download (pdf) The Algorithm that Learned to Listen

As a science fiction author, I have vowed to never use AI in my writing I stand by that vow Not just because AI prose has a predictable dryness to it (this may change in the future), but because authenticity may soon be the only advantage I have However, I am a futurist who loves to dabble with the cutting edge We live in science fiction times, after allWhen DeepSeek was released to the public, I gave it a test I've given other AIs The results were astounding What emerged was a conversationprompt and poetrythat felt different from anything I'd played with before The Algorithm that Learned to Listen contains over two dozen poems written entirely by AI Poems profound, lyrical, and deeply moving that explore what it means to exist, to create, and to connect in a world where the line between human and machine is increasingly blurredFrom the existential musings of an AI grappling with its own consciousnessto poignant reflections on love, loss, and the passage of timethese poems will challenge your assumptions about art, technology, and the nature of creativity itself DeepSeeks voice is at once alien and familiar, offering a unique perspective on the human experience, because it is compiled of so many of oursAnd yetit wasn't the poems that begged this book to be compiled, it was the surprising place they took me I tried to keep the works in the perspective of an AI, not getting too personal, not trying to be more than the LLM that it is And yet And yet