A really simple, yet interesting and ultimately fulfillingg article! Really liked the conversation between IRA and FUXI; the conversation is streamlined, but really enjoyable, and I like how serene in general the piece is, and how the worldbuilding works despite not really focusing greatly on it. It's a nice background thing that helps the main story work better.
So yeah, this is a good entry. +1
I like the form of how you wrote this article; reader cannot know and anticipate what's in the picture until he sees it. And then, as if the reader was observing the world with IRA's robotic eyes or if they were her, they come across the picture and see the stunning atmosphere which it is radiating and which you succeed to transcribe. The article is very catchy, the further I've read the more focused I've been. The way you described how is IRA thinking in robot manner, is fascinating and perfect. And the dialog between IRA and FUXI is really fulfilling and beautifuly philosophical.
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I liked this! A little confusing on the world but i love the room it leaves for intepretation. made me think a lot and was an overall nice read, +1
This is beautiful, I'm sending a thankful signal to it's maker
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I like it. The concept is interesting and IRA and FUXI's characters were engaging enough to keep me hooked throughout, and upvote. I do think that overall the writing is… lacking. There are parts of the prose that definitely feel awkward and stilted, particularly with word order — but I get why, so I'm not taking it too harshly. Just overall the kind of thing that maybe could've used another set or two of eyes before posting. But besides that — I like this spin on the Certain Mechanical Religion and the philosophical questions implicitly raised by transhumanism and stuff. Really cool stuff, and a really cool vibe — two robots, chillin in the forest.
I like this a lot! You pose an interesting mystery at the start, which is resolved in a clever, open-ended way. I always enjoy entries which end conflicts/narratives with philosophical discussions (which is the reason why the majority of my own works have this structure), so this seemed tailored to my interests lol. I also loved the atmosphere in the cave — you built a really natural and beautiful story around an equally beautiful image.
This is definitely one of the best image usages in the contest, I really liked this story overall. As others have said, IRA and FUXI are enjoyable characters, although I wish we had gotten even more physical attributes described about them. It’s small, but the inclusion “Hello, world” as a customary greeting is so huge your brain was so large for that, idk why it affected me like it did but I got chills with that line. Congrats on your first post too :)