“In one place he is taken for a madman, in another he is lavished with royal honors; sometimes he brings with him delusion, sometimes perfect peace and tranquility; he is often met with the lazy indifference of a boa constrictor; in one place he is extolled, in another he is shown every contempt; in a third he is completely do not notice - this is the appearance of a learned sage who has found eternal happiness in supreme bliss.”

— Sri Shankaracharya

Art: The Hermit, Knapp-Hall Tarot, c. 1929

RIP

imagine pro-monogamy three body problem argument

tl;dr normie to big stinky nerd translator

I'm going to share something embarrassing, but this is true. I have found a good usage of AI (for me, at least).

I'm a big stinky nerd and I have a hard time understanding what people are saying to me. I am an extremely explicit communicator. I usually say exactly what I mean (for better or worse). I get very confused when people imply something, or lean heavily on emotional phrasing, to implicitly communicate.

I have been unironically using AI to explain what people are saying to me. I'll detail the conversation to the best of my ability if it was communicated verbally, if it was online I copy-paste my message and the persons response (or comment). The silly AI slop robot then translates what the person says into explicit communication for me so I understand better.

Basically, the dumb ass slop machine robot is better at understanding humans than me. Sometimes I have zero idea what someone is talking about or trying to convey.