This 15 part lecture series by David Milich on writing is such a crazy find because I'm absolutely loving Deadwood and how well it is written - https://t.co/QptL8G9nkS
@majamediaco I couldn't agree more! It's so hard to describe to friends on other apps how 'good' this algorithm is for just getting you what you want to READ. And the sharp switch into slop let's you know you've scrolled too far and need to take a break
@KieranMelb Any idea if Hammer was officially endorsed by PTV? Standing in front of the metro livery with "back on track" is a bit on the nose and feels like misconduct...
@BreatheLesss Genetic counselling training changed my life. I won't even end up in practice but the Rogerian ethos that underlies the profession should be more widely discussed
@heynibras People rarely remember your wrong guesses. People will go nuts for your insane long shots that turn out to be right. This RLHFs your brain into making more accurate guesses in future. Expose yourself to more possibilities.
@zetalyrae Deliberately attempting to widen your visual field is a great way to access this. Really focus on the peripheries. Do this whilst traveling by train/bus/tram and you really engage the experience of transition through space. This carries over to walking/running places.
@cube_flipper@skooookum The brevity reminds me of the hilarious published case study of a group of teens admitted to ED after something like 5000ฮผg intranasally.
Whether it is synthetic or not is by and large irrelevant. The user imbues the received output with their own Other regardless of the source. How you experience empathy from my actions as a counselor/speaking with a language model is derived from your constructed Other.
My first conference presentation this week(!) of my second(!) publication, speaking re: the necessity of an Other in the weird little professional space I occupy in the establishment of empathic relationships.
Im not totally sure that a a human is necessary and that the experience of empathy is (?almost) entirely on the side of the individual who is experiencing it. I feel the claim that the Human je ne sais quoi is a necessary component is a retaliatory stance/anxiety response.
@nickcammarata I don't know when or how this unlocked in my field of experience but it's really like a light switch. A really enjoyable way to experience life.
@emollick@danielrock@robseamans I saw a screenshot from an early Felten et al. paper ranking the professions most likely to be impacted and mine was ranked no. 1. This sent me into the AI rabbit hole and now I'm presenting at my first academic conference tomorrow! Time flies.
I've had a few "affirmation" sessions where everyone in a group writes a nice/appreciative things about other members (usually volunteer work groups, classrooms, friends). I have dozens of stashed in an envelope that I still return to.
I highly recommend having a folder on your desktop titled 'you are loved', where you put in screenshots of lovely things people have said to/about you. here are some of mine
This drives the ship from what the ship is to a concept of what it no longer is, and arriving at which it had never been, it now is. Consequently, the ship that it is, is now the ship that it wasnโt, and it follows that the ship that it was, is not the ship that it isnโt.
Meanwhile Thesues:
The ship knows what it is at all times. It knows this because it knows what it isn't. By subtracting parts from what it once was from what it now is, or what it is not from what it is (whichever contains more parts), one obtains a difference, or deviation.
The ship knows where it is because it knows where it isnโt. By subtracting where it is from where it isnโt, or where it isnโt from where it is, whichever is greater, it obtains a difference or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the ship from a position where it is to a position where it isnโt, arriving at a position where it wasnโt, and thereby arriving at a position where it is. Consequently, the position where it is is now the position that it wasnโt, and it follows that the position that it was is now the position that it isnโt.
...put it to a vote and I'll vote for it, but what I won't do is play ball and step into that blender room. This whole thing is outrageous, those bluepillers knew full well what they were doing and it's not my job to bail them out if we look a little short of a majority delusion.