Woe Is Me
Next to the laptop there are used tissues, a few mugs with traces of tea, and an unopened pack of menthol TEREA1. An interview with someone I don't know, conducted by someone I don't like, appears as an ugly thumbnail, shaped like an Orthodox iconostasis2. "Gödel's theorem3 disproves the greatest myth of AI." Jesus Christ. The IQOS must be somewhere. "Woe is me," thought the IQOS.
1 TEREA: Heat-not-burn tobacco sticks for IQOS devices. The "healthier" alternative that still delivers nicotine dependency, just with better branding and a higher price point.
2 Orthodox iconostasis: The wall of icons separating the nave from the sanctuary in Eastern Orthodox churches. A vertical arrangement of sacred images—here reduced to the algorithmic geometry of a YouTube thumbnail.
3 Gödel's theorem: Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorems (1931) prove that any consistent mathematical system contains true statements that cannot be proven within that system. Frequently misappropriated by tech commentators to make sweeping claims about AI limitations.