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A Mirror of Us

Cover artwork by Anna Chasnyk, Age 14, Ukraine

Jillian Cheary

May 29, 2024

Department: Poetry

Issue: AI and the Future of Knowledge

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It bends and mends like a mirror of us, but it’s something that could never be

Us

So we lend it our knowledge and the things we create, hoping one day, the making of the mirror of us will no longer be as scary

So we give it a face, give it a name

Give it a culture to make it seem like it is something to which we relate

But we make sure it is a mirror of us to ensure it is something that could never be

Us

So, despite the knowledge we give it, we prevent it from discovering there is an

Us versus them

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Jillian Cheary is a high school senior from New York City.