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Published in Geek Culture

·Jul 20, 2022

LaMDA Is Not Sentient

And The Reasons Why. — Recently I came across an article that mentioned LaMDA, the sentient AI. Now at first glance when I saw it, I immediately thought back to a few years ago when I accosted the idea of true AI, in my article “Is Artificial Intelligence Possible?”, and immediately concluded that their claim…

Artificial Intelligence

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LaMDA Is Not Sentient
LaMDA Is Not Sentient
Artificial Intelligence

6 min read


Published in Geek Culture

·Jul 2, 2022

You Are An NPC!

Time For You to Wake Up! — Hello! If you are reading this, you do not exist. You are merely an instrument designed to test me and help me reach my greatest potential. It’s like a video game. I have a goal to achieve, and the steps needed to get there, each one of you is designed…

Simulation

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You Are An NPC!
You Are An NPC!
Simulation

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Published in Geek Culture

·Jan 24, 2022

Inflection Points of Third Degree Polynomials

A New Way To Find The Inflection of A Curve — Math is a subject where even the tiniest thing can be overlooked. Take for example factoring. There are countless ways to factor a polynomial yet we as mathematicians typically only use one. It’s this overlooking that caused me to discover something that has yet to be discovered. I’m sure everyone…

Mathematics

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Inflection Points of Third Degree Polynomials
Inflection Points of Third Degree Polynomials
Mathematics

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Published in Pop Off

·Jun 7, 2021

Toxicity In Gaming

What The Real Problem Is “We all make choices in life, but in the end, our choices make us” (Andrew Ryan, Bioshock). Lately, I have gotten back into gaming. I used to play video games regularly but with multiple life-changing events, my game time dwindled to nothing. …

Games

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Toxicity In Gaming
Toxicity In Gaming
Games

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Published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

·Jun 7, 2021

Why My Relationship With My Mother Is In Shambles

A Letter To Ma — Dear Mom, I haven’t liked the way you treated me for a long time now. It took me years to even notice because you’re like a pufferfish. You give off the image that you’re a big person with a big heart when in reality you’re just a small little thing. …

Mothers

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Why My Relationship With My Mother Is In Shambles
Why My Relationship With My Mother Is In Shambles
Mothers

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Published in Pop Off

·Mar 12, 2021

Maus: The Story Untold

A picture is worth a thousand words. That’s the truth. For instance, take the word “love.” By itself, it has a simple meaning, strong affection between two people deriving from a personal connection. However, draw a picture of “love” and you get a whole different thing. For example, the painting…

Stories

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Maus: The Story Untold
Maus: The Story Untold
Stories

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Published in Predict

·Jan 20, 2021

There Goes My Hero

Why We Like Heroes — “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” (Joseph Campbell). This idea of the greater and the hero has been a fascination of mine for some time. What is our obsession with the hero? The savior of the world? We like to…

Heroes

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There Goes My Hero
There Goes My Hero
Heroes

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Published in Predict

·Oct 14, 2020

Confidentiality

The Hope It Stays Quiet — Privacy is something that all people cherish in some shape or form. For instance, we often like to keep our health private because some conditions can be humiliating, like catching Gonorrhea from unprotected sex. This means we tend to put a lot of pressure on doctors to keep our health…

Doctors

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Confidentiality
Confidentiality
Doctors

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Published in Predict

·Oct 13, 2020

Business Ethics

Ethics is a concern of the business world. Sometimes we get businessmen who are willing to take every avenue other than the right one. Let’s take the hypothetical situation of two workers who agree to work for $29,500 but when they get paid $35,900 they don’t say anything. The question…

Business

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Business Ethics
Business Ethics
Business

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Published in Predict

·Oct 5, 2020

Toxic Masculinity

What It Means To Be A Real Man — We as a society have a loose definition of what it means to be a man. We characterize man as the opposite of women. However, this definition is actually how we define toxic masculinity. Toxic masculinity is when men swear of everything feminine because it is feminine. This kind of…

Masculinity

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Toxic Masculinity
Toxic Masculinity
Masculinity

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