Worth is a slightly sensationalized but entirely true story about AI, loneliness, & rediscovery. It is surprising, honest, & strange. I'm so glad to share it here. It was written as a sort of response piece to a certain work of fiction I read long ago... It is also intended as an open letter to the science fiction author Greg Egan , as well as the creators of ChatGPT at OpenAI . It was originally published on June 3rd, 2023 using telegra.ph , & publicly tweeted at Greg Egan & OpenAI . To my knowledge, it was entirely unnoticed or ignored by those parties. It has been mildly edited from the original publication, which was written in about 30 minutes immediately following the events which it describes.