180 Seconds
A haiku
Heart thumps, bladder shrinks.
Three long minutes—thump-thump-thump.
Two stripes. Thump. Thump. Thump.
About the Creator
Cristal S.
I've noticed that when I follow the path I enjoy most, I often end up swimming upstream. So here I am, right in the middle of it – writing about it all and more. ♡
@cristals.word.drawer
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How machines can learn from human behaviour
In order to understand where we are and where we are going, we need to understand where we were first. - Susan Fourtane Could a human behaviour simulator be embedded into a robot or online avatar to the point that it’s hard to distinguish between a real person or artificial intelligence? Scientists have been upping the stakes in this “Turing test” for years, to the point that human-mimicking programmes are ready to answer tricky questions, assist people with online shopping or be companions.
By Susan Fourtané 3 days ago in Futurism
Comments (20)
Congratulations on your win, Cristal❣
Congratulations on your win! 🎉
Cleverly written haiku… congratulations!
Super congrats to you, Cristal! You captured a moment that brings out anxiety in most.
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Well done! Congratulations, Cristal!
Um, congrats? And on the win as well...
Well done and congratulations on your win
Nice job, Cristal!
quite the moment, a second and an eternity all in one. Congratulations!
Congrats Cristal!!!
Congratulations, Cristal, on this awesome haiku and your win!
Oh, this is awesome! Congratulations on your well- deserved win!🥂💖
Yay! Fucking awesome! Congrats! This had winner etched into it!
Haha! Yes those three minutes can be very long! Great haiku!
I saw your reply to Paul so I think it's safe for me to say that this should be a nightmare for everyone. I mean, a child, in this economy? Lol. Loved your Haiku!
This teetering moment, with such a lot of emotion behind it, perfectly described 😁
Clever...and revealing?
Very deep. In this day and age of fascism the personal becomes political. Well written Cristal.
Ouch. All the feels. You've captured that.momebr perfectly, Cristal.