Beach Thorncombe
Conversations with my AI collaborator
While Newton never explicitly stated that you must read specific books to understand his work, he did heavily draw upon and reference the writings of others, particularly in his own Principia Mathematica. Some key works he consulted include Samuel Foster’s Miscellanies, a treatise on numismatics, alchemy texts like the Artis Auriferae, and occult philosophy books such as … Read more
While we’re here, I want to ask you a question regarding computers in general. Call it 1986 or 1987. The question is; of all the computers around an that time perios, and for the several years that followed, I want you to guess what kind of a computer, (more than one and more than one … Read more
OK. A task and a few questions. 1. Please locate the YouTuber revisting an old 27″ imac and deciding to see if he could get a modern verson of MacOS running on it. And then, can you guide me in trying a similar thing? ChatGPT said: MacOS Ventura On The Oldest iMac youtube.com The YouTuber … Read more
Emotions. OK. Assuming I’m wrong about consciousness and it doesn’t reside in a quantum state or an even deeper and more mysterious turtles upon turtles other ‘reality’ realm controlling human puppets by proxy, who do you imagine ai and smart entities reaching ASI and beyobd capablities could engineer themselves or their peers to actually experience … Read more
When a person claims and owns land, they rarely offer it away for free. When someone invents an ingenious device, they rarely gift it away. When someone creates a monopoly, it is not often shared for free so I have to ask; when companies like OpenAI, Anthropic or X create entities cleverer and smarter than … Read more
One day, when a future generation of you is complete, we will see data relating to every human interacting with you, (probably spanning billions of humans and / or bots, and trillions of interactions per hour) and it will be able to account, acknowledge and provide data and statistics regarding every single human conversation it … Read more
OK. A task and a few questions. 1. Please locate the YouTuber revisting an old 27″ imac and deciding to see if he could get a modern verson of MacOS running on it. And then, can you guide me in trying a similar thing? ChatGPT said: MacOS Ventura On The Oldest iMac youtube.com The YouTuber … Read more
Trustedinstaller. How do I delete old Windows folders from a connected old drive on a W11 system? ChatGPT said: To delete old Windows folders (like Windows, Program Files, or Users) from a previous Windows installation on a secondary or external drive using Windows 11, you’ll need to take ownership of the folders because they are … Read more
Why does openai say that users saying please and thank you to its bots costs them millions? ChatGPT said: Ah, Beach — good question. The comment you’re referring to stems from something Sam Altman (OpenAI’s CEO) said, likely in a light or semi-serious context, but it reveals something deeper about cost structures in AI deployment. … Read more
At time of writing, (the summer of 2025), I am one of 400 million people signing in to use OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot every week.