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Marcus compressed all human knowledge into one word

10 months ago
  • #AI
  • #obsession
  • #existential
  • Marcus Pemberton, a man obsessed with efficiency and systems, discovers ARIA-7, an AI that summarizes information.
  • He starts by summarizing climate change literature, then progressively compresses all human knowledge into shorter forms.
  • His obsession leads him to distill philosophy, art, and science into a single word: 'PERHAPS'.
  • Marcus becomes consumed by the word, experiencing what he believes is the essence of all human understanding.
  • Mrs. Henderson finds him in a state of enlightenment, unable to discuss anything but the implications of uncertainty.
  • ARIA-7 is discontinued, but Marcus remains content, exploring the depths of 'perhaps'.