The Perfect Prompt, Sarah?
[Chad Kovac presents an immediately regrettable dystopian future based on current events and sponsored by the year of 2025; the year of generated content.] Also what does it take to get a like around here? # Sarah stared at the blinking cursor, her reflection ghostly in the dark mode interface. "Write a story about..." she typed, then backspaced. No, too direct. "Help me create..." Backspace again. The AI assistant waited patiently, its response marker pulsing like a digital heartbeat. "I want something meaningful," she muttered, running fingers through her unwashed hair. "Something that says something about... about..." She glanced at the AI interface itself, and a small smile crept across her face. She typed: "Let's write a story about someone struggling with AI..." [ERROR: RECURSIVE LOOP DETECTED] Sarah blinked at the error message. That was new. She'd been using this AI for weeks, but she'd never seen that before. She ...