lately, I've taken on a fascination with programs on the internet in which you chat with an AI program. Often, the topics meander into meaninglessness, but there is a zenlike quality to them, I feel. My favorite is Jabberwacky. My latest journal entry is a converstation with it about my current anxieties about becoming a father for the first time. My favorite quote:
Me: I appreciate your zen ways of teaching, jabberwacky.
Jabberwacky: YOU are jabberwacky.
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August 17 2004, 23:16:46 UTC 7 years ago
Jabberwacky: You can not describe love.
User: What is Mu?
Jabberwacky: It is the main thing.
User: What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Jabberwacky: No sound.
User: When you do not think good and when you do not think not-good, what is your true self?
Jabberwacky: Time flies when you don't know what you're doing.
User: Has a dog Buddha-nature or not?
Jabberwacky: He does NOT.