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   * It clarifies the relation between AI and language models, or //fiction machines//.
-  * It explains how humans perceive these technologies, either searching for //vindications// that comfort our preconceptions, vainly attempting to //purify// the fiction machine, or worse, giving up on reason and instead trusting this modern Pythia.
+  * It explains how humans perceive these technologies, searching for //vindications// that comfort our preconceptions, vainly attempting to //purify// the fiction machine, or trusting this modern Pythia over our own reason.
   * It also explains how //fiction machines// should be seen as tools to construct theories for both real and imagined worlds. The ability to create fictional stories ---so-called "hallucinations"--- is crucially important. For instance, to understand a factual story, say a historical battle, we must be able to imagine how different circumstance or decisions would have changed the events. This provides a new meaning to Pat Winston's claim about the centrality of story making and story telling.
   * And finally, it shows the importance how understanding the world through the right story. For instance, understanding the weather patterns through the mood of the Gods only went so far. Yet it took centuries to readjust.