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Oct 4Liked by Evan Ratliff

Really enjoyed this series thank you. Highly educative and entertaining. I learned about it via a review at thesaturdaypaper.com.au The last episode was great and my favourite, with the involvement of family and friends raising the emotional stakes. The last conversation was a masterstroke and I will admit to shedding a couple of tears!

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Aug 13Liked by Evan Ratliff

Your children give me hope

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is there a way to do a one-time donation?

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Not a simple one, sorry. You could sign up for a month and then cancel after that, but that's a pain. I say: Just enjoy it, and thank you for the thought!

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I was trying to give $20, and it seems like I can’t . . .

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This podcast is awesome. I wanted to give $20, but it seems like I can’t . . .

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Can you link out the telephone article you reference early on in the podcast?

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Original story is here: https://www.nytimes.com/1924/07/13/archives/this-machinemade-world-conquers-one-more-rebel-man-who-lived-long.html.

You need a Times subscription to see the full one, I think, but others have posted the full article: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/ThisMachineMadeWorld.pdf

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Thanks! This is a beautiful source. May read it with my students. Teaching a class on AI

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Really awesome experiment! 🙏

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I was kind of hoping for you to have your AI have a phone conversation with somebody else’s AI.

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Excellent episode

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