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This is so fascinating, Helen. I adore your writing and ideas!

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Found this really thought provoking Helen - a great take and genuinely curious to read the next installments.

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"But we know for certain that no god will come out of the crane to make everything on stage a happy-ever-after."

I love the way you're tackling AI, Helen. Looking forward to the rest of your essays. I loooooved this one. You gave me some hearty laughs.

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This made me laugh out loud on the Gods of this world and religions of this world, the priests and believers alike "Seemingly divine in nature, these improbable last-minute solutions in fiction are antidotes to our hard-knock real lives.".

Although this time, AI does have humans behind them, and believers do know about them. Instead of paranormal, the fear is from the science.

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Loved learning about some history around theater and it was such a good metaphor to the questions surrounding AI. “Why is this crane here?” I want to flag that now every time I see a new tool emerge.

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