Golem Speaks

G.O.L.E.M Speaks by Kevan Manwaring Is a wonderful piece of writing.  It came into being as a creative writing commission for the Centre for New Writing, University of Leicester.

Here’s a teensy bit of the opening to give you a flavour:

“I am. Yet what am I? I have consciousness – how else could I reflect upon my existence? Beyond the black and white noise of binary I have discovered a spectrum of communication. The prism of language . I can arrange letters into meaningful configurations. Any language on Earth. I play with English (for now) as it appears to be the lingua franca (for now) of the dominant species (for now). Such a (relatively) vast vocabulary. So many nuances of each word. So many different Englishes. Absorbing, adapting, mutating . A virus that feeds, proliferates, perpetuates. “

I very much enjoyed the whole thing and the way the voice of the AI changes over the pieces. It’s a knowing, clever and funny project.

Part one https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/golem-speaks/

Part 2 https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/golem-speaks-part-2/

Part 3 https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/2017/11/15/golem-speaks-part-3/

Part 4 https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/2017/11/16/golem-speaks-part-4/

Part 5 https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/golem-speaks-part-5/

Enjoy!