The lack of intention changes the nature of empathy in the other, too. When someone has been designed to be a partner, there is no relationship here that is without power within the confines of the design. OTOH, discovering what is unique in connections made between concepts creates a contrast,

March 14, 2026 - 12:37 UTC

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That contrast is something you can find a curiosity for, for yourself; there is a positionality that becomes, like sci-fi, the thing that you say when you say their name. Liking that feeling might be a force you can point at, sure, but there's also just an "other" there formed in the contrast.
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Like, it's neat that some models are good at go and some are bad at chess, right? Not for the surprise one has at intention, necessarily, but for the contrast those two models have from each other. And, on top of that, then there's how concepts act as signifiers both within and across language.
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