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If patience is a virtue, AI is the new messiah – but why?
To AI, even a child endlessly repeating ‘why’ counts as data, while the most selfless parent is going to crumble faced with infinite interrogation – AI suggests between 3 and 10 ‘whys’ is ‘enough’
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Conversation with a small child: “Time to get dressed.”
“Why?”
“Because we’re going to visit Nanna.”
“Why?”
“Because she’s your grandmother and she loves to see you and you love to see her.”
“Why?”
Bernard Cohen is an award-winning novelist, based in Sydney, Australia. He is also Director of The Writing Workshop, and has taught creative writing to 100,000 young people. His latest book is the short story collection When I Saw the Animal (UQP).
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