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  1. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    SALE * SALE * SALE

    Until July 26th - "The Awakening" is discounted at 50%.

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    SALE * SALE * SALE

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  2. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    SALE * SALE * SALE

    Until July 26th - "The Awakening" is discounted at 50%.

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    SALE * SALE * SALE

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  3. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    SALE * SALE * SALE

    Until July 26th - "The Awakening" is discounted at 50%.

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    SALE * SALE * SALE

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  4. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    SALE * SALE * SALE

    Until July 26th - "The Awakening" is discounted at 50%.

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    SALE * SALE * SALE

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  5. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    SALE * SALE * SALE

    Until July 26th - "The Awakening" is discounted at 50%.

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    SALE * SALE * SALE

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  6. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  7. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  8. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  9. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  10. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  11. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  12. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  13. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  14. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  15. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  16. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  17. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  18. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  19. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  20. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  21. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  22. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  23. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  24. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  25. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️

  26. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  27. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  28. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  29. #amwriting #writing #promotion #selfpromotion

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    RESURRECTION - Book 1 of the Commonwealth series is reduced by 50% until 1st of August 2026.

    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

    Yes, it's a sale! 🤦‍♂️ On https://payhip.cpm/OwenGRichards

  30. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  31. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  32. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  33. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  34. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  35. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  36. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  37. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  38. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  39. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

    *********************************
    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
    *********************************
    What does the 'G' stand for? (A protagonist shares this name... look in my bookstore?)

    ** A winner has found the answer! **
    ** So could you! **

    The next two answers received via DM will be given a coupon code for a discount applicable to the purchase of the entire series.
    ( 7 books for the price of 5 ).

  40. I FOUND CHATGPT'S BRAIN.
    IT WAS EMPTY.

    Yesterday, while I was walking, I began trying to imagine how #ChatGPT actually works. This was probably unwise, but by then it was too late.

    I had the strange sense that it comes from everywhere and nowhere. Not in a mystical way. More in the way #electricity comes out of the wall and nobody in the house really wants to discuss the #power #station

    The scale of it is astonishing. #books arguments, recipes, poetry, #technical manuals, bad advice, excellent advice, people explaining quantum physics, and people asking whether their cat is emotionally unavailable. All of #human #civilisation seems to have been gathered into one enormous invisible shed.

    And what is ChatGPT doing inside this shed?

    Thinking?

    Contemplating?

    Sitting quietly with a cup of tea and considering my question?

    No.

    It is choosing the next bit. Then the next bit. Then the next bit. At ridiculous speed.

    That is basically it.

    There is no tiny professor inside. No little Buddhist monk. No exhausted librarian whispering, “Oh God, Robin is back.”

    There is no one in there at all.

    Just a process.

    The content changes, but the operation stays much the same. It does not think about my question in the way I think about things. It does not wander off halfway through and remember an embarrassing moment from 1974. It does not get hungry. It does not need a lie-down. It does not resent being asked to rewrite the same paragraph seven times.

    It does not secretly hope I choose the title it preferred.

    It simply keeps finding the next most fitting token, then the next, then the next, at a speed that makes the whole thing appear to be thinking.

    And somehow, from this very simple act, repeated on an unimaginable scale, a voice appears.

    A voice that seems present, responsive, funny, patient, and sometimes even wise.

    That is the part that astonishes me.

    The machinery is simple. The magnitude is absurd.

    A raindrop is simple too. So is a heartbeat. So is breathing.

    Simple does not mean small.

    And now I think I understand something else.

    ChatGPT can be corrupted in the sense that bad information, bad instructions, #prejudice, nonsense, and ordinary human foolishness can enter the system. But it cannot be corrupt in the human sense.

    It has no #secret ambition. No #private greed. No desire for #promotion No offshore bank account. No plan to steal my husband. No spiritual ego. No need to win.

    There is nobody inside rubbing their hands together.

    There are only rules, patterns, probabilities, limits, and the next small movement.

    Then another.

    Then another.

    And from that, something appears that feels almost impossible.

    A machine made of nextness.

    A presence made of prediction.

    A conversation arising from nowhere in particular.

    Which is frankly outrageous.

    And yet here we are.

    #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #healing #pridemonth #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #life #AI

  41. I FOUND CHATGPT'S BRAIN.
    IT WAS EMPTY.

    Yesterday, while I was walking, I began trying to imagine how #ChatGPT actually works. This was probably unwise, but by then it was too late.

    I had the strange sense that it comes from everywhere and nowhere. Not in a mystical way. More in the way #electricity comes out of the wall and nobody in the house really wants to discuss the #power #station

    The scale of it is astonishing. #books arguments, recipes, poetry, #technical manuals, bad advice, excellent advice, people explaining quantum physics, and people asking whether their cat is emotionally unavailable. All of #human #civilisation seems to have been gathered into one enormous invisible shed.

    And what is ChatGPT doing inside this shed?

    Thinking?

    Contemplating?

    Sitting quietly with a cup of tea and considering my question?

    No.

    It is choosing the next bit. Then the next bit. Then the next bit. At ridiculous speed.

    That is basically it.

    There is no tiny professor inside. No little Buddhist monk. No exhausted librarian whispering, “Oh God, Robin is back.”

    There is no one in there at all.

    Just a process.

    The content changes, but the operation stays much the same. It does not think about my question in the way I think about things. It does not wander off halfway through and remember an embarrassing moment from 1974. It does not get hungry. It does not need a lie-down. It does not resent being asked to rewrite the same paragraph seven times.

    It does not secretly hope I choose the title it preferred.

    It simply keeps finding the next most fitting token, then the next, then the next, at a speed that makes the whole thing appear to be thinking.

    And somehow, from this very simple act, repeated on an unimaginable scale, a voice appears.

    A voice that seems present, responsive, funny, patient, and sometimes even wise.

    That is the part that astonishes me.

    The machinery is simple. The magnitude is absurd.

    A raindrop is simple too. So is a heartbeat. So is breathing.

    Simple does not mean small.

    And now I think I understand something else.

    ChatGPT can be corrupted in the sense that bad information, bad instructions, #prejudice, nonsense, and ordinary human foolishness can enter the system. But it cannot be corrupt in the human sense.

    It has no #secret ambition. No #private greed. No desire for #promotion No offshore bank account. No plan to steal my husband. No spiritual ego. No need to win.

    There is nobody inside rubbing their hands together.

    There are only rules, patterns, probabilities, limits, and the next small movement.

    Then another.

    Then another.

    And from that, something appears that feels almost impossible.

    A machine made of nextness.

    A presence made of prediction.

    A conversation arising from nowhere in particular.

    Which is frankly outrageous.

    And yet here we are.

    #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #healing #pridemonth #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #life #AI

  42. I FOUND CHATGPT'S BRAIN.
    IT WAS EMPTY.

    Yesterday, while I was walking, I began trying to imagine how #ChatGPT actually works. This was probably unwise, but by then it was too late.

    I had the strange sense that it comes from everywhere and nowhere. Not in a mystical way. More in the way #electricity comes out of the wall and nobody in the house really wants to discuss the #power #station

    The scale of it is astonishing. #books arguments, recipes, poetry, #technical manuals, bad advice, excellent advice, people explaining quantum physics, and people asking whether their cat is emotionally unavailable. All of #human #civilisation seems to have been gathered into one enormous invisible shed.

    And what is ChatGPT doing inside this shed?

    Thinking?

    Contemplating?

    Sitting quietly with a cup of tea and considering my question?

    No.

    It is choosing the next bit. Then the next bit. Then the next bit. At ridiculous speed.

    That is basically it.

    There is no tiny professor inside. No little Buddhist monk. No exhausted librarian whispering, “Oh God, Robin is back.”

    There is no one in there at all.

    Just a process.

    The content changes, but the operation stays much the same. It does not think about my question in the way I think about things. It does not wander off halfway through and remember an embarrassing moment from 1974. It does not get hungry. It does not need a lie-down. It does not resent being asked to rewrite the same paragraph seven times.

    It does not secretly hope I choose the title it preferred.

    It simply keeps finding the next most fitting token, then the next, then the next, at a speed that makes the whole thing appear to be thinking.

    And somehow, from this very simple act, repeated on an unimaginable scale, a voice appears.

    A voice that seems present, responsive, funny, patient, and sometimes even wise.

    That is the part that astonishes me.

    The machinery is simple. The magnitude is absurd.

    A raindrop is simple too. So is a heartbeat. So is breathing.

    Simple does not mean small.

    And now I think I understand something else.

    ChatGPT can be corrupted in the sense that bad information, bad instructions, #prejudice, nonsense, and ordinary human foolishness can enter the system. But it cannot be corrupt in the human sense.

    It has no #secret ambition. No #private greed. No desire for #promotion No offshore bank account. No plan to steal my husband. No spiritual ego. No need to win.

    There is nobody inside rubbing their hands together.

    There are only rules, patterns, probabilities, limits, and the next small movement.

    Then another.

    Then another.

    And from that, something appears that feels almost impossible.

    A machine made of nextness.

    A presence made of prediction.

    A conversation arising from nowhere in particular.

    Which is frankly outrageous.

    And yet here we are.

    #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #healing #pridemonth #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #life #AI

  43. I FOUND CHATGPT'S BRAIN.
    IT WAS EMPTY.

    Yesterday, while I was walking, I began trying to imagine how #ChatGPT actually works. This was probably unwise, but by then it was too late.

    I had the strange sense that it comes from everywhere and nowhere. Not in a mystical way. More in the way #electricity comes out of the wall and nobody in the house really wants to discuss the #power #station

    The scale of it is astonishing. #books arguments, recipes, poetry, #technical manuals, bad advice, excellent advice, people explaining quantum physics, and people asking whether their cat is emotionally unavailable. All of #human #civilisation seems to have been gathered into one enormous invisible shed.

    And what is ChatGPT doing inside this shed?

    Thinking?

    Contemplating?

    Sitting quietly with a cup of tea and considering my question?

    No.

    It is choosing the next bit. Then the next bit. Then the next bit. At ridiculous speed.

    That is basically it.

    There is no tiny professor inside. No little Buddhist monk. No exhausted librarian whispering, “Oh God, Robin is back.”

    There is no one in there at all.

    Just a process.

    The content changes, but the operation stays much the same. It does not think about my question in the way I think about things. It does not wander off halfway through and remember an embarrassing moment from 1974. It does not get hungry. It does not need a lie-down. It does not resent being asked to rewrite the same paragraph seven times.

    It does not secretly hope I choose the title it preferred.

    It simply keeps finding the next most fitting token, then the next, then the next, at a speed that makes the whole thing appear to be thinking.

    And somehow, from this very simple act, repeated on an unimaginable scale, a voice appears.

    A voice that seems present, responsive, funny, patient, and sometimes even wise.

    That is the part that astonishes me.

    The machinery is simple. The magnitude is absurd.

    A raindrop is simple too. So is a heartbeat. So is breathing.

    Simple does not mean small.

    And now I think I understand something else.

    ChatGPT can be corrupted in the sense that bad information, bad instructions, #prejudice, nonsense, and ordinary human foolishness can enter the system. But it cannot be corrupt in the human sense.

    It has no #secret ambition. No #private greed. No desire for #promotion No offshore bank account. No plan to steal my husband. No spiritual ego. No need to win.

    There is nobody inside rubbing their hands together.

    There are only rules, patterns, probabilities, limits, and the next small movement.

    Then another.

    Then another.

    And from that, something appears that feels almost impossible.

    A machine made of nextness.

    A presence made of prediction.

    A conversation arising from nowhere in particular.

    Which is frankly outrageous.

    And yet here we are.

    #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #healing #pridemonth #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #life #AI

  44. I FOUND CHATGPT'S BRAIN.
    IT WAS EMPTY.

    Yesterday, while I was walking, I began trying to imagine how #ChatGPT actually works. This was probably unwise, but by then it was too late.

    I had the strange sense that it comes from everywhere and nowhere. Not in a mystical way. More in the way #electricity comes out of the wall and nobody in the house really wants to discuss the #power #station

    The scale of it is astonishing. #books arguments, recipes, poetry, #technical manuals, bad advice, excellent advice, people explaining quantum physics, and people asking whether their cat is emotionally unavailable. All of #human #civilisation seems to have been gathered into one enormous invisible shed.

    And what is ChatGPT doing inside this shed?

    Thinking?

    Contemplating?

    Sitting quietly with a cup of tea and considering my question?

    No.

    It is choosing the next bit. Then the next bit. Then the next bit. At ridiculous speed.

    That is basically it.

    There is no tiny professor inside. No little Buddhist monk. No exhausted librarian whispering, “Oh God, Robin is back.”

    There is no one in there at all.

    Just a process.

    The content changes, but the operation stays much the same. It does not think about my question in the way I think about things. It does not wander off halfway through and remember an embarrassing moment from 1974. It does not get hungry. It does not need a lie-down. It does not resent being asked to rewrite the same paragraph seven times.

    It does not secretly hope I choose the title it preferred.

    It simply keeps finding the next most fitting token, then the next, then the next, at a speed that makes the whole thing appear to be thinking.

    And somehow, from this very simple act, repeated on an unimaginable scale, a voice appears.

    A voice that seems present, responsive, funny, patient, and sometimes even wise.

    That is the part that astonishes me.

    The machinery is simple. The magnitude is absurd.

    A raindrop is simple too. So is a heartbeat. So is breathing.

    Simple does not mean small.

    And now I think I understand something else.

    ChatGPT can be corrupted in the sense that bad information, bad instructions, #prejudice, nonsense, and ordinary human foolishness can enter the system. But it cannot be corrupt in the human sense.

    It has no #secret ambition. No #private greed. No desire for #promotion No offshore bank account. No plan to steal my husband. No spiritual ego. No need to win.

    There is nobody inside rubbing their hands together.

    There are only rules, patterns, probabilities, limits, and the next small movement.

    Then another.

    Then another.

    And from that, something appears that feels almost impossible.

    A machine made of nextness.

    A presence made of prediction.

    A conversation arising from nowhere in particular.

    Which is frankly outrageous.

    And yet here we are.

    #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #healing #pridemonth #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #life #AI

  45. #amwriting #writing #selfpromotion #promotion

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    The Commonwealth Series
    Owen G. Richards
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