The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis · first published 1956
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For the first time, an edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction packaged specifically for adults. Complementing the look of the author's non-fiction books, and anticipating the forthcoming Narnia feature films, this edition contains an exclusive "P.S." section about the history of the book, plus a round-up of the first six titles. The last days of Narnia, and all hope seems lost as lies and treachery interweave to threaten the destruction of everything. As the battle lines are drawn, old friends are summoned back to Narnia, though none can predict the outcome in this magnificent ending to th
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Reads like (and with that weird contrast and non-trivial background, visually styled like) an LLM whose goal is to campaign against LLMs. (Or am I now like the Dwarfs in The Last Battle, seeing all things as mere simulacra?)
on “Regression to the Mean: on LLMs and the quiet death of the new” ↗“They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
on “GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics” ↗If it could take prompts ala Dall-E I'd like to read "a sequel to C.S. Lewis's "The Last Battle" co-authored by Friedrich Nietzsche and JK Rowling." You could make a lot of mischief with new religious texts as well. The Quran demands a sequel!
on “The Great Fiction of AI” ↗…out what's actually true, and the more people give up. That's the "significantly harder" part - if people have given up, they won't buy a lie, but they won't buy the truth either. In C. S. Lewis's The Last Battle, Aslan says of some dwarves, "They are so afraid of being taken in, that they cannot be taken out." (Quoted from memory, may not be word-for-word.) If people are so afraid of being suckered by a lie…
on “Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Truth World’” ↗Maybe it is hard coded in sentient beings to enjoy moving at speed with very little energy expenditure. To quote C.S. Lewis in the The Last Battle- “If one could run without getting tired, I don’t think one would often want to do anytrung else?” As a runner, I agree. :)
on “Rats learned to drive” ↗"If one could run without getting tired I don't think one would often want to do anything else" -C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
on “Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking” ↗