“Even if it feels bad, this is an intersubjective connection that social media allows us to feel. We could also call it empathy.”
– Los Angeles-based writer
K Allado-McDowell and AI language model
GPT-3 (
italics), in a joint interview about cringy content on the internet, a theme central to their newly released and co-authored novel
Amor Cringe. “I write works of fiction partly so I can vicariously live through my characters’ cringe experiences,” the AI states about their collaboration.
