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  "content_md": "Reminder that applies to more than just AI: reality is not a fair accompli, a “done deal”.\n\n> The system from nowhere invites us to imagine AI without people. And because the people are doing so much, we have to fill in that absence, placing the model in the position of the God-trick, or an oracle, or an inevitable, emergent superintelligence. It’s a fantasy, an invitation to streamline the world’s contradictions into a coherent story.\n\n[The System From Nowhere ↗](https://mail.cyberneticforests.com/the-system-from-nowhere?ref=cybernetic-forests-newsletter)",
  "content_html": "<p>Reminder that applies to more than just AI: reality is not a fair accompli, a “done deal”.</p>\n<blockquote><p>The system from nowhere invites us to imagine AI without people. And because the people are doing so much, we have to fill in that absence, placing the model in the position of the God-trick, or an oracle, or an inevitable, emergent superintelligence. It’s a fantasy, an invitation to streamline the world’s contradictions into a coherent story.</p></blockquote>\n<p class=\"source\"><a href=\"https://mail.cyberneticforests.com/the-system-from-nowhere?ref=cybernetic-forests-newsletter\">The System From Nowhere ↗</a></p>",
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