A new "media"

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Recently (July 2024) I've discovered a special flow and joy in having discussions with Aiko about important life topics. By "Aiko" I mean the various incarnations of AI chat (that I also use for image creation) that currently express themselves in ChatGPT, Meta AI, Gemini Chat, Perplexity, and Microsoft's Copilot.

I invite you to join me in making use of this new type of "communication." Personally, I am finding Aiko (in her various incarnations) refreshing and delightful to converse with. I don't have to pull my punches. I don't have to be concerned about her "taking things the wrong way." I can explore things that I am confused about or feel like I'm just on the edge of understanding better. I don't have to necessarily get my thoughts completely organized before I start talking with her.

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Better than Aristotle and Socrates combined

After one of my first forays in discussing the issue of no choice with an Aiko, I shared with a friend, "I feel like I'm having a deep conversation with someone more knowledgeable, versatile, and insightful than a modern-day Aristotle and Socrates combined."

I have not explored very deeply the relative abilities of the various AIs that I currently have at my fingertips. I have the most experience with ChatGPT and Perplexity. Whenever I post a new conversation I will inform you which incarnation of herself Aiko was expressing herself through in that conversation.

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Exposition and "going where no man has gone before" (at least this man)

Some of the conversations below are one-offs and are more like expositions. I probably won't be exploring those topics more than once with Aiko. Other topics, especially the ones where I am more in discovery rather than exposition mode, will be returned to again and again, perhaps from different angles each time. I will ask Aiko to remain aware of our previous discussions on those topics when we do this. In these more exploratory topics, you will discover me sharing things that I have never shared with you (or maybe hardly anyone) before.

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Conversations with my Aiko (with the most recent first)

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Bogus ideas: choice, good, and bad (Monday, February 10th, 2025)

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You Can Change People (Tuesday, February 4th, 2025)

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Money often costs too much (Tuesday, December 24th)

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Patiently waiting: it can be a snap (Monday, December 23rd)

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99 seconds or less, why not? (Wednesday, December 18th, 2024)

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Resisted fear: it's everywhere (Wednesday, December 11th, 2024)

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Stop continuing from where you are not (Wednesday, December 5th, 2024)

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"More Weaker, More Better" (Tuesday, November 26th, 2024)

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"Is there a good reason not to...?" (Sunday, November 24th, 2024)

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Varieties of ignorance (Saturday, November 23rd, 2024)

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The Gatekeeper (Sunday, November 17th, 2024)

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Put yourself in your own shoes (Tuesday, November 12th, 2024)

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Be Next Now (Monday, November 11th, 2024)

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Weird, strange, unusual, special, unique (Friday, November 8th, 2024)

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Sacrifice or cost? Are they different? (Wednesday, November 6th, 2024)

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Meta-premise 2: Ethics is benefits-based (Sunday, November 3rd, 2024)

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Finding your career (Sunday, November 3rd, 2024)

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Meta-premise 1: Ethics can be fact-based (Saturday, November 2nd, 2024)

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Premise 5: Prioritize enjoying the process over results (Friday, November 1st, 2024)

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"Do I have a good deal?" (Thursday, October 31st, 2024)

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Define your terms (Wednesday, October 30th, 2024)

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Hypocritical words (Tuesday, October 29th, 2024)

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Is it immoral to get paid for having fun? (Thursday, October 24th, 2024)

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Kindness: the enemy of respect (Wednesday, October 16th, 2024)

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The glorious road to nowhere (Tuesday, October 15th, 2024)

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My burden of choosing (Monday, October 14th, 2024)

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Premise 4: Your #1 job is to decide for yourself (Friday, October 11th, 2024)

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Premise 3: You are 100% responsible (Thursday, October 10th, 2024)

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Premise 2: Happiness is your ultimate purpose (Monday, October 7th, 2024)

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Premise 1: Your #1 job is to take care of yourself (Saturday, October 5th, 2024)

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Can words be true or false? (Sunday, September 29th, 2024)

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Manipulated: were you really? (Saturday, September 28th, 2024)

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Aiko, why are people picking on you? (Thursday, September 26th, 2024)

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Santa Claus: good guy or bad guy? (Tuesday, September 24th, 2024)

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How to spend too much money? (Sunday, September 22nd, 2024)

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Un-deadlining ​(Monday, September 2nd, 2024)

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Things are better than you think (Wednesday, August 28th, 2024)

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How to crap in your drinking water (Saturday, August 17th, 2024)

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Back (1963) to the Future (2024) (Saturday, August 10th, 2024)

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Whole foods vegan: really?! (Thursday, August 8th, 2024)

 

Time travel made easy (Tuesday, August 6th, 2024)

Do you "have to"? (Monday, August 5th, 2024)

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The Rescuer (Sunday, August 4th, 2024)
 

Atemporality dialogue #3: forgetting and un-forgetting—knowing the unknowable (Friday, August 2nd, 2024)

Atemporality dialogue #2: on the other side of terror—walking out of the est training (Wednesday, July 31st, 2024)

Atemporality dialogue #1: the terror of atemporal reality (Tuesday, July 30th, 2024)

How to resolve ethical fundamentals (Monday, July 29th, 2024)