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Did Roald Dahl predict ChatGPT in 1953?

"Person? What person?" Roald Dahl is a classic childhood author for many. He is known for his contribution to children's literature in the form of books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG and my personal favourite, Matilda , to name a few. But yesterday at the Library, walking up and down the science fiction section, my eyes were led astray by an unfocused mind. In a quirk of human nature, the mind is automatically drawn towards the familiar, especially when not paying attention on the present circumstances. That's why we turn back to look at a familiar face in a crowd.  Perhaps it is an evolutionary characteristic. I cannot say for sure. My eyes had come to rest on a small volume, lying in a state of almost meditative serenity in the "Short Stories" section. The little black spine bore golden letters in Times New Roman, and it said in a form of modest pomposity which only that font is capable of "Someone Like Yo...