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@_ideasforhome this must be some not very smart AI

No bathroom and no way to get to the toilets and the bottom right bedroom has not door either...

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@Drazizalnamani @Aaronanniep Also, the whole point of communication is for humans to interact. But who am I speaking to? A machine thinking on your behalf. It will retain its programming no matter what. It won't suddenly say: I concede & now reject your views Dr Aziz. No. It's like your tireless talk-slave

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@Drazizalnamani @Aaronanniep Not quite. Keyboard is just a pen, thoughts are mine, AI adds its own. It's very capable of arguing on your behalf, but it won't change its basic attitude even if proven wrong. The most it can do is to concede a "fair point" and plod on repeating the same phrases and fixed ideas

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@Drazizalnamani @Aaronanniep 🤨sorry but that feels a bit ironic. One of your big gripes is not being dehumanised - but then you outsource your communication to a machine - that's a bit dehumanising for both you and your interlocutors. If I do the same, we'll just have two machines arguing? What's the point?

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@Drazizalnamani @Aaronanniep I enjoyed the convo, but now that @Aaronanniep pointed it out, I feel a bit silly for not having spotted it☺️

Does the AI just translate from Arabic & brush it up?

or do you have a full agent with your "values" programmed in, that handles the whole conversation on your behalf?

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@visegrad24 😂 at a time when it is universally known that tanks won't decide the outcome of future wars - basically tin cans on wheels

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And the gene activating EGCG is a great bonus!

[Lori Shemek, PhD @LoriShemek]

The polyphenol EGCG in green tea is responsible for the increased activation of the longevity gene FOX03.

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Always look for organic. 🍵

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@Drazizalnamani Ok Dr Aziz. Thanks for the intense exchange here today😅

After the rocky start, I find that we managed to at least partly feel each other's perspective or at least respect it, without hurling insults at each other. That's already positive!

I wish you all the best!

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@Drazizalnamani Sure, in the end, change is inevitable now, but it wasn't inevitable before. This part is not so much a critique of Islam, but of the policies of our own governments which allowed things to get a bit out of hand. Migration is good, but uncontrolled migration leads to trouble

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@Drazizalnamani Many good points. But that's the thing, often these muslims come to Europe come to escape from the oppression in their own countries, only to then loudly demand special rights in Europe (and in some cases motivated mainly by social benefits that do not exist elsewhere)

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@Drazizalnamani I get it, but I would still somehow argue that mostly, the mercy in Islam is aimed at other muslims, but non-muslims, sure, yes, Muslims can be correct to them and very generous to visitors and travellers... but many still feel that even they should convert or put their head down

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@Drazizalnamani Yes, now you hit the point. So subjectively, and I can attest to that as someone travelling around European cities... it does feel like our identity is now being slowly erased. Sure, it's not immediate, but historically, it's too rapid, dramatic and disruptive to us old locals!

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@Drazizalnamani It happens, but also the other way: those criticising migration are pursued by authorities. It's weird. I don't think Muslim countries would allow any disrespect of local customs by any foreigners or migrants, yet in Europe, people are attacked, communities intimidated

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@Drazizalnamani I find the other two just as full of harmful stuff. Yes, I do like the part where Jesus said we should do to others like we want others to do to us, rejecting eye for eye, tooth for tooth common in Judaism & Islam, but then in practice, Christianity was also spread by violence!

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@Drazizalnamani The problem is, most Muslim states would not allow mass migration from a non-muslim countries (most don't accept even Palestinians), and they would not allow foreigners to change their norms and lifestyle. Yet somehow, Europeans are expected to do just that. It's weird

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@Drazizalnamani Specifically about buddhism, this does happen but it's not just misinterpretation but goes directly against buddhist principles & teachings

Mobs can be weaponised anywhere, true, especially where there are uneducated people who don't know the primary texts of their tradition

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@Drazizalnamani non-extreme muslims reject violence but often still vibe with the general goal (of making everyone Muslim), just want to do it with less brutal means. But the general feeling of superiority over non-muslims can be felt. Reminds me of the Israelis - sense of being unique, better!

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@Drazizalnamani Islam is easy to weaponise due to being big on absolute restrictions & commands from above & many seem archaic - maybe made sense once, but applying them now is hard to defend

Buddhist teachings are more introspective, do good, change oneself, fight one's own ego, not "infidels"