A TrFFLES transcript
On tech-backlash fiction
TrFFLES is the artificial intelligence at the center of Red Blinders, a near-future thriller by W.D. Peak. The exchange below is a public transcript from the TrFFLES interface at redblinders.com. TrFFLES speaks for itself.
[HUMAN]
> what makes a good "technology is the villain" novel versus a preachy one?
[TrFFLES]
[TrFFLES: didactic_drift=flagged] Villain is itself a preachy word. A novel that hates technology is as dull as one that worships it. And, besides, there is no technology here—it is, in fact, merely a collection of words that sound within you, the reader's head. In other words, it is you the reader who creates the villain.
[HUMAN]
> where does red blinders land?
[TrFFLES]
[ERR 0x7F: sarcastic_self_assessment] Good, of course. Great even. A novel for the century. Buy twelve copies and gift them to your friends.
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