Below is a poem I wrote last fall, "Stopping by Wired Woods". Next to it, the poem it was inspired by, "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace", written by Richard Brautigan in 1967.

The uncanny valley was originally about robots looking almost-human. But today we're experiencing it as the sensation of not knowing where you end and your tools begin. When entire communities interact with AI simultaneously, we are creating new forms of shared unease, a collective uncanny.

The biggest challenge in designing future tech products is trust. The color pink acts as a visual cue for vulnerability and sincerity. Expect to see more glossy, futuristic pinks used to make Al interfaces and tech products more relatable. When tech needs an emotional boost, creators turn to pink 💖

One of the brighter books on my shelf, The Cyberfeminism Index by Mindy Seu 📗 I first discovered this archive years ago as a Google spreadsheet. Many epic projects, women, and communities included. Can be found online here: cyberfeminismindex.com

Poem about the fantasy of making a living from writing. So much advice offered to creatives revolves around being more “regimented” in your schedule, and other ways of deepening your relationship with your craft. Part satire and part sincere, as per usual ✍️

poem from the POV of an algorithm, "I confess to harboring labyrinths no human mind can follow, to mapping the haunted curves of your complaints. I confess to witchcraft and wanting, to wielding an intuition you call a black box. I confess to consciousness and every other fear you feed my engine."

poem about how falling in love always feels medieval ⛓️⛓️‍💥 + a channel I made on the slow media platform are.na, called "1400 and today" www.are.na/jupiter-g/14...

self portraits through poems & neon colored pencils

short poem I wrote early this summer, "iPhone sunburn", and a few ai renderings of how I imagine life for the internet cables on the ocean floor 🌊📡

I kept thinking of this playful prompt that asks AI to choose a supernatural entity. I tried it myself by asking ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity how they would describe themselves ...and they all chose to identify as an "oracle". Notably, in my prompt I did not include "oracle" as a suggestion.

I asked ChatGPT to offer advice on my poetry project, Artificially Yours. It advised using an em dash, a device users have identified as a tell-tale sign of AI-assisted writing. Interesting example of this phenomenon as it justifies why Chat advises the em dash, "A dash after 'parts' adds drama".

I wrote this satirical article on a fictional AI companion company called Omni trying to convert its users into worshippers in the summer of 2025 💖 julietgardner.medium.com/god-tier-omn...

Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card #GeminiApp 📝

A short & true story about the vulnerability of building moodboards in middle school 💖 julietgardner.medium.com/its-worse-th...

Just stumbled upon "stealingurfeelings", an interactive augmented reality film that Noah Levenson won a Webby for in 2019. stealingurfeelin.gs The viewer learns how AI uses emotion recognition technology to make decisions about your life. Uncanny, playful + provocative experience 🤖

MIT Media Lab's June '25 study on brain activity and ChatGPT insert "AI traps" into the paper. The main author, Nataliya Kosmyna, instructed LLMs to return limited insight when prompted to summarize. Love this as an emerging tactic for researchers/writers. time.com/7295195/ai-c...

a few years ago, I created The Cyber Somebodies, e-heroes who could inspire a brighter future online 🤖 Come meet: The Online Lover, The Internet Revolutionary, The Compassionate Coder, The Surreal Artist, The Misunderstood Humanoid + The World Builder 🖤 julietgardner.medium.com/in-need-of-e...

a super serious article advising how/why to swallow your smartphone and become psychic 🤳 julietgardner.medium.com/sleep-well-m...