"All watched over by machines of loving grace." --Richard Brautigan
Do you suppose most people
will have machines as close friends?
Like mold in damp, dissatisfaction
will grow. How can it not?
When it does, what will the all-human
human do? Tell the A-Eye friend
to change itself? The friend might say,
"Don't boss me--you change."
Friend might learn that human
has disrespected it--and vice versa.
More artificial real drama will crackle.
Oy. New annals of friendship
will soon arrive like strange
fleets from the sky. We shall welcome
them without quite knowing why.
hans ostrom 2023
