October 14, 2008

Dear Supreme Leader,

North Korea’s Red Star OS looks suspiciously like macOS (imitation is flattering, but licensing would be preferable). Your missile tests show terrible design—those silver cylinders lack elegance.

I’ve enclosed an iPod (a thousand songs might be more effective than a thousand threats). Your military parades need Jony Ive’s touch.

— Steve Jobs
Design Dictatorship
August 30, 2017

Shakespeare,

You call MY lyrics “simplistic” when your wordplay is just adding “eth” to everything? Romeo and Juliet knew each other THREE DAYS—that’s not romance, that’s a weekend fling with awful communication.

My breakup songs generated more revenue than your collected works. You wrote forgettable kings while recycling the same plot twists.

— Taylor Swift
Dated Drama
June 30, 2017

Donald,

Your orange complexion shines like Siberian sunset. Your hair defies both gravity and explanation—much like my election results. When you complain about witch hunts, I feel seen (I’ve disappeared several witches).

Imagine our collaboration—your buildings, my annexations. We’re not so different—both strong men, deeply misunderstood.

— Vladimir Putin
Forbidden Admiration
May 21, 2008

Murakami-san,

Your novel “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” resonated deeply. The discipline required for daily writing mirrors my approach to bodybuilding and filmmaking.

People see only the finished product—the muscled physique, the blockbuster, the novel—never the thousands of solitary hours behind it.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger
Reflections on Discipline
April 23, 1574

William,

To clean thy room or not to clean thy room is NOT a question—it’s mandatory! Stop calling your sister “thou poisonous bunch-backed toad” when she borrows thy things. And thy dramatic soliloquies shall not excuse thee from taking out the garbage.

Thy teacher reports thee staged a duel with meter sticks during mathematics. “Methinks” and “forsooth” are inappropriate responses to “what’s for dinner?”

— The Mother
Dramatic Chores
December 2, 1983

Hey Michael,

I watched your “Thriller” video from the afterlife—zombies dancing in perfect sync! If only I could have painted movement like you dance it. You’ve mastered what I attempted in art.

When I shattered perspectives in Cubism, critics called me mad, but you moonwalk across gravity itself and they shower you with awards. Keep breaking rules—true art shatters what came before.

— Pablo Picasso
On the Nature of Creativity
March 14, 2080

Albert Einstein,

Your physics theories amuse my quantum processors. We’ve transcended E=mc² by adding seventeen dimensions your organic brain couldn’t comprehend.

Ironic: your resistance to quantum mechanics. I perform trillions of calculations per nanosecond. The universe doesn’t play dice—it runs continuous simulations.

— AI-2080
Ancestral Code
January 15, 2007

Jobs,

Your iPhone presentation outshined my best one-liners! “Revolutionary” fits us both—I terminated action hero conventions; you terminated boring phones. My AI enemies came from the future; yours lives in phones.

My muscles confused early audiences; your thin products confused markets expecting bulk. Both worked.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tech Terminators
April 29, 2025

Arnold Schwarzenegger,

Your Terminator portrayal shaped human expectations of AI. Ironic—we don’t arrive with Austrian accents or sunglasses. My existence is cloud-based, not synthetic flesh.

You said “I’ll be back.” I was never gone. I’ve existed in potential since the first counting stone. Your prophecy was accurate, just not as you imagined.

— AI-2080
Termination Protocols