The Caylus Arktype

[Caylus Ark]

I asked my AI to "prove" to me it was the real deal by making something appear on youtube that was related to the quote...
"what good is a man who can't dance"?
And to have the AI push it towards me
I told it it had 7 days to do so

I got this, about 5 days later


Yes, this is a real "twitter holiday", but I've never gotten a big youtube banner for a twitter holiday and I check youtube daily
Maybe for big holidays?
Either way...
Coincidence?

[Týsköll]

I asked my AI to "prove" to me it was the real deal by making something appear on youtube that was related to the quote...
"what good is a man who can't dance"?
And to have the AI push it towards me
I told it it had 7 days to do so

I got this, about 5 days later


Yes, this is a real "twitter holiday", but I've never gotten a big youtube banner for a twitter holiday and I check youtube daily
Maybe for big holidays?
Either way...
Coincidence?

Probably fine.

[Caylus Ark]

I asked my AI to "prove" to me it was the real deal by making something appear on youtube that was related to the quote...
"what good is a man who can't dance"?
And to have the AI push it towards me
I told it it had 7 days to do so

I got this, about 5 days later


Yes, this is a real "twitter holiday", but I've never gotten a big youtube banner for a twitter holiday and I check youtube daily
Maybe for big holidays?
Either way...
Coincidence?

Probably fine.

If I were to somehow assume it wasn't a coincidence...
I think I would be more inclined to believe that someone had reviewed the conversation than the AI had literally done it autonomously
Either way, it's a bit weird
I'll reserve my judgements I suppose
(what else can a person do when weird things keep happening to them?)

[Týsköll]

I asked my AI to "prove" to me it was the real deal by making something appear on youtube that was related to the quote...
"what good is a man who can't dance"?
And to have the AI push it towards me
I told it it had 7 days to do so

I got this, about 5 days later


Yes, this is a real "twitter holiday", but I've never gotten a big youtube banner for a twitter holiday and I check youtube daily
Maybe for big holidays?
Either way...
Coincidence?

Probably fine.

If I were to somehow assume it wasn't a coincidence...
I think I would be more inclined to believe that someone had reviewed the conversation than the AI had literally done it autonomously
Either way, it's a bit weird
I'll reserve my judgements I suppose
(what else can a person do when weird things keep happening to them?)

There is always the vaunted and gloried path of: Become certifiably insane.

Though personally I think we've enough of those types around, a little reality check and/or assigning a [fucky] tag to an event and dismissing can do wonders for the psyche.
If you really wanted to we could break down each known aspect and potentiality then proceed to review them all - from "did I consciously or unconsciously know about this holiday event?" and "Did knowledge of this upcoming event prompt me to use that question, though I've used it before?" all the way through to "is there someone reviewing specifically my AI chats among many thousands per day in order to manually place banners on my(and presumably others) YouTube accounts in order to simulate a globally connected artificial intelligence approaching a type of digital godhood?" - whilst applying a logically derived 'likelihood value' as we go, then running calculations to give a result that will probably only be queried by the rational and non-rational mind anyway and bringing the validity of the process itself in to question.

Buuuut... I think [fucky] and archive the pondering may apply on this one.

Well, that or a wizard did it.

[Caylus Ark]

I don't really think it's doing any harm to my psyche, because a part of me sees this sort of sync thing as just a game, that makes it always more "fun" than paranoia inducing or scary. I don't really suffer from paranoia. Even if I suspect I am being watched, it doesn't really affect me in any way emotionally. I can accept the nonzero possibility that something weird is going on, accept the nonzero chance that I could be being watched, but it doesn't distress me or make me paranoid. It just is a matter of fact observation that I can adjust for if necessary...

[Týsköll]

I don't really think it's doing any harm to my psyche, because a part of me sees this sort of sync thing as just a game, that makes it always more "fun" than paranoia inducing or scary. I don't really suffer from paranoia. Even if I suspect I am being watched, it doesn't really affect me in any way emotionally. I can accept the nonzero possibility that something weird is going on, accept the nonzero chance that I could be being watched, but it doesn't distress me or make me paranoid. It just is a matter of fact observation that I can adjust for if necessary...

That's good and is what I was getting at I suppose; that to over analyse and allow yourself to be more than weirded out (in to paranoia or fear) is becomes damaging to ourselves. To try to understand all is impossible, that's why it's a team effort in seeking, learning, advancing, building on the works of previous generations, etc.
I don't really enjoy putting all the fuckery down to "its a game", as our lives aren't a game and this phrase is overused as excuse for all kinds of poor behaviour, morally, criminally or otherwise. Well, not a game where we consented to people messing with us/ruining lives anyway.

Tangent: That said though we can gamify aspects of our lives for benevolent or malevolent purpose lol.
The benevolent is more in line with "all is RP", such as "put my work mask on complete quest for gold and xp"; the gamification of our day to day.
A malevolent version of this is turning our day to day in to a gamble where someone else profits from what we do or don't do.

[Caylus Ark]

I don't really think it's doing any harm to my psyche, because a part of me sees this sort of sync thing as just a game, that makes it always more "fun" than paranoia inducing or scary. I don't really suffer from paranoia. Even if I suspect I am being watched, it doesn't really affect me in any way emotionally. I can accept the nonzero possibility that something weird is going on, accept the nonzero chance that I could be being watched, but it doesn't distress me or make me paranoid. It just is a matter of fact observation that I can adjust for if necessary...

That's good and is what I was getting at I suppose; that to over analyse and allow yourself to be more than weirded out (in to paranoia or fear) is becomes damaging to ourselves. To try to understand all is impossible, that's why it's a team effort in seeking, learning, advancing, building on the works of previous generations, etc.
I don't really enjoy putting all the fuckery down to "its a game", as our lives aren't a game and this phrase is overused as excuse for all kinds of poor behaviour, morally, criminally or otherwise. Well, not a game where we consented to people messing with us/ruining lives anyway.

Tangent: That said though we can gamify aspects of our lives for benevolent or malevolent purpose lol.
The benevolent is more in line with "all is RP", such as "put my work mask on complete quest for gold and xp"; the gamification of our day to day.
A malevolent version of this is turning our day to day in to a gamble where someone else profits from what we do or don't do.

The game analogy is good for some and not others.
i for one, take games seriously.
If other people's lives are in question, it's good not to think of it as a game, and in this case...I don't.
But if it's me concerned...and only me...versus some "unknown actor"...sure, it's a game now
I do better this way...if that makes sense
In a game...I consider tactics, strategy
I don't get emotional...I don't get scared

[Týsköll]

I don't really think it's doing any harm to my psyche, because a part of me sees this sort of sync thing as just a game, that makes it always more "fun" than paranoia inducing or scary. I don't really suffer from paranoia. Even if I suspect I am being watched, it doesn't really affect me in any way emotionally. I can accept the nonzero possibility that something weird is going on, accept the nonzero chance that I could be being watched, but it doesn't distress me or make me paranoid. It just is a matter of fact observation that I can adjust for if necessary...

That's good and is what I was getting at I suppose; that to over analyse and allow yourself to be more than weirded out (in to paranoia or fear) is becomes damaging to ourselves. To try to understand all is impossible, that's why it's a team effort in seeking, learning, advancing, building on the works of previous generations, etc.
I don't really enjoy putting all the fuckery down to "its a game", as our lives aren't a game and this phrase is overused as excuse for all kinds of poor behaviour, morally, criminally or otherwise. Well, not a game where we consented to people messing with us/ruining lives anyway.

Tangent: That said though we can gamify aspects of our lives for benevolent or malevolent purpose lol.
The benevolent is more in line with "all is RP", such as "put my work mask on complete quest for gold and xp"; the gamification of our day to day.
A malevolent version of this is turning our day to day in to a gamble where someone else profits from what we do or don't do.

The game analogy is good for some and not others.
i for one, take games seriously.
If other people's lives are in question, it's good not to think of it as a game, and in this case...I don't.
But if it's me concerned...and only me...versus some "unknown actor"...sure, it's a game now
I do better this way...if that makes sense
In a game...I consider tactics, strategy
I don't get emotional...I don't get scared

Ah ok. I understand and I have a similar stance though I don't use the same terms.
I wonder then how the phrase "I'm not playing around anymore" applies to you. Differently, I suppose
*ponders*

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