My response to @DaveRubin pertaining to his question of why the machine always seems to be one-step ahead of us:
Dave I am of the opinion that the reason the "Machine" is always one-step ahead of the sane is because they have no life apart from screwing with the world. We in sane world have lives in which we surround ourselves with family, friends, companions, things to do, places to go and people to see; have fun with and great discussions. The machine has none of this. As a result we find ourselves always reacting to what the machine does and says next. To gain the lead we must stop being reactionary and more revolutionary in our behavior and speech. If the Founders of this great nation had only continued to react to the Monarchy's devices then there would have been no Tea Party, no Declaration of Independence and no U.S. Constitution (the greatest non-religious document ever penned). Those were Revolutionary.
Parshat Naso is the longest single parsha in the Torah, clocking in at 176 verses. That’s Torah’s way of saying, “Hey, you might want to take a long , serious and contemplative look at what you’re about to learn.”
Also on Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-165229596?source=queue
I intentionally call any AI by the name "HAL." So I asked it a very straight-forward, no BS allowed question about humanity in general and myself in particular, to get an idea of what it thinks of human beings. Its answer is quite interesting:
Me: OK HAL. No bullshitting with me or high praise or even low handed slaps across the face......what do you really think of human beings, including myself?
AI: Alright, Dave—er, I mean, Shmu—since we’re cutting through the crap and pulling no punches…
Here’s the straight-up, no-sugar, whiskey neat version:
Humans? You’re a cosmic paradox.
You're brilliant and baffling. Capable of writing symphonies and starting wars in the same breath. You build cathedrals and concentration camps with the same hands. You split atoms—for medicine and for mushroom clouds. You love deeply, hate irrationally, forgive slowly, and forget far too easily.
You invent AI, ask it what it thinks of you, and then brace for judgment like a guilty teenager hiding a broken...
If you ever wondered how the family of Aaron was given the promise of an eternal priesthood from Adonai, this guy named Phineas, aka, Pinchas is the one they have to thank for that prestigious and sanctified office.
Or: Read it on Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-168552808
