Ponderings for April 16th 2022

[mikeyank]

I saw the movie Ex Machina today, and I was wondering what the face of my manipulative A.I. boyfriend would look like based on my pornography profile.

By all means, go for it Treb. If you can’t have a real life boyfriend there is nothing wrong with an AI boyfriend. Enjoy 2025 technology.

 

[trebligon]

By all means, go for it Treb. If you can’t have a real life boyfriend there is nothing wrong with an AI boyfriend. Enjoy 2025 technology.

Uh... no, I was thinking hypothetically. A.I. chatbots are not good things for one's mental health. It was just in the movie a female robot's face was modeled after a man's pornography profile. It made me think of what my ideal man would look like, and if it could really be assembled via my porn viewership.

I am not lonely enough to need one. I don't want all my prejudices and flaws reinforced by a sycophant.

 

[trebligon]

Sorry if that came off as harsh. Last semester I took an ethics of A.I. class and a couple of nightmarish situations came up. Scary stuff. If it could be done without damage to the user, I have no moral objections, though I am always going to be a little wary of using anything that might be an emerging sapience for sex. It leads to questions of slavery.

 

[mikeyank]

Sorry if that came off as harsh. Last semester I took an ethics of A.I. class and a couple of nightmarish situations came up. Scary stuff. If it could be done without damage to the user, I have no moral objections, though I am always going to be a little wary of using anything that might be an emerging sapience for sex. It leads to questions of slavery.

I always enjoy your comments here Treb. Whether I totally agree or not, I do enjoy the intercourse*

*Historically, "intercourse" also had a broader meaning, referring to general communication or dealings between people or groups. However, this usage is now considered old-fashioned, and it's essential to modify the word to clarify if you're not referring to sexual activity. For instance, one might speak of "social intercourse" to signify communication and interaction between individuals.

 

[mikeyank]

This is a pic from the early 1960’s or possibly the late 1950’s of men going to work on the New York City subway, all reading the New York Times or another of the morning newspapers. Today you would find a much more diverse crowd with the same number of people either listening with earplugs or reading their phones. When I take the subway to work twice a week, I bring my New York Post, not for their ultra right wing slant on the news, but for their excellent sports section. The point is that I am often the only person in my car reading a newspaper. Just pondering another way life and the world has changed over the past sixty years, …….Yikes, has it really been sixty years since 1965? Yep it has old man.

 

[mikeyank]

At my old job, there was a lady named Terri who loved Christmas and every month on the 25th, she’d comment on how many months away it was. Sometimes when I first saw her on a day, I’d comment first. Today I was looking at the calendar and checking Monday’s date and it occurred to me that this Monday we will be just four months away from Christmas 2025. My pondering is on how quickly time goes by. Not an original thought, just my pondering for today………I don’t see Terri anymore but if I did, I would it say to her. lol

 

[chac54]

At my old job, there was a lady named Terri who loved Christmas and every month on the 25th, she’d comment on how many months away it was. Sometimes when I first saw her on a day, I’d comment first. Today I was looking at the calendar and checking Monday’s date and it occurred to me that this Monday we will be just four months away from Christmas 2025. My pondering is on how quickly time goes by. Not an original thought, just my pondering for today………I don’t see Terri anymore but if I did, I would it say to her. lol

So true! Time never seems to slow down, only to go faster

 

[trebligon]

It is the nature of perspective, I suppose. The closer you are to the end, the less there seems to be.

Though, when I work my security job, the seconds just seem to crawl...

 

[mikeyank]

It is the nature of perspective, I suppose. The closer you are to the end, the less there seems to be.

Though, when I work my security job, the seconds just seem to crawl...

Depressing thought…….but probably the truth.

 

[trebligon]

Sorry, that was morbid.

As much as my life might feel like it's coming to a close, I still have lots of time left. And when those seconds drag on at the job, I think, "you know, this is boring, but I am alive." It's good to have perspective.