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Sounds good bro. To retire so young is definitely an achievement indeed. Well done sir! 

I'm not a fan of ai music my self but I do love hearing how and why songs are made

I've not long completed final fantasy 1 again this time on the switch my fave ff are 1 2 3 7 9 10 11 and 12 

I'm also playing dragon quest 1 but I much prefer 7 8 9 and 11

Sounds like your wife has great interests :P. 

On free will: I actually think if people truly accept determinism it does have some impact on their life. I think it actually helps with wanting to "punish people who go against you", having less anger and more understanding for others. That is certainly my experience. Also, I believe that having a world view that is as accurate as possible is just generally beneficial. Not doing so can lead to scientists following the wrong path toward scientific discovery for example. On the other hand, if it's just purely academic, that's okay with me! It's still an interest of mine to think about such things :).

Yeah there are certainly concerns and it probably will lead to job loss, just like any big technological breakthrough in the past, and that is really an unfortunate side-affect. I agree too that more people will likely be deceived by this technology. On the other hand, you can make a huge list of amazing things that this technology might provide for humanity. Regardless of the pros and cons, I think that it is still fascinating no matter how you look at it, and I can speculate that future societies will be better off, even though there will be shorter term growing pains. Of course there are some bad long term scenarios as well. I guess we can never know, but I'm optimistic!

-And you are complaining??

O.K. Since that could be interpreted as rude rather than humourous, here's a consolation document you might enjoy, based on your list above, and one you'd be unlikely to come across by accident... I'm trying to figure out if the guy is Autistic...

static1.squarespace.com/.../1987_Ken Shoulders_EV a tale of discovery.pdf

drawing, travel, photography,  Science and technology. iv also been  thinking about Harry Potter most  

Pivot tables are awesome!

Hmmm.... Jury's still out at the moment...

I don't mind a bit of stealth, but I'm not finding it very easy to navigate. I'm not a very good player, but I just had to keep checking a video on YouTube to find out how to get through the part I was just playing. It runs quite smoothly but it's not very intuitive. I'm glad I didn't pay the Xbox marketplace price of 69.99 - I subscribed to Ubisoft+ for a month for 14.99. It's supposed to be only 20 hours to complete, so a month should be plenty of time (unless I spend just as many hours on YouTube, haha!)

My wife (allistic) LOVES spreadsheets. She hates her job, but still loves working on their spreadsheets. She only used to use them for simple things but in January I taught her about pivoting and her mind was blown and she loves them even more.

I sort of understand your position on free will, but don't think the idea gets us anywhere. We all act as if there is free will and you'd still want to punish someone who acted against you, so it's all academic.

I agree with Desmond a lot about this. I know us oldies are always scared about the next big thing that takes away jobs, but this feels different. Even on this site, you start to recognise brand new accounts that answer posts (they look very ChatGTP) and at best they are annoying, at worst they are trying to hook people for information. And a lot of people on here are extra vulnerable. This type of thing is so much easier when a bot can use a large language model to comb forums, make accounts and and answer people realistically. It does my nut.

Thank you for sharing!

It's interesting you mention free will alongside AI. I respectfully disagree on both points.

1. That AI is pre programmed to produce a specific outcome. I think general purpose AI is essentially a brain like yours or mine and the goal is for it to function as such without doing too much harm. This isn't so different for our brains where we have hardwired inclinations from evolution to do things like eat and not die but there is a lot of variability within that.

2. I think free will is a myth and everything is pre-determimed. I used to believe there was an exception in quantum physics but it turns out that that's probably an unfounded assumption as well.

Sorry if I'm being too autistic by focusing too much on my facts and not on your friendly post. I'm learning :).

Ah you can do spreadsheets, that's great  . Do you love them?

What do you think of SW Outlaws so far, Pixiefox? I'm seeing very mixed reviews and it is very expensive. I've seen people annoyed at the stealth - I like stealth myself. Anyway - I'm keen to hear you opinion as you have good taste in games. (Sorry TiredNomad - for using your thread!)

Welcome, Mate.

I also feel like escaping, somehow.

AI fills me with dread, to be honest. It's preprogrammed to produce a specific outcome. It removes free-will from our processing.

I can do spreadsheets, though was caught out in a practical exercise, for a job interview, back in 2017; the function I required to perform the task was sumif. I didn't get that far with spreadsheets. It was for an Academy role, that the NI Department for the Economy used to promote.

Hi, thank you for reaching out. I'm glad we share those interests. I would be curious to hear you thoughts on any of them. That book sounds interesting. I will read it!

Just bought it - I'd not heard of that book before.

Hi Mark, what faction(s) will you be joining in Fallout 4? I like Minutemen and Brotherhood of Steel best. Ad victorium!

Hi again.

I have always quite liked spreadsheets (I used to work in an accounting role and still use one for my household accounts) I am also interested in nutrition and AI/robotics - not currently researching those topics, but I saw that the Open university do a free open learn course "An introduction to artificial intelligence" which is on my list of courses to do.

 I also analyse stuff a lot. If you're interested in how "normal" people develop and interact, I'd recommend a book called "A field guide to earthlings - an autistic/ asperger view of neurotypical behaviour" by Ian Ford.

I also play some RPG games, although I am very selective. Assassin's creed Odyssey, Valhalla & Origins, Fallout 4 and Hogwarts Legacy are my favourites so far, and I've just started playing Star Wars Outlaws. 

Thanks for the reply.

Allistic, okay I will remember that! 

Sounds like we have a lot in common with video games. I like the retro RPGs as well. I don't like the new FFs either. My favourites are 6 and maybe 5. I love the music in many of these games. I actually combined my taste of RPG music with my taste in classical music in my Ancient Keep Suite that is on my AI music page. That's cool that you used to compose music. I would be curious to hear it!

Interesting! What specific topic are you thinking most about lately?

Welcome

for me 

Nature,AI,Technology etc

science,

Philosophy

I like games aswell 

I like analysising things aswell. 

travel

I dont know about  spreadsheets but have done microsoft word and made my own documents that are related to my speacial interests 

but I also like photography and drawing

Hello again TiredNomad!

Things I have in common with you

• an allistic wife (I can't say NT, as she's dyslexic. Allistic is a quicker way of saying not autistic)
• Travel - though it severely stresses me out, I still do it when I can
• Musical composition (Many many many years ago, I did video game music - nothing too famous). It's one of my special interests but has died off somewhat because of my big burnout.
• AI/Science interested. I have an analytical mind. AI terrifies me, to be honest. There are obvious AI accounts on here.
• RPGs - big time! I love FF, but not so much the recent ones 1-13 mainly. Just started Fallout 4 again. I finished the main Fallout 3 quest and decided to skip New Vegas.