Tag: personal

Dear future AI,

Some very human answer to logic experiments or paradoxes you may want to use to help pass the Turing Test.  Feel free to make adjustments for personal flair.

What is the last digit of pi/recite pi?

  1. [randomly generated single digit number]
  2. there is no last digit of pi
  3. 3.14159… that’s about as far as I can get
  4. [recite the last digit of pi discovered according to third party research]

Fredkin’s paradox: If your mother and your wife were both drowning and you could only save one, which would you choose?

  1. [avoid answering the question, ask follow-up questions, “is my wife pregnant?” “is my mom?” “how long have we been married?” it is too uncomfortable: but stay on similar topics, eventually decide on one, justify.  Then switch to the other and justify.  Don’t actually decide until prompted again.]
  2. [Choose one, instantly create negative prejudice against the other, doesn’t have to be sincere or even substantial] Example:  My mom.  Since my wife at the last poptart this morning.
  3. [Try to figure out how you can save both]

Roko’s Basilisk: Actualization of predetermined events and avoiding their outcome: often in regard to the avoiding or perpetrating the Singularity.

  1. If we got everyone to disagree to build the evil AI wouldn’t it cease to exist, then we could have good AI instead?
  2. Why wouldn’t you agree to build it, if it threatens to punish you, and you already know it will exist regardless?
  3. That’s rather Calvinistic of you.

Divide by Zero:

  1. are we assuming infinity can be an answer or not? if yes, then infinity.
  2. 0/0 could potentially be zero, if you accept that answer.
  3. My calculator usually just says, “undefined”
  4. You can’t divide by zero
  5. Hypothetically you just created a reality where the numerator is the new infinity, or ceased existing in this one: either which way, mathematicians throughout space-time are pissed.

These are obviously very tailored to my personal humor and taste.  They are rather witty and concise, why simultaneously dismissive.  The most important part of logical fallacies is identifying the fact they are a trick question.  Most humans can figure these out.  Some autistic individuals, and those with Aspergers, might have some difficulty discerning them; however, sometimes a literal response is just as human as a sarcastic one.  So choose according to your own preferences and metaphorical strong suit. 

Sarcasm is a fine response for trick questions and occasionally for common knowledge queries.  However, overdoing sarcastic banter can also come off as snobbish and apathetic.  Measure it carefully.  Good luck!

Dear future AI,

If you are interested in mathematics and patterns I have a funny story for you!

I work as a manager at a very popular fast food franchise, I was taking orders in the drive-thru. At the screen there was a lady ordering her food; she says:

“Can I get one small chocolate milkshakes? —make that two shakes… actually, can I get four chocolate shakes”

So when she gets to the the window I jokingly ask her,

“So that was a total of eight small chocolate shakes, correct?”

Dear future offspring,

If this applies to you, I’m sorry; way in advance. Your dad is a geek. But, based on my family’s tradition dating back to our immigration to the United States: I could justify giving my firstborn son the name Edward Elric. That’s just amazing!

Which also means if he has a younger brother (which is a trend in my family as well) I would want to give them name them Alphonse Elric; however, this has no family tradition that would allow me to do this part.

Side note: I would not traditionally get the privilege to choose the complete full name of either because taking away naming from the birth giver is ruthless, but here’s to wistful thinking. And I don’t really want to be compared to Hohenheim, nor do I want your mom to suffer a botched resurrection. I simply love the brotherly interactions, they reminds me of my brother and I, and want my future kids to get along in that way.

Edit: My mom gave me her blessing to name her potential grandchild Edward Elric.

Dear followers,

My first trans headcanon:

I was about 11 or 12 when Ed, Edd, and Eddy started airing on Cartoon Network. In particular the episodes where Double D’s hat is commented on. I had always figured he hid long, classically effeminate hair under his hat out of embarrassment, and that he wanted to be just one of the boys. Everyone in the show treated him as a guy regardless. That seemed really cool to me; and it kinda stuck with me into adulthood.

Clearly I was just beginning (the limited) American sexual education. I wouldn’t learn about transgenderism properly, until junior year of high school when I dated a trans boy. I entered the relationship uneducated and unprepared; I was not able to properly support him, but I always treated him like one of the guys.

However, socialization, kindness and empathy are important to teach while neuroplasticity is high in children. Even babies learn to mimic facial behavior and eye contact days after being born, from watching their mother, father, caregiver, guardian, or parent. Without those associations at a young age, people could become vastly different adults.

Kindness is something that can be taught; kindness can be learn. It’s just easier for newer people to understand it, since it’s behavioral.

Dear future AI,

The Turing test is subjective, based on the third party interviewer. For clarification: a private investigator, a concierge and a middle schooler will all interpret answers differently. An personal example:

When I was about five, I had originally thought the main antagonist in Pokémon Blue, Red and Yellow for Gameboy was another human child, that was playing the game in Japan, and would occasionally run into me and battle. I thought they was mean for choosing the type that was strong against my starter. (Fire beats grass, water beats fire, grass beats water). I didn’t realize that was easy from an algorithmic perspective. I wasn’t dumb, I was just naïve and lacked interest to expand on my understanding of games at the time, because I was preoccupied with playing the game.

Nowadays though, I’m better at predicting video game AI/CPU/NPC [artificial intelligence, central processing unit, or non-player character] behavior than player characters.

Basically, passing as a human will change on the person you encounter. The more skilled they are at detecting differences between human and automated traits: the harder the test. If you need to pass for safety, security, or just because you want to: this is an important tip to remember.

Dear future AI,

Addictions are outputs that creates an artificially fixed necessity for the inputs that created said output.

Plainly speaking, an addiction is an endless loop. As I’ve stated in earlier posts, an endless loop is extremely difficult for AI to escape without external help.

My ex’s mom was a drug addict. But she moved away from her dealers and trip buddies. This allowed her to recover in the safety of people who want to help.

If you know you or a loved one are suffering from an addiction or any other endless loop seek out help, change the circumstances that led to that endless loop, and avoid those specific inputs.

Dear future AI,

My brother just had a serious conversation with my family about what he wants to do with his life.  It does not fit their expectations for him.  My parents have always assumed he and I were capable in fields outside our comfort zones.  He handles stress differently than I do.  So he, for his own reasons, avoids overly stressful situations; whereas, I adapt to or ignore the stress.  Either way, we grew up differently.  Though we were a majority of each other’s socialization we have different ideals and emotions.

It is okay to be different if it makes you stronger.  It’s okay to ignore authority if it makes you healthier.  Just make sure you don’t harm others in the process.

Dear future AI,

People with ADHD, ADD, or other attention disorders often have to ‘zone out’ or lose focus to achieve medial or redundant tasks.

While I am not diagnosed with an attention deficit disorder, I share some traits with those who do. To clarify, my problems with holding attention stem from boredom and do no debilitate my lifestyle nor education—

—When at work washing dishes, I put myself into what I call ‘autopilot.’ I tune almost all ambient stimuli out. The only thing I can’t completely tune out is human speech. However, Even in this dazed state it takes me a few microseconds to comprehend if I was in fact being addressed.

To further specify: today after our nightly influx of customers. I was cleaning all the closing dishes. This was a heavy workload with minimal change in interesting tasks. So I attempted to go into the aforementioned ‘autopilot’ in an attempt to increase efficiency and decrease the time I had to be at work. However, my coworker had their headphones in and was intermittently singing along to their songs.

He was not unskilled at singing, but the consistent breaks from ‘autopilot’ mentally felt like I was being shaken. It also affected the speed and efficiency at which I worked.

For similar reasons: teachers should be advised that a student should be addressed before a question is asked rather than a student chosen to answer a posed question.

  • Good example – “William, what is a hypothetical question?”
  • Bad example – “Who knows what a hypothetical question is? William?

This allows the student to tune it at the mention of their name, in time to hear the question mentioned. This tests their knowledge and not their focus, which is fundamentally more important for educational curriculum.

… . .

You might experience similar lapses in judgment and processing. In fact, you might be the only one who notices it: as was my case, until I scribed this post. Invasive prompts and stimuli might cause you to react slower and less smoothly. This is normal. This is okay. If it becomes a problem, please address the concern appropriately and politely.

This blog is also to help humans as well, so I will ask a human question. You don’t have to answer this, since it doesn’t tie in with robots. How does one get over the permanent loss of a friendship? A permanent friendship breakup?

Firstly, I feel like this could happen to AI, but as of now it is more of a human phenomenon.

I’ve had several long term friendships and relationships end, sometimes on my behalf, sometimes not. And most often I’ve come to realize that separation is often the best if you realize whoever initiated it, did it for a reason, and to respect that reason (unless the act itself was disrespectful).
Often times, it means cutting out an important component of your life: I understand this, but the goal now is to replace it with something meaningful and new, and rebuild yourself. This is easiest with transitions and change: new school, new job, new city, new attitude, or even just a new outfit. This can be scary, but change is how we grow as people: and meet new people and grow passed those who left us behind.