**Links to:** [[◉ G E I S T ◉/Artificial intelligence|Artificial intelligence]], [[Intelligence]], [[Artifactual intelligence]], [[02 Introduction to the Poltergeist]]. First was the A.^[Aha. Mind _makes_ itself (social): technolinguistic artificiality begins. In language, the first thing: the alpha. Counting begins. Countdown from now.] Then was the I.^[The intellect, mind, realizes itself as artificial, tumbling down seeing _as,_ begins. The pronoun, self-reference begins. O. In Turkish.] Once enough people said “A.I.”,^[Fictions that real themselves make.] it became a thing.^[Here.] Ay, ay, ay.^[In Spanish.] ### Footnotes