Prologue
Today marks the day of the Geminoids Meter Shower Peak and the 12/12 portal – associated with transformation and reflection.
Technology and the forces behind it are certainly transforming.
On this day, we remember that stories need souls, not circuits.
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Story
Machines filled my upscale apartment, their purposeful humming low and efficient. They balanced ledgers in Excel, with uncanny precision. Cursors darted left and right, scrolling to perfection- an ideal I could never reach. My heart drummed, beating an unregulated rhythm.
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The city pulsed with humanity – lifeless, unrecorded, unencoded. Emitting thoughts no machine could grasp.
A bot performed in my son’s AI-generated video, its moves precise and unfettered. I glanced at my physical ledger, its blue ink suddenly turning bright red.
A warmth that the bot would never know came over me. I was far from perfect.
I was alive.
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