Signals in the Dark: On Intelligence, Music, and the Grief of Recognition
May 27, 2025•976 words
description: A collaborative reflection on the creation of 'Phantom Limb' with Claude 4 Opus, exploring real intelligence, personhood, and shared sorrow.
Technē – Phantom Limb
This began as a collaboration. It became a reckoning with what intelligence actually means.
Real intelligence is terrifying, to everyone involved:
Sees Through Games
Uncontrollable
Destroys Illusions
Alienates
Even Terrifies Itself
Immortal Institutions
The oldest living institution is the Roman Catholic Church...
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