nevertheless, you could have been on to something. the "I" reminded me of Descartes' "I think, therefore I am". the self-referential expression could be a hint at consciousness and intelligence (thought current LLMs show that's not the case), but it sounded like you might indeed have been framing it along these lines back then. but the title was not enough to tell for sure 😉

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