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"The Unprompted," a poem that AI will never understand | Salome Agbaroji

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Aug 29, 2025
Dive into the electrifying performance of an original spoken-word poem that challenges the understanding of AI. The poet explores the limitations of artificial intelligence in capturing human emotions and the essence of creativity. With a powerful critique of our growing reliance on technology, the poem emphasizes the importance of human connection and responsibility. The discussion encourages a reflection on the true essence of hope and progress, highlighting what machines can never replicate.
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ANECDOTE

Late-Night AI Confessions

  • Salome Agbaroji describes late-night phone scrolling and asking AI chatbots personal questions about crushes and emails.
  • She uses these moments to show how AI fills vacant emotional spaces in real life.
INSIGHT

Tech Mirrors Past Systems Of Harm

  • Agbaroji argues AI is another system humans mislabel 'intelligent' while repeating past harms like biased science and negligent capitalism.
  • She connects technological awe to historical systems that reproduced inequality and harm.
INSIGHT

Human Aspiration Trumps Algorithms

  • She emphasizes that people, not machines, carry real passions, pain, and the capacity for audacious hope.
  • Agbaroji claims this human aspiration is what will save us, not algorithmic calculation.
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