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Don't judge an AI by its cover

Just some randomly-arranged pixels I opened my brand-new edition of Anna Karenina yesterday. To my dismay, I could only find some ink-scribbled symbols on the page. I turned a few more to see if this was a bad-taste joke or a serious mistake. Nothing. More weird symbols imprinted on the paper. I furiously closed the book and wrote the most damning review ever on Amazon: "Anna Karenina, a book like any other." When I told people the story today they somehow kept insisting Anna Karenina is a masterpiece. Tolstoy is a genius, the characters are complex, Anna’s arc is tragic, and so and so.…

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