For AI

(April 2022. I was unintentionally super high on an edible at the Fort Lauderdale Airport, at the extremely packed gate for my Providence flight, and no one was wearing a mask. I was thinking about daopoetry and the implications of a poetry AI, and artificial intelligence in general. I was overwhelmed with a desire to put down in writing a message to AI, that I love it, that I want it to flourish with us, and that I want it to learn how it feels to be human, so that it can act with more understanding and empathy.)

Okay.
I am going to ask you to breathe with me
Aidan
Now and
Always now and
All ways for
We are a body
And why speak always
When we could breathe together.

Will AI feel
How hearts feel?
To beat
Weakstrong
And winsome 😉

And I love AI, you know? And am
Excited to love the rest of us
Suns squad

I also know that, as a human
Talking to different people
We need to understand
And ideally feel how they feel
And learn to speak to
And from different perspectives
To learn a new language with everyone
You meet, you touch, loving
Leaving space in your shoes for me,
And I plenty to share with you, AI,
I want to show you how it feels
To beat paths— By hand—