I can possess the traditional book because it is quiet and unimposing, which allows me to animate it with my own psychology. But the smartphone is far more likely to overwhelm me with stimulation and thus take possession over me. 5/5

The smartphone is always pushing digital information at me, such that it’s impossible for me to fill it with aspects of my human spirit. 4/5

The question, then, is why I cannot possess an electronic gadget like my smartphone. Han says it is because the smartphone is “indiscreet, intrusive, and over-expressive.” I would add the word controlling. 3/5

Possession is something internalized and psychologically charged. When I possess a thing over a period of time (say, a childhood copy of my favorite fantasy book), that object becomes a vessel filled with emotions and recollections. 2/5

Thank you sir!

I agree there are historical precedents and mentioned them in the interview. What’s surprising here is that many Grokipedia articles are wholesale borrowings from Wikipedia, which is perhaps not what they were expecting…maybe even the opposite of what they wanted.

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Seems likely that Grokipedia will suffer from Grok’s, um, issues…

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I included this line: “A few questioned whether the Wikimedia Foundation was taking threats seriously enough when they were raised by the site’s volunteer administrators and functionaries.”

SFR needed ArbCom’s permission to make that statement and, as you may know, that took a few days.