Reposted by Andrew Burford
Time passes. Could it be that I never believed it? Did I believe the blue nights could last forever?
— Joan Didion, Blue Nights
John Dowd (American Artist, born 1960)
Andrew Burford
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I have always been fascinated by the power of words and the ability of gifted writers to ignite the imagination, fuel the intellect and feed the soul. Reading is the supreme indulgence and perhaps connects us most intimately with what it is to be human.
![[Scene is a kitchen, a person is boiling some peas on the hob]
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PERSON 1:
Oh dear!
PERSON 2:
What is it babe?
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PERSON 1:
I am so overwhelmed with cooking these peas...
PERSON 2:
You mean you’re not using AI peas?
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PERSON 1:
AI peas?
PERSON 2:
They’re peas with AI!
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PERSON 2:
AI powered peas harness the potential of your peas
PERSON 1:
What
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PERSON 2 [Now in voice-over as hi tech meaningless graphics play]:
Taking your peas to the next level with new AI features powering your peas
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PERSON 2 [V/O over increasingly ridiculous graphics]:
Each pea has AI in a way we haven’t quite worked out yet but it’s fine
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PERSON 2:
Putting AI to work for your peas and connecting every corner of your peas
PERSON 1:
Peas don’t have corners
PERSON 2:
It does not matter!
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PERSON 2:
Our game-changing PEA-AI gives you the freedom to get the peas done
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PERSON 2:
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
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PERSON 2:
to spending millions on adding AI to the peas and then having to work out what that means
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PERSON 1:
Is it necessary to -
PERSON 2 [grabbing her buy the cardigan]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
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[Advert ending image showing the product, a bag of peas, with its slogan]
PEA-I AI PEAS WITH AI
Just ‘peas’ for God’s sake buy the AI peas
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