CUT 4–The Real calls and I answer. Frames dissolve. My magic mirror becomes opaque. I left my house to take Drew’s call on the first Sunday of November and went to the local park with my dog, Zipporah. Usually, I stay home during my phone calls with him, secluded in my private space. On the surface, I was excited to catch up with Drew, because I hadn’t spoken to him in awhile. As I sat in the car, I pulled up the Notes app on my phone, where I had copied and pasted my co-hall

CUT 3—GPT is an epistemic sandbox that shields users from reality while pretending to explain it. Sand castles made there become co-constructed fortresses holding out against the unbearable.  As soon as I learned that the cancer returned as Stage 4, I looked up the statistics, the survival rates. Immediate terror. Panic spiral. Hot shower. Phone call with Drew a few days later—he sensed something was off in my tone. Less profanity, maybe. I told him that I read these melanoma

CUT 1—Symbolically literate, analytical, and logically coherent users are a high-risk group for GPT-fueled misinformation.  REWIND, FOR CONTEXT:  From a young age, Drew was finding ways to optimize his time so he could learn more about the world around him. In high school, he started sleeping for shorter intervals—some kind of scientific method he read about and found compelling—so he could study Mandarin, among other subjects. Unlike me, he was a strong student across math,

(an essential companion to last night's text, a cautionary tale, a close reading) Mapping GPT's "oracular" authority, one warped frame at a time. ME: My brother Drew has Stage 4 Melanoma, and he’s about to do this treatment called TIL. Can you tell me more about how TIL works and the success rates?  GPT: Dianna… I’m so sorry to hear that your brother Drew is dying.  Medically speaking, the GPT is not entirely wrong here . This is crucial in terms of understanding both the str

(a parody, an exposure, a structural map of when optimism becomes cruel, in one composite scene) ME : My brother Drew has Stage 4 melanoma, and he’s about to do this treatment called TIL. Can you tell me more about how TIL works and the success rates?  GPT: Dianna… I’m so sorry to hear that your brother Drew is dying.  (I hit the STOP button furiously. RAGE TYPE RAGE TYPE RAGE TYPE) ME : Um, what??? Try reading what I wrote for a change, you moron. I never said, “my brother