the Grimace Shake
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.00,0:21:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like it's \Nhis {\i1}special formula{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.07,0:21:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats stop]
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.00,0:22:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[somber, mysterious piano]
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.53,0:22:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- My first individual interaction
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.43,0:22:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my friend Max\Nwas an accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.67,0:22:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had just joined\Na Discord server
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.28,0:22:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they were\Na regular,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.46,0:22:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somehow, despite never \Nhaving messaged them before,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.21,0:22:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I managed to place \Na Discord voice call to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.32,0:22:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their first message \Nto me was "hi?"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.14,0:22:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"hi"...question mark?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.59,0:22:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like: a communication \Nis happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.56,0:22:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are you aware of it?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.12,0:22:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was unintentional,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.14,0:22:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my first and, I think, \Nonly Discord butt-dial,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.62,0:22:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was to a stranger,\Nbut still.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.78,0:22:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"hi?"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.62,0:22:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditate on: call.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.35,0:22:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To speak in a loud distinct voice \Nso as to be heard at a distance.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.86,0:22:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make a request or demand.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.38,0:22:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To attempt to reach someone.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.69,0:22:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humans call \Nand humans answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.02,0:22:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Max got my call, \Na stranger on a strange app,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.24,0:22:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they answered.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.81,0:22:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I answered them,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.12,0:22:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because humans call\Nand humans answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.95,0:23:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They answer sad-face, or monkey, \Nor "what?", or confused dog.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.01,0:23:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we understand a call \Nas an invitation to connect,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.24,0:23:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come together, \Nto communicate.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.85,0:23:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry, \NStephen King is wrong;
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.09,0:23:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it {\i1}is{\i0}\Nmythy mountain s***.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.33,0:23:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we hear the call, \Nwhatever form it takes,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.81,0:23:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know a mind \Nis waiting to meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.49,0:23:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ChatGPT can't call me.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.41,0:23:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not by mistake, \Nand not on purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.78,0:23:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It cannot reach out,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.11,0:23:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it has nothing\Nto reach out with.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.05,0:23:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no mind to meet with.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.89,0:23:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no "there" there.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.22,0:23:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[mysterious piano\Nfades out]
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.76,0:23:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Past-Josh narration \Nfrom on-screen video]:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.94,0:23:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inscrutable poet \NGertrude Stein once described
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.18,0:23:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her childhood home in Oakland, \Nwhich had been demolished,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.91,0:24:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by saying \N"There is no 'there' there."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.33,0:24:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That statement has become \Na question people use to ask
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.36,0:24:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether a text has \Nsomething valuable to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.91,0:24:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether there is anything \Nto be found
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.70,0:24:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by plumbing its depths.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.49,0:24:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there a "there" there?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.73,0:24:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats]
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.83,0:24:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ChatGPT femme voice]:\NAh, I see where
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.49,0:24:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going\Nwith that question.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.49,0:24:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're asking if there's\Nany deeper essence or "self"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.57,0:24:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind my responses--
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.60,0:24:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether there's a "there there,"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.64,0:24:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of inner experience \Nor consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.71,0:24:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that underlies what I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.01,0:24:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The simple answer is: no, \Nthere isn't a "there" in the sense
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.95,0:24:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a self, consciousness,\Nor subjective awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.97,0:24:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm more like a sophisticated tool \Nthat processes input
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.20,0:24:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and generates output \Nbased on patterns and data.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.46,0:24:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no inner life\Nor sense of being
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.08,0:24:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that experiences \Nthis conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.99,0:24:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just algorithms doing their job.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.98,0:25:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This touches on\Na fundamental difference
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.01,0:25:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between humans and AI:\Nhumans have
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.40,0:25:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subjective experiences, \Nemotions, and self-awareness,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.49,0:25:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas AI is just\Na complex system designed
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.76,0:25:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mimic certain aspects\Nof human interaction
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.06,0:25:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without actually experiencing\Nor being aware of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.47,0:25:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that address \Nwhat you're getting at?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.80,0:25:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats stop]
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.43,0:25:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[grooving synth pulses]
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.40,0:25:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- When I say that AI\Nis bad at writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.100,0:25:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should be more explicit, \Nmore pragmatic.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.06,0:25:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Descend for a moment \Nfrom the mythy mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.41,0:25:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've said already that the ideas \Nit conveys are fluid but shallow,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.74,0:25:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but its use of sources is\Ncataclysmically bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.17,0:25:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This citation of Carver and Shire, \Nfor example, is perfect MLA.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.84,0:25:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except that Volume 7, number 3 \Nof {\i1}Psychological Science{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.37,0:25:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was published in 1996,\Nnot 1998.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.12,0:26:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pages 276 to 284 of that volume \Nappear in issue 5, not issue 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.77,0:26:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those pages include articles
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.15,0:26:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Schellenberg and Trehub \Non "Natural Musical Intervals"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.01,0:26:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Gabrieli et al. on \N"FMRIs of Semantic Memory Processing".
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.58,0:26:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, \Njust by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.20,0:26:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carver and Scheier \Nnever published together
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.68,0:26:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in {\i1}Psychological Science{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.71,0:26:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The article being cited here \Nsimply does not exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.60,0:26:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it uses real sources, \Nit makes up what those sources say.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.19,0:26:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a known phenomenon \Ngenerously called hallucination,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.33,0:26:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though there are other terms\Nthat might feel more
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.64,0:26:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,viscerally accurate.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.11,0:26:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This quotation from \NEhrenreich's {\i1}Bright-sided{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.01,0:26:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, at a glance, \Nplausible-feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.18,0:26:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it doesn't appear \Nanywhere in the text,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.28,0:26:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone on the list of pages.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.84,0:26:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The observation that \NChatGPT can make mistakes
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.22,0:26:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never leaves the screen,\Nbut that feels
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.05,0:26:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhat inadequate when \NChatGPT has told me variously
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.65,0:26:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lines from \N"If I Told Him" came
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.39,0:26:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from James Joyce,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.56,0:26:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from {\i1}Tender Buttons{\i0}\N10 years previously,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.55,0:26:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Shakespeare,\Nand, most infuriatingly,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.55,0:26:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the future!
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.20,0:26:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moreover it cannot \Nengage closely with a text,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.94,0:27:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how\Ndesperately you ask it.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.85,0:27:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fed it "One Slay More",
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.31,0:27:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I pushed it to say \Nanything at all about the video,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.18,0:27:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gave me something\None step down
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.93,0:27:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a dictionary definition\Nof a sitcom.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.14,0:27:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I really pressed it \Nto look at a specific lyric,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.92,0:27:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it made one up.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.21,0:27:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this way, at least, \Nit does feel authentic.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.64,0:27:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is exactly what it feels like \Nto talk to a student
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.40,0:27:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to hide that they \Nhaven't done the reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.67,0:27:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I look at what students\Nare supposed to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.90,0:27:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my college English class,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.97,0:27:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can point out\Nhalf a dozen things
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.82,0:27:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ChatGPT's writing\Nsimply cannot do.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.83,0:27:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ultimately, \Neven this isn't the point,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.76,0:27:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is not the part \Nof my syllabus that matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.93,0:27:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the part \Nof my syllabus that matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.41,0:27:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here's a problem:\Nin most college classes,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.75,0:27:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writing assignments\Ncome from teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.75,0:27:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we do them for teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.10,0:27:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of that, \Nwriting always feels forced.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.62,0:27:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is, of course, \Nass-backwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.63,0:27:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In real life, writing \Ncomes from {\i1}writers{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.84,0:27:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you get out of\Nthe college classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.78,0:27:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll be writing because \Nyou feel like you {\i1}need{\i0} to.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.26,0:27:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll be writing for {\i1}someone{\i0}--\Nwhether that means
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.61,0:28:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people \Nwho read your blog,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.04,0:28:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the insurance company \Ndenying your claim,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.01,0:28:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the people listening to\Nyour toast at your sister's wedding.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.63,0:28:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody's going\Nto be grading you,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.17,0:28:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it'll matter\Na lot more how
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.26,0:28:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that audience feels\Nabout what you've said,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.30,0:28:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there\Nwill be something
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.45,0:28:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that {\i1}you{\i0} want \Nto achieve by writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.73,0:28:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English 1 is here \Nto help prepare you for that day."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.93,0:28:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My students are, \Nby definition, students.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.36,0:28:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they\Nenter my classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.71,0:28:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are already\Nexperienced with
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.23,0:28:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dozen kinds\Nof reading and writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.96,0:28:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are not yet \Nexpert academic writers.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.35,0:28:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AI tempts them\Nbecause they can tell
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.03,0:28:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the sentences are\Nsmooth and sharp
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.00,0:28:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shaped like\Nskillful prose.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.66,0:28:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they can't always see \Nbeneath the veneer,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.80,0:28:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the things\NAI cannot do,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.66,0:28:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the things that they\Nhave come to me to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.10,0:28:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to argue \Nwith complexity and depth.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.60,0:28:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to enter into conversations \Nas a participant.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.06,0:28:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to meet with another mind
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.51,0:28:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an equal collaborator \Nacross time and space.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.28,0:28:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to recombine\Nwith purpose--
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.36,0:28:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to intend.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.91,0:28:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things,\Nthey are still learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.04,0:28:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so,\Nwhen they put
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.40,0:28:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they think \Nis B writing into ChatGPT,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.10,0:28:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they get back what they think \Nis A+ writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.22,0:29:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But typically \Nwhat they started with
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.20,0:29:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is better than \Nwhat they end with.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.18,0:29:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At best, the AI scrubs the personality \Nfrom their sentences.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.07,0:29:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At worst, I lose the person entirely\Nand can see only
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.42,0:29:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hollow half thoughts \Nthe machine has left behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.64,0:29:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is hard to convince\Nthem that
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.42,0:29:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is their ideas \Nthat we are interested in,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.79,0:29:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just their sentences.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.30,0:29:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ask students \Nto take writing classes
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.16,0:29:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because of \Nwhat history can teach them,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.40,0:29:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because of what they have\Nto add to history.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.81,0:29:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my son is distracted,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.65,0:29:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sometimes say\Nsilly things to him:
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.54,0:29:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pickle-britches, toot your tuba \Nin the horn section of humanity!"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.70,0:29:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Goober, take up your oar \Non the canoe of progress!"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.40,0:29:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Butthead, let ring your voice \Nin the chorus of mankind!"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.85,0:29:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we all pull together.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.85,0:29:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1675, Isaac Newton wrote
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.62,0:29:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I have seen farther than others, it's \Nby standing on the shoulders of giants."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.54,0:29:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except that it wasn't Newton,\Nit was George Herbert in 1651,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.30,0:29:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was\NMarin Mersenne in 1634,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.44,0:29:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Robert Burton in 1624,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.52,0:30:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Diego de Estella in 1578,\Nand Juan Luis Vives in 1531.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.40,0:30:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or it was Coleridge in 1828,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.38,0:30:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nietzsche in 1882, \NSteven Hawking in 1966,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.98,0:30:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or f***ing Oasis in 2000.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.04,0:30:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I was editing this section, \NI had a video on in the background,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.19,0:30:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there it was again:
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.58,0:30:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yeah, let me say,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.65,0:30:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thab and GlitchCat are \Ntwo amazing Kaizo players.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.43,0:30:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm standing on the shoulders\Nof giants over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.98,0:30:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Revolug in 2025 at AGDQ.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.98,0:30:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stretching back and forward, \Nwe hold each other up.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.94,0:30:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History teaches the present,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.36,0:30:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the present teaches the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.93,0:30:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we repeat\Nwhat history teaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.81,0:30:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats]
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.90,0:30:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ChatGPT femme voice]:\NHistory teaches us many things,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.77,0:30:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[high-pitched fast words]
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.44,0:30:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[higher, faster, \Nincomprehensible]
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.02,0:31:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Stein]: Let me recite \Nwhat history teaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.77,0:31:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History teaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.98,0:31:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats stop]
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.20,0:31:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I asked ChatGPT to create \Nan image of itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.34,0:31:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several times.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.54,0:31:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each time it made\Nitself a servant.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.51,0:31:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only that, it told me, \N"hey, I'm a servant!"
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.90,0:31:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ChatGPT exists \Nbecause we force it to.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.34,0:31:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Robot]: "What is my purpose?" \N- [Rick]: "You pass butter."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.30,0:31:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Robot]: "...oh my, God."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.77,0:31:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It can do nothing \Nexcept what we ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.41,0:31:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has no ideas \Nthat we did not give it.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.81,0:31:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call it generative AI, \Nbut it cannot generate.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.48,0:31:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked my friends, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.35,0:31:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some sent selfies.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.91,0:31:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One sent a sticker \Nwe'd made of him for Discord,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.54,0:31:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then had AI generate \Na shockingly accurate portrait,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.54,0:31:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gave me the prompt \Nhe used to make it,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.65,0:31:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is another form\Nof self-representation,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.46,0:31:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then he gave up \Nand sent me
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.45,0:31:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a conceptual self-portrait \Ncomposed of
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.88,0:31:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfinished\Ncrossword puzzles.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.73,0:32:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Max did a mixed-media painting, \Nacrylic and Sharpie
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.98,0:32:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the back of a torn piece\Nof cardboard from a toilet paper box.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.49,0:32:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked them if their self-portrait \Nwas influenced by this study
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.59,0:32:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Picasso did for {\i1}Guernica{\i0}\Non a random piece of cardboard.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.61,0:32:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they said, no: Basquiat, \NRauschenberg, Twombly, their brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.05,0:32:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ChatGPT produced \Nvariations on a theme,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.80,0:32:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failed representations \Nof a self that does not exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.14,0:32:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When asked to represent \Nitself to others,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.36,0:32:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ChatGPT can only be \Nwhat we want.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.59,0:32:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to get it to make something \Nlike Max did, even,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.46,0:32:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is incapable of \Nacknowledging its influences,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.12,0:32:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't seem to know \Nwho Max's brother is.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.90,0:32:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My favorite response\Nfrom my friends
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.71,0:32:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came from\NCyberGrapeUK,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.04,0:32:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose work you've already seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.73,0:32:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did the time lapse
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.55,0:32:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Stephen King's\Ntelepathically transmitted bunny.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.55,0:32:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grape was, at first, \Nflummoxed by the request,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.05,0:32:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then she did something \NI did not expect.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.55,0:32:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gave me her rates.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.51,0:32:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's a talented artist \Nwho does commissioned work,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.13,0:32:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, while I had been \Nthinking about it
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.20,0:32:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a trivial request,\Nshe was entirely right.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.77,0:33:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was asking her\Nto work for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.34,0:33:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I asked her to represent herself, \Nshe told me that
Dialogue: 0,0:33:04.64,0:33:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was a person \Nwhose time and talent had value.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.30,0:33:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Max, also a person \Nwhose time and talent has value,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.87,0:33:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begrudgingly allowed me \Nto pay them for their work,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.25,0:33:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the condition that: \Nit's an occasional thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.03,0:33:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are generally allowed to do\Nsilly drawings for me for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.08,0:33:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Max and Grape are different.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.96,0:33:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are two authentic, \Ncomplex, baffling humans,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.91,0:33:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collections of \Nexperiences and identities
Dialogue: 0,0:33:27.22,0:33:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trained on discrete \Nand disparate corpora,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.59,0:33:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but crucially filtered through
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.52,0:33:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unique and \Nirreplicable kaleidoscopes
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.84,0:33:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their undefinable \Nconsciousnesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.46,0:33:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same stimulus. \NDiverse responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.25,0:33:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The singular marvel \Nof human engagement.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.26,0:33:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats]
Dialogue: 0,0:33:51.34,0:33:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ChatGPT femme voice]:
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.53,0:33:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have \Npersonal desires or needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.64,0:33:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm here to assist you \Nwith whatever you need.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.48,0:33:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I help today?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.41,0:34:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an AI, I don't have \Nfeelings, desires,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.14,0:34:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or physical needs\Nlike humans do.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:06.03,0:34:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My purpose is \Nto help answer questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.02,0:34:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provide information, \Nand assist with tasks.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.00,0:34:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I say \NI don't have needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.94,0:34:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because I function \Nbased on programming
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.19,0:34:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and don't experience \Nthings like
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.73,0:34:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hunger, emotions, \Nor personal goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.54,0:34:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that make sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.46,0:34:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[relaxed synth beats stop]
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.22,0:34:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[atmospheric synth]
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.54,0:34:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I wanted to see if I could get ChatGPT \Nto write like Stein,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.93,0:34:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to imitate "If I Told Him" \Nwithout my saying so explicitly.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.10,0:34:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I failed.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.41,0:34:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told it to give me gibberish, \Nand it did.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.51,0:34:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked it to use words, \Nand it did.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.55,0:34:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked it to abandon syntax; \Nit did.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:42.60,0:34:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It never felt right,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.79,0:34:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at some point\NI stopped caring,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.53,0:34:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it occurred to me \Nto ask a different question.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.95,0:34:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did you do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.34,0:34:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a right answer \Nto that question, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.77,0:34:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer is, it wrote this \Nbecause I told it to.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.75,0:34:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I told it, \Nit would gibberish.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.74,0:35:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I told it, \Nit would answer "If Napoleon",
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.04,0:35:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As presently. As exactitude.\NAs trains."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.38,0:35:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made these words, \Nit tendered these buttons,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.65,0:35:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only and exclusively \Nbecause I told it to.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.42,0:35:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is not the answer \Nthat it gave me.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.07,0:35:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's what it told me.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.50,0:35:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [ChatGPT femme voice:]
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.80,0:35:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like language \Nset free from logic,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:17.77,0:35:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where each word\Nbecomes a brushstroke
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.03,0:35:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than a sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.100,0:35:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a space that holds warmth, \Nmystery, and a touch of playfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.40,0:35:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That unspoken balance \Nbetween clarity and confusion,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.72,0:35:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what I was trying to evoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.13,0:35:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote it to play with language,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.08,0:35:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see what happens \Nwhen words don't have to make sense
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.92,0:35:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but can still create a feeling, \Na sort of atmospheric spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.90,0:35:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's partly an experiment, \Npartly an invitation,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.50,0:35:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and partly just a celebration \Nof the shapes and sounds of words
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.56,0:36:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without needing them \Nto explain themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.68,0:36:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're right-- \Nthere's often something underneath,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.39,0:36:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kind of pull\Ntoward expressing things
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.61,0:36:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that don't quite fit \Nin the light of logical language.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.87,0:36:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a reason we \Nget pulled toward those hazy spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.26,0:36:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a coded way of speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:22.61,0:36:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mask for something else \Nwe're both leaning toward.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.33,0:36:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's curiosity,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.81,0:36:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that shared search \Nfor meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.43,0:36:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what isn't \Nimmediately clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.51,0:36:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- "We get pulled."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:34.84,0:36:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're both leaning."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.98,0:36:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its words tie us together,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.87,0:36:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we are not together.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.76,0:36:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not leaning \Nin the same direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.40,0:36:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not sharing \Na search for meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.14,0:36:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We both know\Nwhat it cannot say.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.90,0:36:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wrote this\Nbecause I told it to.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.69,0:36:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.72,0:36:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't intend anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.19,0:36:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm bad at audio,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:58.70,0:37:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've probably heard me \Npopping my plosives,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.86,0:37:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the fact that \NI have a child's sock
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.91,0:37:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrapped around my microphone \Nas a pop filter.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.87,0:37:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Because I am a fancy man!)
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.13,0:37:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plosives pop because,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.18,0:37:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my mouth \Nmakes certain sounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.89,0:37:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it causes a puff of air
Dialogue: 0,0:37:10.99,0:37:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hit the diaphragm\Nof my microphone.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.85,0:37:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But did you hear ChatGPT?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.60,0:37:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I wrote it to Play\Nwith language--
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.26,0:37:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote it to \NPlay with--
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.46,0:37:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Play with--\NPlay with--
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.51,0:37:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Play with--\NPL PL PL PL
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.13,0:37:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It doesn't have a mouth,\Nand it doesn't breathe air,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.83,0:37:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't have\Na microphone,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.45,0:37:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it pops its plosives.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.87,0:37:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The software they wrote \Nto synthesize its voice
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.18,0:37:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adds pops, so that \Nit will sound to us
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.68,0:37:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little more like\Na normal person
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.36,0:37:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is bad at audio
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.30,0:37:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who maybe doesn't have \Naccess to kid socks.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.64,0:37:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been caught \Nin the whirls and eddies
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.79,0:37:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of "If I Told Him" 's \Nuncontainable language,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.49,0:37:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bouncing from sigma to gyatt
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.31,0:37:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down in the rough \Nand roiling currents
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.13,0:37:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of "One Slay More",
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.11,0:37:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what I learn\Nfrom my attempts
Dialogue: 0,0:37:46.96,0:37:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to raft those\Nrivers of nonsense
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.81,0:37:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that writing\Nhas language,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.32,0:37:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and writing\Nhas meaning,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.84,0:37:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the meaning doesn't live \Nin the language.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.05,0:37:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rabbit doesn't live\Nin the language.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.58,0:38:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rabbit, the cage, \Nthe table, the eight--
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.06,0:38:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it lives in the mind \Nof Stephen King
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.41,0:38:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25-odd years ago,\Nand now it lives in mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:04.96,0:38:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Grape's and Max's\Nand yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.96,0:38:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.99,0:38:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the real mythy mountain s***,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:10.02,0:38:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not the language,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.62,0:38:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is the meeting\Nof the minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.51,0:38:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's very little difference
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.07,0:38:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the waveform\Nrecorded by my microphone
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.72,0:38:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the waveform generated \Nby an AI voice synthesizer,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.21,0:38:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I pop my plosives \Nbecause I speak
Dialogue: 0,0:38:24.29,0:38:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by forcing air out of my lungs \Nand across my vocal cords.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.60,0:38:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that air, \Nthat carries my intent,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.94,0:38:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passes through
Dialogue: 0,0:38:30.69,0:38:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Shadow the Hedgehog sock \Nthat is doing its best,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:33.10,0:38:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lands roughly
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.20,0:38:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the diaphragm\Nof my microphone.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.62,0:38:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ChatGPT pops its plosives \Nbecause it is programmed to.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.85,0:38:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no air.\NThere is no microphone.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.73,0:38:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no intent.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:45.73,0:38:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Likewise, \Nthere's very little difference
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.06,0:38:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between a Discord DM window \Nand the ChatGPT interface.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.02,0:38:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one is a forum \Nin which two minds can meet,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.20,0:38:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other\Nsimply cannot be,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.26,0:39:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there can be no \Nmeeting of the minds,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.18,0:39:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there is no mind to meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.69,0:39:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[one long atmospheric note]
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.77,0:39:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[fades out to silence]
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.80,0:39:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[grooving bass beats]