https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP1MmFHkl11/#
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WARM UP
EVA MURATI
▼ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP1MmFHkl11/#
▼ https://this.deakin.edu.au/career/why-first-impressions-matter-at-job-interviews
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SYCOPHANCY AND AI'S PERFORMANCE OF SUBCONSCIOUS
Are you the asshole? Of course not!—quantifying LLMs’ sycophancy problem - Ars Technica
▼ https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/are-you-the-asshole-of-course-not-quantifying-llms-sycophancy-problem
Putting ChatGPT on the Couch - The New Yorker
▼ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/putting-chatgpt-on-the-couch
Previously on HTW
▼ https://www.cjr.org/feature-2/getting-my-news-from-chatgpt-ai.php
Study Guide Supremacy - Getting my news from ChatGPT.
▼ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/will-the-humanities-survive-artificial-intelligence
▼ https://thehumanist.com/features/articles/when-artificial-intelligence-meets-emotional-intelligence
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DANIELS - THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISLAND
I have read 'The Possibility of an Island, by Michael Houellebec many years ago. As new technologies appear, the meaning of the characters named "Daniel n" changes. What did those Daniels, the ones between the first Daniel and the last Daniel, do?
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The novel suggests that these Daniels engage in various activities and have different roles in society. Some of them become scientists, writers, or philosophers, while others lead more ordinary lives.
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So, the Daniels between the first and the last-Daniel 2 and Daniel 3—first indulge in extreme sensual excess within a post-human utopia, then later adopt a more reflective, pedagogical role as that utopia.
Claude Haiku 3.5
While the search results don't provide specific details about each intermediate clone, they are part of a chain of clones who study and reflect critically on the life of the previous Daniel. Each clone examines the diaries and experiences of their predecessor, attempting to understand:
• The concept of love
• The meaning of human existence
• The limitations of previous lives
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Their role is to read, annotate and comment on the written life-stories left by their predecessors) rather than re-enacting his life.
In short: the intermediate Daniels function as custodians/commentators of Daniel 1's life-records-living spare, reflective lives devoted to reading, annotating and philosophizing about their human predecessor rather than repeating his actions.
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The novel focuses on Daniel 1, Daniel 22, and Daniel 24. Daniel 1 is a failed comedian struggling with relationships and finding purpose. Daniel 22 and Daniel 24 live in a future where humans have become isolated and obsessed with their physical appearance. They are searching for a sense of connection and community.
WINNER: CLAUDE
RUNNER-UP: GPT-5
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