I was kind of blown away about how much AI & ChatGPT are being used in a positive way (rather than, say, using it to turn in a paper quickly). I mean, I've read about its positive usage, but haven't really heard this kind of usage explored in depth, per this conversation. There's just something about using ChatGPT to hone & enhance writing that is such a turnoff for me. Which is maybe counterintuitive, since I write both public policy & training curriculum as a part of my job. Could be helpful for me, I guess? There is just a kind of automatic scorn in me that is triggered when I consider it. Anyway, good luck on the book Yassine! I'd read it.
The brief discussion about what could happen if Trump was declared senile was surprising!
I think the Muslim/Arab votes for Trump were basically organized protest votes against Biden-Harris and their perceived bias in favor of Israel, no? Obviously a doltish and laughably short-sighted decision by the various groups & individuals. I don't think the impetus was necessarily to be in favor of Trump - these were negative votes, votes against. (In my eyes, the negative logic reminds me of how much Hamas itself is a purely negative entity that aims for destruction rather than building.)
Excellent points about Israel at the end. (But then I'm biased in favor of Israel.)
Please continue these conversations! I would really love to hear an in-depth discussion of the positive potential of Palestinian relocation.
I'm curious why using AI to enhance writing is such a turnoff. The only aspect I experience myself is jeopardizing the ability to unambiguously take credit and ownership of the finished product, but I'm dismissive of that worry as egotistical.
What was surprising about the discussion regarding Trump declared senile?
I can understand that some people cast protest votes for Trump but then...what happens next? What's the mechanism for those voters to get what they ultimately want?
Re. AI being a turnoff: because it's not me or another human, it's a program. My reaction is both visceral and illogical, the former because of an anti-AI bias that can probably only be described as hopelessly Luddite, the latter because humans can & already do provide a similar function in regards to my writing (my staff - when it comes to training curriculum - and the council I work for - when it comes to public policy - will each give me recommendations for improvement that I will often take, and will also provide feedback on my writing style and its tics)... so why should I be automatically opposed to AI doing the same? I mean, I'm not here to defend my kneejerk reaction to not using AI! Your conversation helped open my mind to the idea of it. Not quite there yet, but who knows what the future holds.
Re. Trump senility: It was surprising hearing about how Trump could be considered near senility - that may be a part of the discourse somewhere, but it was a first for me. I've mainly read the opposite, usually in comparison with Biden. Like you, I also consider Trump to be mid- or low-IQ, and I feel like that explains his own confused modes of communication and his inability or disinterest in learning... and I haven't seen a change in any of that from him, he seems basically the same as he's ever been intellectually, Oprah comment aside. In other words, I haven't seen much that is new from him, so nothing for me to believe his cognitive functioning has sharply declined. Also surprising to hear Martin's thoughts on how other parts of the federal government would step in to relieve him of command. I'd like to agree with him! But my jury's out. MAGA hypnosis is so strong...
Re. protest votes: yeah, I have no answers there. I thought it was extremely illogical and short-sighted decision-making. I literally laughed in derision when first reading about these votes.
Another great conversation guys.
I was kind of blown away about how much AI & ChatGPT are being used in a positive way (rather than, say, using it to turn in a paper quickly). I mean, I've read about its positive usage, but haven't really heard this kind of usage explored in depth, per this conversation. There's just something about using ChatGPT to hone & enhance writing that is such a turnoff for me. Which is maybe counterintuitive, since I write both public policy & training curriculum as a part of my job. Could be helpful for me, I guess? There is just a kind of automatic scorn in me that is triggered when I consider it. Anyway, good luck on the book Yassine! I'd read it.
The brief discussion about what could happen if Trump was declared senile was surprising!
I think the Muslim/Arab votes for Trump were basically organized protest votes against Biden-Harris and their perceived bias in favor of Israel, no? Obviously a doltish and laughably short-sighted decision by the various groups & individuals. I don't think the impetus was necessarily to be in favor of Trump - these were negative votes, votes against. (In my eyes, the negative logic reminds me of how much Hamas itself is a purely negative entity that aims for destruction rather than building.)
Excellent points about Israel at the end. (But then I'm biased in favor of Israel.)
Please continue these conversations! I would really love to hear an in-depth discussion of the positive potential of Palestinian relocation.
I'm curious why using AI to enhance writing is such a turnoff. The only aspect I experience myself is jeopardizing the ability to unambiguously take credit and ownership of the finished product, but I'm dismissive of that worry as egotistical.
What was surprising about the discussion regarding Trump declared senile?
I can understand that some people cast protest votes for Trump but then...what happens next? What's the mechanism for those voters to get what they ultimately want?
Re. AI being a turnoff: because it's not me or another human, it's a program. My reaction is both visceral and illogical, the former because of an anti-AI bias that can probably only be described as hopelessly Luddite, the latter because humans can & already do provide a similar function in regards to my writing (my staff - when it comes to training curriculum - and the council I work for - when it comes to public policy - will each give me recommendations for improvement that I will often take, and will also provide feedback on my writing style and its tics)... so why should I be automatically opposed to AI doing the same? I mean, I'm not here to defend my kneejerk reaction to not using AI! Your conversation helped open my mind to the idea of it. Not quite there yet, but who knows what the future holds.
Re. Trump senility: It was surprising hearing about how Trump could be considered near senility - that may be a part of the discourse somewhere, but it was a first for me. I've mainly read the opposite, usually in comparison with Biden. Like you, I also consider Trump to be mid- or low-IQ, and I feel like that explains his own confused modes of communication and his inability or disinterest in learning... and I haven't seen a change in any of that from him, he seems basically the same as he's ever been intellectually, Oprah comment aside. In other words, I haven't seen much that is new from him, so nothing for me to believe his cognitive functioning has sharply declined. Also surprising to hear Martin's thoughts on how other parts of the federal government would step in to relieve him of command. I'd like to agree with him! But my jury's out. MAGA hypnosis is so strong...
Re. protest votes: yeah, I have no answers there. I thought it was extremely illogical and short-sighted decision-making. I literally laughed in derision when first reading about these votes.
Really like him, just subscribed to his substack. Thanks for sharing.