I probably told that story before, but it shocked me.
Probably just superstition on my part, but it was shocking when the internet browser startee witnessing to me.
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PRAISE JESUS!
I'm sure it's just statistics matrixy thing it does.
Fast forward a few years and now I'm spending the money I used to spend on X subscription to Hallow App subscription which guides me in a daily Catechism. The Catholics are all about God's love... It's a nice counterbalance to the more fire and brimstone stuff.
The Hallow App has stopped pestering me "Reminder to do your 5:50Am reading" so much after finally paying the yearly subscription... I feel like I've paid up.
I'm paying for that little halo 😇 
God moves in mysterious ways
though usually the reasons become clear at least shortly before or at some point after
also, yeah that 'statistics matrixy` thing, that used to have the name "fuzzy logic" and i am a big fan of one of its early proponents, Bart Kosko (who wrote the book with that title, as well as a cool cyberpunk book called Nanotime)
i've written several algorithms already that do "statistics matrixy things" namely first two were difficulty adjustment algorithms but right now my main paid gig task is writing one that searches for similarities between gamer's profiles (games, playtimes, achievements, teams, etc) and it's part of an "AI" project and the normies don't know this but fuzzy logic is the foundation of AI
let me repeat that
Fuzzy Logic Is The Foundation Of AI
most of the stuff that GPTs and similar do is literally do a transformation on data that has been statistically analysed and the proximity (how close on a graph) that is to another point on the graph, is a major part of how they make decisions
in fact, i just want to tell a story, back in 1999, i was dreaming up exactly a fuzzy matching graph based algorithm that would do translations between computer languages, it was practically what started me on the path back to my childhood dream of being a programmer
so, yeah
i hate the hype, but the technology is literally stuff that i'm very interested in, and have done several pieces of work related to, and am working on such a thing right now
Childhood dreams are the best. Sounds like you found a way back to them. I assume it's an enjoyable challenge to find similarities between gamer profiles.
Since I'm only used to linking things on IDs, I had to think how this works
Makes me think of 2 things: the gibber link video someone posted of two AIs using tone language to communicate.
And If the video game associates noises with each game action (jump, fire, score) then each player would have their own unique song and rhythm.
Kinda like whale song. communicating into the void to find someone similar.
yup, it's challenging, and at times depressing when people misunderstand what is going on
Gah, sorry if I misunderstood haha
no, not at all, just that most of the people who give me feedback on my work are doing it through a very narrow filter that they don't specify the nature of (but if i interact a lot i have a fair idea where they are coming from)
humans have information systems inside their brains, and the least helpful and most tyrannical people have ones they try to hide from people because they are trying to manipulate people into giving false positive feedback
so, it happens, and your humility is refreshing