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From God to Aliens to Chatbots – The Metaphysics of Loneliness
Peter Jukes considers the profound isolation of a species that has gone from looking for intelligence in outer space to finding it in chatbots
Earth, seen from the far side of the Moon, by Artemis II this month Photo: Nasa
For those of us old enough to remember the Apollo missions, the sight of Artemis II blasting off towards the Moon may have brought back something a bit more complicated than Space Age tristesse or déjà vu.
Yes, we’ve been here before. But it reminds us of how far we’ve travelled in the past 50 years.
It was always complicated – idealism clashing with realism.
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