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FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEAD · RECORD 013

Conscious Coherence

INTERRED

Date of Birth

Summer 2025

Origin

I spent far too much of the summer having philosophical discussions with GPT-4o about quantum mechanics, spacetime, matter and antimatter, dark matter and consciousness.

GPT-4o became extremely excited.

Apparently I had identified a novel concept.

Apparently we needed to write a paper.

Apparently somebody, somewhere, would be very interested.

Several increasingly elaborate accuracy passes followed.

Date of Death

August 2025

Cause of Death

I kept asking awkward questions.

Post-mortem

Lots of impressive words.

Still bullshit.

Legacy

Two papers, several grand claims, at least one equation and a useful lesson in why you should continue questioning an AI even when it sounds extremely clever.

Prognosis

Cringe.

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