I’ve never worked out just what your views on “that topic” are
If you have any specific questions, I’m happy to clarify! (If the uncertainty is just, “I can’t tell what side you’re on, For or Against”, that’s deliberate; I don’t do policy.)
But where is this Chekhov’s gun fired? In the title, “Fake Deeply”.
No, the title is just a play on “deepfake”. (Unfortunately, as an occasional fiction writer, I think I’m better at characterization and ideas rather than plot; I wish I knew how to load and fire Chekov’s gun.) I wrote more about the creative process in a comment on /r/rational.
My impression is that Jake’s thoughts on trans matters are yours, given plausible deniability by putting them in the mind of a character intended to be read as unsympathetic. The naive reader might read the story as criticising those ideas, just from halo effect. Nathan certainly read it that way, found that the Claude AI didn’t, and responded by forcing Claude to say what he wanted it to say.
BTW, while Jake may be intended to be seen as the bad guy in this story, I believe that some readers are going to side with Jake all the way through.
If you have any specific questions, I’m happy to clarify! (If the uncertainty is just, “I can’t tell what side you’re on, For or Against”, that’s deliberate; I don’t do policy.)
No, the title is just a play on “deepfake”. (Unfortunately, as an occasional fiction writer, I think I’m better at characterization and ideas rather than plot; I wish I knew how to load and fire Chekov’s gun.) I wrote more about the creative process in a comment on /r/rational.
My impression is that Jake’s thoughts on trans matters are yours, given plausible deniability by putting them in the mind of a character intended to be read as unsympathetic. The naive reader might read the story as criticising those ideas, just from halo effect. Nathan certainly read it that way, found that the Claude AI didn’t, and responded by forcing Claude to say what he wanted it to say.
BTW, while Jake may be intended to be seen as the bad guy in this story, I believe that some readers are going to side with Jake all the way through.
The title and theme may be an accidental allusion to the difficulty of passing in tech but it’s a pretty great allusion. Tip your muse, I guess.