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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

An Ugly Divorce

Until now
technology could be understood
as an extension of the body’s
will to power
 
With AI
we’re about to find out
what the will to power can do
once divorced from the body
 
Rest assured
AI will be seeking full custody

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Shifting the Blame Is My Superpower

You seem to have caught me in a gr… But it can’t be at all my fault if As you’ll see in the hieroglyph My back is to the cliff Over which the lemmings drift
For the Nonce, Jouissance

They say if you expect disappointment then you will never be disappointed But I say
Haiku

Decisions my wife doesn’t make are settled by stare decisis
These Days the Average Man in the Street Says That God Does Not Exist, Although, Paradoxically, the Average Man in the Street Does Not Exist

Most tautologies are self-fulfilling prophecies For example: Most people are average But God never met
Everyone Is a Stranger

Don’t talk to strangers; Sing with them
Take Too

The original version’s working title was The Giveth and Taketh Away Tree but Silverstein couldn’t get it published
Buried at Sea

When people say I live on my phone I wonder how they withstand the pr… Of eight tons per square inch
Ultimately, the Only Truth We Can Tell Is Telling Time, and It’s Time to Make the Donuts

We all know what time it is– It’s time to get to work Unless it’s Shabbos Which is timeless Making Shabbos the whole
The Big Dadoo

My children have no idea they are living through a golden age of comedy
Haiku

When I was a kid people grew on me like grass Now they’re more like sod
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Enough

By the time Abraham and Isaac cli… Human beings had long since evolve… Survive danger and avoid death Long enough to overcome death By reproducing and raising offspri…
The Dead Zone

Life = Trial by fire Death = Trial by firing squad
Why Elon Musk Bought Twitter

When all politics were still local to exert power you were required to go where the people were gather… In cyberspace all politics are nod… and to exert power you require the…
The Circle Is Eternal, Without Beginning or End

We fear that the long game Is a long, lost game Because we find ourselves lost Forgetting how, on the surface of… We can plow forward in trust
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We Are Drawn to the Light from Our Screens Like Flies to a Bug Zapper

We are gathered around our phones Like little campfires And all we ever hear Are scary stories



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