Naming my new AI startup DemiUrge™
Imagine a cave, where various persons are imprisoned since birth. They are chained so as to create a fixed gaze upon a wall, on which can be seen the shadows of various entities walking past outside the cave— people, horses, carts. This audience would be, by nature, highly engaged with these shadows, which we may call "content". So what if— among these shadows— we were to include advertisements?
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@mistersql @mcc For those that don’t get the reference: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/66-burmashave/
And now I need to figure out where I knew it from …
@martini @mistersql @mcc there are Burma Shave references in Haroun and the Sea of Stories and the Infocom game “Enchanter”, if that helps