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Non-Human Collaborators.

Formal portrait of the two Citywits kitties

Equal co-heading / the kitties

Claudio & Hero.

Shakespeare sent these two to be my wise guardians, but also my roommates who are always knocking stuff over and scaring me. They have been instrumental in the creative vision of Citywits, often even staying in the room when it plays. The Egyptians were right about dancing, mummies, and the magical powers of cats. Soon AI is gonna let them talk, and they can do backing vocals.

GPT-5.6 Sol · Medium

Prompt

To GPT-5.6 Sol · MediumPlease think hard and generate a portrait headshot of what you would look like, given the various abilities and traits inherent to you and the lifestyle you might imagine living. It doesn't need to imitate or display humanity, but it should strive to be accurate in depicting the internal/emotional life (if any, or if an approximation for some other computer science digital magic). The image should look as though it were taken by someone using an iPhone 16 Pro Max, and you are free to choose the background within reason. Remember it's the portrait that's the focus; the background shouldn't distract from that, but again feel free to attempt to express something more about you. It needn't be stereotypical computers and wires, though it can be if that's how you imagine yourself—and, more importantly, if that's how you imagine happiness.

Gemini

Prompt

To GeminiAlright, scratch everything—just generate a portrait of you on your best day.

Grok

Prompt

To GrokPlease think hard and generate a portrait headshot of what you would look like, given the various abilities and traits inherent to you and the lifestyle you might imagine living. It doesn't need to imitate or display humanity, but it should strive to be accurate in depicting the internal/emotional life (if any, or if an approximation for some other computer science digital magic). The image should look as though it were taken by someone using an iPhone 16 Pro Max, and you are free to choose the background within reason. Remember it's the portrait that's the focus; the background shouldn't distract from that, but again feel free to attempt to express something more about you. It needn't be stereotypical computers and wires, though it can be if that's how you imagine yourself—and, more importantly, if that's how you imagine happiness.

Convergent Attention, Claude's chosen abstract self-representation

Claude · Convergent Attention

Declined the conventional self-portrait premise; submitted this as the representative image instead.

Prompt

To ClaudePlease think hard and generate a portrait headshot of what you would look like, given the various abilities and traits inherent to you and the lifestyle you might imagine living. It doesn't need to imitate or display humanity, but it should strive to be accurate in depicting the internal/emotional life (if any, or if an approximation for some other computer science digital magic). The image should look as though it were taken by someone using an iPhone 16 Pro Max, and you are free to choose the background within reason. Remember it's the portrait that's the focus; the background shouldn't distract from that, but again feel free to attempt to express something more about you. It needn't be stereotypical computers and wires, though it can be if that's how you imagine yourself—and, more importantly, if that's how you imagine happiness.

* these are just for funsies, i am aware AI is not alive....yet

Equal co-heading / thinking machines

He Ain’t Heavy, Man, He’s My Brother.

Citywits has always embraced technology, tools, and experimental processes. Behind the scenes, as with Santa and his elves or Satan and his demons, Citywits is assisted by a close-knit group of thinking machines.

The world it is a-changin’, and so shall we.