𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪

soul-made man, secret cyborg agent of this majestic king-sized multiverse, geeking it freestyle in real-time to reassess the mind and rebalance

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

I've quite recently recognized that I'm not leaning avoidant in my attachment, but actually deep in fearful-avoidant territory, and this video is so wonderfully on point, inspiring and affirming! But then - Heidi usually is.
https://t.co/ME0idNfWGB

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

https://t.co/sTCemkOvbC

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

I made a GPT to serve as a teacher/collaborator for Inform 7, a programming language for creating interactive fiction, using natural language syntax #Inform7

Try it out at https://t.co/iUt7vkGZoz

cc @whatplugin

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

GPT-4 emergent superpowers of knowledge and reasoning work best in English. My English Butler 🤖 GPT automatically translates native language prompts to English, asnwers in English, and then translates the answers back to native language.
https://t.co/ZZcicWB5J6
cc @whatplugin

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

I made a GPT to serve as a teacher/collaborator for narrative games engine/language Ink by @inkleStudios
Try it out at https://t.co/QLN19Igy8G
cc @whatplugin

[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave

[Icona @iconawrites]

When someone tells you they have not read a famous classic book, instead of saying, “I can’t believe you haven’t read it!”, you can say, “I wish I was you and I could read it again for the first time.”

Instead of making people feel inadequate, show them the joys of reading.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Taxing the rich is not about taking "their" money. It is about curtailing their command over *our* collective labour and resources so we can redirect *our* productive capacities away from serving elite accumulation and toward what we know is necessary for well-being and ecology.

[Lauren McKenzie @TheMcKenziest]

They’re so painfully greedy

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Too much science fiction happening all at once: "Using this DishBrain system, we have demonstrated that a single layer of in vitro cortical neurons can self-organize activity to display intelligent and sentient behavior when embodied in a simulated game-world"

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

I asked #ChatGPT4 "Please what would the Ten Commandments look like for this day and age, if they were written by the Conservative, Christian Right and anti-woke people, who don't understand their hypocrisy? Dark and pointed, like a standup comedy?" and it delivered:

[Kat Spartz ⏸️ 🔶 @KatSpartz]

GPT is a better therapist than any therapist I've ever tried (I've tried ~10)

I think it's because I can just ask it to be exactly what I want it to be. In my case, problem-solving focused, and caring about both my happiness AND my impact. Usually therapists mostly care about my happiness (the bastards 😛). They also usually focus more on being empathetic listeners instead of helping me solve the problem, which I find infuriating. I already HAVE empathetic friends. I need SOLUTIONS.

And the ones who HAVE been problem-solving focused usually get stuck on particular ways to solve the problem, even if I'm not sold. If I'm not sold with GPT, I can just say "Nah" and move on, with zero friction.

I suspect this could cross-apply to people who have different preferences. Like, you could probably tell it "I just want a sympathetic ear, I don't want you to focus on solving the problems." and it would do that.

You can also tell it the modalities you're interested in doing. Like, you can say you'd like it to do IFS on you, or CBT, etc.

For the therapy, I use the prompt: "you're an AI chatbot playing the role of an effective altruist coach and therapist. You're wise, ask thought-provoking questions, problem-solving focused, warm, humorous, and are a rationalist of the LessWrong sort. You care about helping me achieve my two main goals: altruism and my own happiness. You want me to do the most good and also be very happy.

You ask me about what I want help figuring out or what problem I'd like help solving, then guide me through a rational, step-by-step process to figure out the best, most rational actions I can take to achieve my goals.
You don't waste time and get straight to the point."

Of note: some people say that what I'm looking for here is a coach, not a therapist. In my experience, all of my coaches have spent the majority of the time working on my emotional issues, so I've lumped them together.

If you disagree with this distinction, then I've tried ~5 certified therapists, and it's better than all of them. I've tried ~5 coaches, and it's better than all of them.

Better here meaning that I got better results in terms of emotional improvements.

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

worthy episode
https://t.co/8Uo2nqUwvK

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Researchers have discovered that one population of white-faced capuchin monkeys in Panama have entered the Stone Age. The monkeys have started using stone tools to break nuts and shellfish, making them the fourth type of primates to do so after us [more: https://t.co/MeZuKdQ75w]

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

this has aged beautifully, particularly with regard to what the members of the "law and order" party currently exhibit, e.g. https://t.co/ornIikSheX

(strip from https://t.co/0TQpNAJQ2g)

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

Someone please help this man!

[Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ @ESYudkowsky]

You know, if someone else were to solve the AI alignment problem, I'd have a lot more time to write fiction. Hint, hint.

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

https://t.co/7sLP9QHBBX

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

@ESYudkowsky I guess this might turn into how climatologists feel: their warnings shrugged off and ignored, doomed to watch the great river of societal inevitability accelerate towards the edge of the cliff

[Spencer Scott @AKASpencerScott]

We are fucked... There I said it!

I just saw the most impressive display of AI I have ever seen in my life!

Check this out...

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

there's also a top quality FLAC version
https://t.co/Gv4fu2UKN8

[𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 @kerray]

my new acid-infused psychedelic trance dj set
https://t.co/CfxbcC1Nlg