CDS Journal

I revisited a favorite Monty Python clip ... the one that depicts a public stoning. I found that it evoked something new for me this time around. The clip is essentially using the concept of " Live by the Sword, die by the Sword " as the premise for a joke. What came to mind was that the modern more generalized translation of this is that the " sword " is a symbol of " doing harm ". Anyone who lives their life in a way that brings harm to others will eventually get the same done to them... but not necessarily at the hands of those who they did it to. Doing harm to others creates a domino effect that can come back around. Essentially this is what other traditions also refer to in their own ways, such as with the concept of Karma  from Indian traditions. What this helps me focus on more specifically are situations where the person wielding the " sword " is doing so because they were born into an environment that does harm to others as part of its u...

The TV series Highway to Heaven has a good two part episode about PTSD. Highway to Heaven S05:E02 - Hello and Farewell https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/595923/s05-e02-hello-and-farewell-pt-1 Highway to Heaven S05:E03 - Hello and Farewell https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/595922/s05-e03-hello-and-farewell-pt-2

In my view, the "Highway to Heaven" TV series did something I haven't seen in any other TV series. It delivered its own movie within it... and did so "silently". There are lots of TV series that are inspired by a movie, and many movies that are inspired by a TV series... but in this case, the series was used to deliver its movie version within in a way so that the audience doesn't experience them as separate things. If I watch only the episodes that comprise the movie, I am getting the entire story of the series told in a single 120 minute story in 3 acts. It's more efficiently and effectively delivered because the central character being helped in the movie storyline is the Angel himself, Jonathon... whereas in every other episode it focuses on a temporary guest character. The fact that these three episodes didn't come first in the sequence of the series means that viewers get familiar with the Jonathon character before then experiencing his own per...

I've watched this and am still absorbing the truth of it... that human beings can be extremely unreliable when it comes to objective reality. I'm also having difficulty with it because it's not a theoretical discussion... they demonstrated this result with practical experiments. They were able to induce an experience where a person feels physical bodily pain by suggestion alone. However, even though the experiment accomplished this mainly by lying to the test subjects about what the exercise was really about... the testers observed a subject who continued to experience this suggestive pain even after the secret was revealed to them. This is literally a level of brain programming that compares with " The Matrix ". Most of the test subjects were in tears during the testing because, from their perspective, they were genuinely feeling physical pain. Touch - Mind Field (Ep 6) https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=OUdXMoY6fLY

------------------ Cory: Do you have any suggestions for an AI tool like yourself that is comparable and potentially useful for me to consider? ------------------ ChatGPT: As of my last knowledge update in September 2021, there were several AI tools and platforms similar to mine, but the landscape is constantly evolving. Here are some AI tools and platforms that were prominent at that time, and you can consider checking their current status and capabilities: GPT-4 or Later Versions: OpenAI may have released newer versions of the GPT model with enhanced capabilities and performance. It's worth checking if there's a more advanced version available. BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers): Developed by Google, BERT is another powerful natural language processing model that excels in understanding context in text data. It's widely used in various applications. Transformers by Hugging Face: Hugging Face offers a comprehensive library of pre-trained transfo...

------------------ Cory: The field of AI, in my experience, is very valuable as a way to better understand my own nature as a human being and therefore to help me understand better ways to navigate the problems I face. ------------------ ChatGPT: You've made a profound observation about the human experience.   Understanding and appreciating this aspect of human nature can indeed help us navigate our experiences more effectively. It's a fascinating insight into the complex and dynamic nature of human cognition and behavior. ------------------ CDS Journal: The Value of AI (full transcript) https://cory-dean-smith-journal.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-value-of-ai-full-version.html

My new found ChatGPT AI resource has me going back to an old movie favorite and adding it to my permanent library. I didn't do this before because when I first saw the movie, I felt it was a bit too concerned with style and form for my taste... but the basic story is perfectly on point. It's been called the ultimate "breakup story" because it's about a man who forms a romantic relationship with an AI... and then learns that the AI is simultaneously having thousands of relationships just like theirs and he views this as " cheating " and feels hurt by it... which then prompts the AI to " break up " with him. Through this experience, he learns to move on and reconcile with the reasons why he sought the comfort of the romance with the AI in the first place. Before this new era of ChatGPT AI being a real thing, the average person viewed this film as outlandish science fiction. Now that it's actual reality, the credibility of the film has incre...

A discussion about the topic of child abuse that is in the public more right now because of the movie "The Sound of Freedom". CORY: I have heard that children on the street in places like Brazil are routinely killed because there are so many of them and their lives are not valued by the society they are born into. Is there anything on record that validates this? CHATGPT: As an AI language model, I don't have real-time access to current events or data beyond my last update in September 2021. However, it is important to clarify that making broad generalizations about an entire society or country can be misleading and unfair. While it is true that some regions in Brazil and other parts of the world have faced issues with violence, poverty, and neglect affecting street children, it is essential to avoid overgeneralizing and stigmatizing an entire society or nation. There have been documented cases of violence and mistreatment of street children in different parts of the world...