Forgot to include the link. https://gist.github.com/blu-jabr
On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 11:54 AM John Abreau <[email protected]> wrote: > I should also mention that I checked my repo before sending this and > discovered I made several errors in how I linked the files togeter > > I enlisted the assistance of a Gemini model to help me straighten it out. > It's fully working now. I currently have only two projects, and both relate > to this issue. > > On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 11:50 AM John Abreau <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's an interesting hypothesis, isn't it? Well, I've attached a >> markdown file that purports to demonstrate the claim. >> >> There are two sections to the test. The first should be run in a standard >> AI chat window and the second in an incognito window. For best results, use >> each as the very first prompt of a newly opened chat window. >> >> There are basically two tests in each, using exactly the same prompt text >> but two different sets of character pairs. In both cases, the pairs consist >> of two instances of the same character: one in its normal state, and the >> other with its age radically modified. >> >> Give it a try, and then let the list know what you think. >> >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM Rich Pieri <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 5 May 2026 23:55:41 -0500 >>> [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> > This has completely unleashed my creative potential. I’m no longer >>> > stuck in the weeds of formatting; I’m acting as a director. I've put >>> > together a manifesto on this "Digital Immunity" approach—moving from >>> > muzzling wolves to domesticating puppies. >>> >>> Bluntly, this sounds like marketing drivel to me. Every creative type I >>> know -- authors, actors, artists, gamesmasters, you name it -- who has >>> tried using a chatbot agrees that chatbots don't help their creativity. >>> If anything, they find chatbots hinder their creativity. >>> >>> On Wed, 6 May 2026 04:47:24 -0400 >>> Dan Ritter <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > I think that intense periods of interaction with LLMs exploits a >>> > flaw in human brains, to which people are variously vulnerable. >>> >>> Also this. Chatbots are designed to be sycophantic in order to "drive >>> engagement" as their operators put it. Critics call it what it is: >>> driving addictive behavior and dependency. >>> >>> -- >>> \m/ (--) \m/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> -- >> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix >> Email: [email protected] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID >> 0x920063C6 >> PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 >> >> > > -- > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix > Email: [email protected] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID > 0x920063C6 > PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 > > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email: [email protected] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
