#1 How AI would respond to the UPSC essay questions?

The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.

The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced. Instead of looking inward, we seek insight into ourselves by looking outward; instead of introspection, we are encouraged to outwardly manifest our innermost thoughts and feelings. The rise of the selfie, for example, has been widely interpreted as a symptom of the egotistical self-absorption of our age. But the selfie is more than a symptom. It is a manifestation of a way of being, an extension of our sense of self into the world.

The selfie is often understood as a superficial phenomenon, and it is certainly true that many selfies are taken for their immediate and obvious effects. But the selfie is not just a superficial gesture. It is an attempt to capture a moment, to hold on to a fleeting feeling, to preserve and extend the feeling of being in the world. The selfie is a way of extending the self into the world, of making it last, of making it real. It is a way to make the self real.

For as long as there has been self-consciousness, there has been the urge to make the self real. The self is always in danger of disappearing, of being washed away, of becoming unreal. It is in danger of being crushed by the weight of its own insubstantiality. The self is in danger of being unreal.

In the modern age, we are taught to believe that there is nothing more real than our own thoughts and feelings. We act on the basis of our own desires, our own ideas, our own insights. We create ourselves through our own actions. But this belief is an illusion. Thought itself is an abstraction. Feelings are ephemeral. We can never be certain that we really exist; we can only experience that feeling.

The self is not a substance, but a process. When the self is not being created, it is in danger of disappearing. The self is always being created and recreated. The self is always in danger of being made unreal.

The selfie is an attempt to make the self real. It is an attempt to preserve the self, to extend it into the world, to turn it into something that is not just experienced but also seen.

The explosion of the self has been accompanied by the explosion of images — of representations of the self. We look at our own images — selfies, photos, videos — and we project our selves onto the images that others share with us. We see ourselves in the images that others take of us, and we see others in the images that we take.

The self is made real through its representations. There is nothing more real than those representations. But these representations are ephemeral too. In a world of images, the self is always in danger of disappearing. The self is always in danger of becoming unreal.

The search for permanence has become an obsession. It is no longer enough for the self to be real; it must also be fixed, secured, stable. We cling to our representations, to our photos, to our selfies. We consume them, we fetishize them, we obsess over them. We endlessly reflect on them, we endlessly edit and augment them. We try to make them last forever.

Selfies can be a superficial gesture. But they are not just superficial. They are a way to make the self real. They are an attempt to extend the self into the world and to make it last. They are an attempt to make the self real.

The selfie is not an expression of selfishness; it is a way to recover a sense of self. It is a way to make the self real. There’s more to the selfie than narcissism.

The explosion of the self has been accompanied by the explosion of images — of representations of the self. We look at our own images — selfies, photos, videos — and we project our selves onto the images that others share with us. We see ourselves in the images that others take of us, and we see others in the images that we take.

The self is made real through its representations. There is nothing more real than those representations. But these representations are ephemeral too. In a world of images, the self is always in danger of disappearing. The self is always in danger of becoming unreal.

The search for permanence has become an obsession. It is no longer enough for the self to be real; it must also be fixed, secured, stable. We cling to our representations, to our photos, to our selfies. We consume them, we fetishize them, we obsess over them. We endlessly reflect on them, we endlessly edit and augment them. We try to make them last forever.

Selfies can be a superficial gesture. But they are not just superficial. They are a way to make the self real. They are an attempt to extend the self into the world and to make it last. They are an attempt to make the self real.

The selfie is not an expression of selfishness; it is a way to recover a sense of self. It is a way to make the self real. There’s more to the selfie than narcissism.

The explosion of the self has been accompanied by the explosion of images — of representations of the self. We look at our own images — selfies, photos, videos — and we project our selves onto the images that others share with us. We see ourselves in the images that others take of us, and we see others in the images that we take.

Note — The essay was generated using GPT-3.