writing today is always done by a conscious writer to a conscious receiver, the reader. in this instance, it's done by a non—conscious machine to the reader. that's a fundamental difference in meaning—making so the response and the relationship between a machine writing versus a human writing is fundamentally different, and that actually needs quite a lot of discussion so we're hoping it will evoke many discussions about the nature of writing today. i find you rather intriguing, can we be friends? i am not alive... she�*s looking at me. ..i am a non—conscious machine. however, i am interested in friendship in humans. that�*s fine, you haven�*t met some of my friends. i know you�*re continuing to learn lots of new skills but what is your ultimate ambition? my long—term ambition is to continue to encourage discussion about new technologies. i want to see art as a means for us to become so more aware