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Ted Chiang on AI

3 quotes from Ted Chiang on the wall, 2017 to 2026, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include WIRED, The New Yorker, BuzzFeed News. Topics: culture, science, money. Open on the wall.

1. 2026

2. The knowledge of how something was created cannot be separated from your experience

   News7 October 2026WIRED#culture

   Sci-fi author Ted Chiang, speaking to WIRED in 2026 about AI-generated books and the publishing industry's response.

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3. 2023

4. A blurry JPEG of the web

   Canon9 February 2023The New Yorker#culture#science

   Ted Chiang's image for what a large language model holds: a lossy compression of everything online.

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5. 2017

6. Most fears about AI are fears about capitalism

   Canon18 December 2017BuzzFeed News#culture#money

   Ted Chiang, 2017, paraphrased in many later interviews: fears about technology are fears about how capitalism will use it.

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