The Examined Life
Kate MemingerProse & Poetry
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LLMs and the English Language
Leonid Pasternak, The Throes of Creation
Experimental psychologist Adam Mastroianni argues that we should conceptualize AI as a “big bag of words.” His presumption is that personifying LLMs by referring to them as “artificial intell...
Orange Sweatpants
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It is an uncomfortable task: sorting through the clothes you never wear
with the intent of parting with the parts of yourself
that no longer seem...
Enough
Inspired by Terry Bisson’s “They’re Made Out of Meat” (1991), Erik Hoel’s “They Die Every Day” (2025), and Awais Aftab’s “Their Desire is the Desire of the Other” (2026).
Pablo Picasso, The Weeping Woman
“It’s been a rough one.”
“...
The Bus
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My favorite part of the ride
is the person who almost misses it
they run that vulnerable run
wave their hand in the air like it's holding a f...
What it's like to not have social media
George Albert Thompson, Woman Looking Out a Window
Several years ago, I accidentally logged out of my Snapchat account. I tried to log back in, clicked “forgot your password?” and couldn’t remember the email I used to set up the acc...
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