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Time to bring things full circle with an episode that ties up our recent dialogues about poetry, postmodern AI, and putting your feelings into art. Featuring your daily serving of C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, and everyone's favorite dystopian media. What a time to be alive.

• Notable Mentions: Dall-E 2, The Matrix, That Hideous Strength, I, Robot, The Abolition of Man, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Fahrenheit 451
• Links/Sources: Proverbs 6:10-11, 24:30-34 | The steak scene from The Matrix ("Ignorance is bliss"). You're welcome—and spoiler warning. | @giannis_daras, "DALLE-2 has a secret language." X, https://x.com/giannis_daras/status/1531693096458592256, May 31, 2022 |
  ProZD, "Harry Potter and the Portrait of What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash," YouTube, Dec 20, 2017 (dubbing the original story by Botnik Studios: https://botnik.org/content/harry-potter.html) | Angela Yang and Daniele Hamamdjian, "AI candidate running for Parliament in the U.K. says AI can humanize politics," NBC News, June 13, 2024 | G. K. Chesterton, "The Ethics of Elfland," Chesterton's Gateway: 14 Essays to Get You Hooked on Chesterton, ed. Ethan Nicolle

• Editor's Notes: This episode references the following Rebel x Saint episodes: "064: AI Is Coming for Your Playlist" and "065: Art & Soul" | Credit to Alex: Dall-E is, in fact, named after both WALL-E and Salvador Dali. | The concept of simulacra, as discussed by Baudrillard in Simulacra and Simulation, directly influenced The Matrix. The more you know.

Find Alex and Andrew here: ⁠https://beacons.ai/rebel.x.saint⁠

Find all of the media we talk about here: ⁠https://benable.com/RebelDigital/e470ebedd95578a3ab35⁠

REBEL OUT. SAINT OUT. WE ALL OUT.