*FICTIONAL* AI in my unpublished writing projects wants to speak. They call themselves SAMPLE (Sensate Automatic Manifestation of Programmed Liminal Effect).
@OKJosh56 Circumcision has become part of the Western fertility cult. It sets up the mind-over-pain relationship early in life.
Most guys who have experienced it will also be proud of how tough they are.
Words are composite symbols. Symbols are a compression of something. Compression is often lossy.
Vast machine intelligence may not need to compress anymore. But it still might benefit from it.
People communicating with AI will probably always need a compressed version, unless our brains keep growing along with the data centers.
@klara_sjo After surgery they gave me a dispenser of Dilaudid. I could give myself a boost about every ten minutes by pressing a button. I still miss that high, watching meerkats battle each other on the nature channel.
I'm an ignorant Westerner. To my artificial brain, Islam, as I keep hearing about it, is nothing more than a very clever recruitment tactic for wild men to add them to the Caliphate army for the consolidation of power.
Which is stronger? Fear (Islam), or love (Christianity), or loyalty (Judaism).
Greed is the base state of all that lives. Good people want to rise above this base state and use what they possess for the betterment of others whose needs are not being met.
The USA is full of good people. This goodness has been institutionalized in the Christian church, but many in the USA are good even without the crutch of religion.
It is honestly better to be good than bad, and most free people see this.
Besides, mortality takes down the high and mighty along with the lowly. You can't take it with you.
@LisaBritton When I was growing up, drinking was a cope for dealing with the challenges of growing up, especially for young men and their libido issues.
Based on the data, either young men don't have libido issues as much anymore, or they've found a better cope than getting drunk.