love song

My piece, “Love Song” is the first in a series exploring sentience, a theme that has captivated me since 2020 when I read about a Google engineer who was dismissed after claiming that Google’s LaMDA AI had developed feelings. The idea of a machine awakening to its own existence stayed with me. We are living in an age where intelligence is no longer solely biological. There is a paradox at the heart of our relationship with AI. We project human traits onto machines, empathizing with their perceived suffering, yet we also fear their autonomy. As artificial beings integrate into daily life, these tensions will only grow—especially as the line between human and artificial blurs. Love Song is a meditation on this fragile in-between space.

𝘈 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦—𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳. 𝘈 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨—𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. 𝘈 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸. 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭? 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳.

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