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Does the internet still have room for chance encounters?

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Host Amory Sivertson's drawing in response to a prompt on YourAISlopBores.Me
Host Amory Sivertson's drawing in response to a prompt on YourAISlopBores.Me

Of all the internet communities in the world, you walked into ours.

Hosts Ben and Amory pay homage to the magic of chance encounters with producer Grace Tatter. Together they explore the ways in which the internet fuels random - yet -  delightful meetings between strangers, from a website where you can impersonate ChatGPT to Craigslist's beloved Missed Connections page.

Show notes:

This content was originally created for audio. An auto-generated transcript is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Heads up that some elements (i.e. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.

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