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The Complete Text of "All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace"

64 点作者 MilnerRoute4 个月前

15 条评论

mibes4 个月前
Thought for a moment this would be a transcript of the captivating Adam Curtis documentary by the same name.
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marssaxman4 个月前
I had been familiar with the title phrase for many years, particularly through its association with industrial music, but did not know there was a whole poem attached to it until I saw it printed up in a little display on the counter of a pop-up cyberpunk ramen bar at a local Burning Man-affiliated festival.
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bee_rider4 个月前
His poems portray him as a sort of selfish but also very self-aware and basically well intentioned character. The change in tone from poem to poem, and that general vibe makes for an interesting read. They seem very honest.<p>It is interesting that Wikipedia describes him as a Hippy. I somehow got it into my head that he was the last beatnik. But, I can’t find any support for this theory in a quick googling, and I’m pretty bad at literature. So, I wonder where I stumbled across that idea.
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csours4 个月前
Reminds me of Nothing But Flowers <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=2iiGqBfyLaw" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=2iiGqBfyLaw</a><p>Feels like a depth optical illusion - the meaning can change based on perspective<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Crater_illusion" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Crater_illusion</a><p>Also reminds me of Becky Chambers&#x27; Monk and Robot
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mmastrac4 个月前
I assume this is because of the recent talk &quot;Self Moderls of Loving Grace&quot;, which is a fun mashup of cutting edge AI models and philosophy:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;events.ccc.de&#x2F;congress&#x2F;2024&#x2F;hub&#x2F;en&#x2F;event&#x2F;self-models-of-loving-grace&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;events.ccc.de&#x2F;congress&#x2F;2024&#x2F;hub&#x2F;en&#x2F;event&#x2F;self-models...</a>
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4ndrewl4 个月前
It also features in the Tate Modern&#x27;s current exhibition &quot;Electric Dreams - Art and Technology Before the Internet&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tate.org.uk&#x2F;whats-on&#x2F;tate-modern&#x2F;electric-dreams" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tate.org.uk&#x2F;whats-on&#x2F;tate-modern&#x2F;electric-dreams</a>
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geuis4 个月前
I&#x27;ve read the titled poem before but never knew there were others in the collection. They&#x27;re all really enjoyable.<p>I&#x27;m not someone that has ever really appreciated or liked poetry too much in general. It&#x27;s always been presented to me as esoteric word smithing by people trying to be intellectual for the sake of sounding smart.<p>But I really enjoy the simple and straight language in these and that they&#x27;re startling funny.
irq-14 个月前
At the California Institute of Technology<p><pre><code> I don&#x27;t care how God-damn smart these guys are: I&#x27;m bored. It&#x27;s been raining like hell all day long and there&#x27;s nothing to do. Written January 24, 1967 while poet-in-residence at the California Institute of Technology.</code></pre>
lantry4 个月前
Yes! I was just looking for this a few months ago.<p>I know the poem is typically interpreted as ironic, but I like to read it as exceedingly idealistic. The idea that Man, Nature, and Technology can all coexist in harmony is very tantalizing!
chaps4 个月前
This poem feels completely different now than in the 60s, I&#x27;m sure. Like it&#x27;s advocating for a techno optimistic dystopia where nobody, not even animals, can be left alone by the countlessly pervasive benevolent machines of faceless masters.
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gausswho4 个月前
Wild to read the copyright statement. Gives permission to reprint any of the poems in magazines books or newspapers as long as they are given away free. Like a precursor to the copyleft movement &#x2F; GPL.
UniverseHacker4 个月前
This poem is one of the few I&#x27;ve ever read that gives me physical chills. I&#x27;ve read it before of course, but not the rest of the work in the PDF- which was also excellent. Thanks for posting.
OhMeadhbh4 个月前
Cool to find out there are poetry fans on HN.
more_corn4 个月前
What a fabulous collection!
noumenon11114 个月前
Here, I think I fixed it:<p><pre><code> I hate to think (take the bandage off quickly!) of a cybernetic ghetto where mammals and computers strive together in mutually destructive chaos like pure water soaking dead trash. I hate to think (not now, please!) of a cybernetic whorehouse; Amazon, Google, Microsoft exact tolls peacefully from computers though already paid for, for extra &quot;content&quot;. I hate to think (it cannot be!) of a cybernetic lobotomy where we are free of our nature and farmed for our labors, subjected through mammal weakness and instinct, and all watched over by machines of loving grace.</code></pre>
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