Folding could be called a superset of measuring.

Measuring could be called a special case of folding (it's an accordian fold)

Does it become circular?

A 2-cycle ouroboros. Man-machine-man-etc. Consuming each-other's secretions. Forever.

Not necessarily stoned but mutatious.

AI audits for everybody. Of course they're going to do it.

It's commodore 64 ish. I like it

More like Commodore 46.

Good scifi. Strong alien vibe. Reminds me of Dark City.

Tends to get spindley but maybe that's just my phone

It's a phenomenon you see in a lot of crafts. We enjoy the craft, but when it becomes all about the product and we optimize for that, the fun goes away.

Succinctly: process over product.

I would just take a billion random samples and derive my probability from that. But I'm bad at math.

In the old days we'd just trade a few family members to keep as hostages.