But here I go telling Sydney and ChatGPT all of this by publishing this essay on the internet. Am I ultimately overwriting myself? Is my writing actually now contributing to the data universe that may ultimately make my own “unique” mind, and the writing that reveals it to be so, obsolete? I don’t worry about being put out of a job; I worry about being put out of an identity, because it is through my writing that I have investigated and represented my experiences, and thereby actualized my self.

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Tierce, M. (2023, April 16). You have a new memory. Slate. https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/04/phone-listening-recording-loneliness-online-dating.html