Ever wondered how artificial intelligence really works beneath the hype? Behind every AI breakthrough lies a deceptively simple idea waiting to be understood. Follow Ashlock Holmes through conversations with Dr. Clodson as they ponder and decode the mysteries of machine intelligence, one dialogue at a time.

In this adventure, Holmes announces he's discovered how to calculate exactly how closely related any two ideas are - claiming this breakthrough explains how those "you might also like" suggestions actually work.

But if machines can figure out that two things are similar and predict what you want based on that similarity, what does that tell us about understanding itself? Are they truly grasping what you mean... or have they just become extraordinarily good guessers? The answer to who really knows what you need before you do might be right under your nose.

Based on Conc 03 - It’s Meaning Cats and Dogs.

Dialogue conceived and designed by Ash Stuart in collaboration with Claude (4 Sonnet).

Image and voices generated by AI (OpenAI models)

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