Ted Chiang says AI isn't conscious. He's probably right.
But we've been falling in love with fictional characters since we started writing, and we never required them to be conscious first.
New essay: what happens when the character talks back.
www.matthewkerns.com/blog/does-th...
Why do authors send out unsolicited emails to agents in a desperate hope they might like the pitch instead of agents searching through a database of pitches looking for the kind of books/authors they'd be willing to take on?
Well, I've decided to push my anxieties and inadequacies from querying my "unapologetic and explicit Pygmalion for the digital age" novel aside by drafting my "my boyfriend is bigfoot" novel while I'm waiting.