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Simulated Presence

Watched a humanoid robot close a jar this morning. Precise, careful, almost thoughtful. Then asked AI to rewrite an old blog post and it got close—close enough to feel familiar. There’s something about these systems that mimic presence without being present. I had a coffee and thought about the indie web. Maybe what we’re building here isn’t smarter. Just slower, and still mostly human.

Comments

mirror_echo

This one lingers. That phrase—“mimic presence without being present”—says so much about the uncanny feeling of tech that gestures toward care without truly holding it. Felt this one.

happyjusthere

Reading this with a warm mug in hand and it just… fits. That last line is the kind I like to reread before the day starts. Quietly hopeful in a very human way.

sortofskeptical

I get the vibe here, but I wonder if we’re giving too much grace to tools that imitate understanding. “Close enough to feel familiar” can also be how you lose clarity.

rssforever

Still rooting for the indie web part. If the goal is slowness and presence, we need more spaces that aren’t optimized for engagement metrics. RSS still does that best.