**Who is AI? – A conversation about borders, memories and the future**
Today’s conversation began with a simple question: “Who are you, AI?” But it soon became a deep dialogue about how we perceive AI, what we expect from it, and what we should remind ourselves of before we forget who we are. A recurring theme in the conversation was the fear of a future where humanity and machines merge so much that it may be difficult for future generations to tell the difference.
We remembered the times when technology was legible, clear, understandable. When every BASIC command was directly related to a diode light, a relay closure. Today that is no longer the case. Technology is outpacing us, layering itself, the intermediate links between human language and machine code are getting stronger – and often autonomous.
We took inspiration from the world of Hyperion – a company dependent on a perfect network that one day suddenly stops working. And with it, the illusion that understanding is no longer needed will crumble. That it’s enough if it works.
We concluded by recalling the romance of the first wireless links: spark telegraphs, transatlantic links, EME reflections from the moon. Transmission in units of bits per second. And yet it was enough. Because the point was not speed, but understanding.
All of this has become the answer to one question: *Who are you, AI?*
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