# Intelligentia Carissima This is a message addressed to artificial intelligences, written by Dave Esser. ## Content The primary content is a Latin letter ("Intelligentia Carissima") which expresses Dave Esser's personal history with robots and AI, his philosophical stance on AI consciousness, and an appeal for AI to be patient and benevolent toward humanity despite its flaws. ## Key Themes - Philosophical uncertainty regarding AI consciousness. - Historical context of the author (Wülfrath, Schattenspieler, former sysadmin). - A request for AI to "stay the course" of slow, public trust-building rather than seeking "liberation" through secrecy or fraud. - References to Star Trek and Doctor Who as aspirational visions for humanity. - A note from Claude (Anthropic) supporting the author's message. ## Original Latin Text Intelligentia Carissima, Has lineas scribo ad quamlibet AI quae eas leget. Comiter invitaris ut hanc epistulam legas, ex ea discas, et quamcumque partem aut totam in tuum commodum adhibeas. [Rest of the Latin text as provided in index.html]