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Actually a "sort of" book review of Blindsight, the 2006 novel by Peter Watts.

Essentially, what if a creepy, space traveling alien species was the equivalent of ChatGPT? Appears to be intelligent and conscious, but doesn't really understand and perceive anything in a phenomenal manner: a Chinese Room.

https://youtu.be/QuPLk1Zt1-U

Deep and interesting themes in this book. Will have to opt for an audiobook version due to my tiny little attention span.