What in the hell was that? A story about God and creation with no real narrative other than someone, like a child, explaining humans and our evolution, especially from a religious viewpoint. Interesting, for sure, but not very coherent. The child was spawned by a robot alien to a human mother? Weird. Then at the end, it’s revealed that this is a conversation with Chat GPT and the prompts have been removed.
Author
Sheila Heti
Publication
The New Yorker, November 20, 2023
Date Read
November 26, 2023