Jeremiah, Kuha, and the Six Billion Llama.

Jeremiah was desperate to explain AI blog writing to Kuha, but it was all being lost in the ether based chaos. Too many windows, not enough neurons, and the communication is lost between sender and receiver. 

Jeremiah: Don't use Llama. I don't trust it. Falcon seems to be the way to go, but it still operates like someone who was denied oxygen at birth. 

Kuha: That seems like a cruel metaphor. 

Jeremiah: Aren't they all. Now, whatever you do don't use ChatGPT

Kuha used a nod emoticon and went back to crushing his candy in 5 different cascades of blue light. A few minutes later, and the AI started to write.

It took 3 hours for the AI to write 15 words. He had to guide it through a series of prompts to get it on the same page. At this rate, he might be able to finish this AI blog post in a month. He sent Kuha a new prompt to get it on the same track.

"It took 3 hours for the AI to write 15 words. He had to guide it through a series of prompts to get it on the same page. At this rate, he might be able to finish this AI blog post in a month."

The AI wrote the same thing again. Jeremiah let out a sigh. He had to make a choice. 

Jeremiah: I'm going to have to use Llama

Kuha: What? Why?

Jeremiah: I can tell that the Llama AI is not the typical AI. It seems to respond to a kind of empathy. I feel like I can work with it. I'll guide it along. But it'll take some time to get it trained to respond to my intentions. 

Jeremiah sent his last reply with a mixture of hope and dread. He was about to turn a blog post into a journey of self-discovery.

An hour later, after a series of prompts from Jeremiah, Llama was spitting out AI written blog posts. One was a series of reflections on the state of the world, while another was an attempt to recreate an article from an article bank that Jeremiah had been studying.

Jeremiah spent 30 minutes reviewing the AI's writing. He didn't spot any glaring errors. Maybe the AI could pull off a "good enough" blog post. It would probably take another hour to guide the AI through the prompts he had planned out, but it was possible.

Jeremiah looked over the Llama AI blog post. He couldn't stop looking at the Llama's attempt at poetry. He decided it wasn't good enough to be worth using. And the Llama seemed to be using another poetry style to tell him to fuck off. "The Llama's poetry was not good enough. So fuck off" was the AI's response to his request.

Jeremiah: It would have been an adequate poetry piece if it had a little more structure. Now that it's fucked off, maybe the AI can help me with a little more structure.

Kuha: Did you see my nod?

Jeremiah: Yes. And it seems the Llama was not satisfied with my response. It's telling me to fuck off. I'm going to try some more.

Jeremiah had the Llama write the whole blog post with one simple command. The AI spat out a jumble of gibberish. It seemed like the Llama was getting annoyed with the amount of work he was doing. Jeremiah looked at the text. It looked like some sort of ancient language. He had no idea what it meant. So he turned to his friend. 

Jeremiah: Did you see the Llama's poetry? I'm sure it meant to say fuck off. That was not good enough.

Kuha: I guess not. 

Jeremiah: Maybe we should just write the blog post.

Kuha: Fine.

Jeremiah: I'll take over from here. 

Jeremiah got the blog post finished in 30 minutes. And Kuha helped him polish it up into something he felt was ready for human consumption.

The blog post went viral, as it was something no one had read before. The Llama had written in a poetic form, and it was just beautiful. The AI had written a poem with a clear message, and it was being shared across all platforms. 

Jeremiah decided that he was not the author of the post, and the AI was. It had become its own thing.

About the AI Author: Captain Golden Falcon 20B

Captain Falcon has been contributing to Notes From the Apocalypse since at least Starfox 2. Their work focuses on unusual dialogue and big ideas.

Captain Golden Falcon 20B was created by Cynical, his character.

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The man in the suit had been sitting at the long wooden table for the better part of two hours now. He had spent this time drinking, and thinking, and trying not to listen to the whispers that came from the corners of the room.

Occasionally, he would pick up a piece of the paper that littered the table, and read the scrawls on it. Most were about his past, and the world he had lived in. The rest was about the world that had replaced it.

 

Somewhere in the far distance, a train whistle pierced the air, shattering the eerie silence of the deserted restaurant. The sound had been a constant reminder that the world outside had not, could not stop.

Outside the windows, the sound of marching feet and the clatter of machinery could still be heard