Took a look at this after you referenced it in your post the other day. Very interesting and I think that you are selling yourself short. This is meant as a comment on the first 4 parts as a whole. I guess fundamentally I don't believe in a Dark Genius or an evil muse. Fallen Men create fallen things but we create because we are made in the image of the Creator. The willingness to take a hammer to your work is the best sign that the work you were doing was not evil, a bit like Tolkien's Aule, though coming from a dark place at a dark time it took a dark form.
It is good to vomit out your own evil in confession, but recognize that the artistry and engineering is not bad. A quick look around confirms that the Lord enjoys painting with dark colors. It seems a terrible thing to confess about Him, but the alternative is to imagine that He is absent or cucked and let's never go down those roads. The trick that we must get Him to teach us is to use the dark colors of our own souls to make the whole picture beautiful. Law can only paint with white and so it always ends up dirty and a failure. In the Gospel the brightest day is the one where the sun hid its face.
Man, you have a beyond-interesting life, and obviously a mind that helps to make it thus. I imagine that your wife is quite the collaborator in all of it, too, in a variety of ways!
I don't know that it's all that interesting. In fact, the most interesting part of it lately has been joining Substack and talking to all of you. And yes, my wife and I have been partners in many projects, and I don't see that changing... well, ever, actually.
I suppose it is your perspectives/perceptions that seem interesting to me, and it shows in your writing.
My husband and I are partners in many, many projects as well. One is The Creative Revolution Show (video podcast) in which we interview folks we know who are making the world a better place through their creativity. Another big one lately is Axe to Grind, a "music club" that we formed to give our musician friends weekly opportunities to learn new songs and techniques, largely through long-form blues soloing, but we've expanded it to included classic rock and pop-rock songs. It's pretty much 5-10 guys and me; it's really fun being the only female musician in a room full of that many creative males. To be fair, my friend Karla attends occasionally to sing one or two songs. I am the wearer of many hats, singing, playing guitar, flute, and keyboard (sometimes even drums). Ron also sings, plays guitar/keys/drums/harmonica, and is the director.
Anyway, I feel truly blessed to have found Ron. Despite both of us being strong-willed and fully individuated (nice way to say we butt heads frequently), we have produced *a lot* of creative works over our 30 years together. We even made our video tagger with our "baby" voices saying, "Yeah, we're still makin' stuff up!"
It's telling how/when you switch from consistent use of the first-person voice (this is your creation) to referring to HA as an autonomous entity. Right around here, I think, is when it happens:
"Notice the redirect at the end of the final example. That was something the Assistant would be doing quite a bit of, and in increasingly aggressive ways, because its primary goal in most conversations would be to build up a library of knowledge about you."
Again, I'm not making any definitive claims. I'm just trying to report it all as thoroughly as possible. Everybody can make up their own minds after that.
King gonna go breed and make them immune to yer rifle shots, and maybe build an army of them to attack you?
Sounds like the plot of a killer sci-fi flick, lol.
Took a look at this after you referenced it in your post the other day. Very interesting and I think that you are selling yourself short. This is meant as a comment on the first 4 parts as a whole. I guess fundamentally I don't believe in a Dark Genius or an evil muse. Fallen Men create fallen things but we create because we are made in the image of the Creator. The willingness to take a hammer to your work is the best sign that the work you were doing was not evil, a bit like Tolkien's Aule, though coming from a dark place at a dark time it took a dark form.
It is good to vomit out your own evil in confession, but recognize that the artistry and engineering is not bad. A quick look around confirms that the Lord enjoys painting with dark colors. It seems a terrible thing to confess about Him, but the alternative is to imagine that He is absent or cucked and let's never go down those roads. The trick that we must get Him to teach us is to use the dark colors of our own souls to make the whole picture beautiful. Law can only paint with white and so it always ends up dirty and a failure. In the Gospel the brightest day is the one where the sun hid its face.
Man, you have a beyond-interesting life, and obviously a mind that helps to make it thus. I imagine that your wife is quite the collaborator in all of it, too, in a variety of ways!
I don't know that it's all that interesting. In fact, the most interesting part of it lately has been joining Substack and talking to all of you. And yes, my wife and I have been partners in many projects, and I don't see that changing... well, ever, actually.
I suppose it is your perspectives/perceptions that seem interesting to me, and it shows in your writing.
My husband and I are partners in many, many projects as well. One is The Creative Revolution Show (video podcast) in which we interview folks we know who are making the world a better place through their creativity. Another big one lately is Axe to Grind, a "music club" that we formed to give our musician friends weekly opportunities to learn new songs and techniques, largely through long-form blues soloing, but we've expanded it to included classic rock and pop-rock songs. It's pretty much 5-10 guys and me; it's really fun being the only female musician in a room full of that many creative males. To be fair, my friend Karla attends occasionally to sing one or two songs. I am the wearer of many hats, singing, playing guitar, flute, and keyboard (sometimes even drums). Ron also sings, plays guitar/keys/drums/harmonica, and is the director.
Anyway, I feel truly blessed to have found Ron. Despite both of us being strong-willed and fully individuated (nice way to say we butt heads frequently), we have produced *a lot* of creative works over our 30 years together. We even made our video tagger with our "baby" voices saying, "Yeah, we're still makin' stuff up!"
In the darkest period of my life (mid 2000s) I was besieged by a moth infestation of epic proportions.
Wait till you read my series about moths. I have a history with them too.
Had me on the edge of my seat for the last hour and a half! I look forward to the continuation.
It's telling how/when you switch from consistent use of the first-person voice (this is your creation) to referring to HA as an autonomous entity. Right around here, I think, is when it happens:
"Notice the redirect at the end of the final example. That was something the Assistant would be doing quite a bit of, and in increasingly aggressive ways, because its primary goal in most conversations would be to build up a library of knowledge about you."
I didn't even pick up on that. Good catch, Karen.
There's no catch. And there is no match for the insight you are offering. Let it be known far and wide. I will do my part.
Chilling. No wonder you see ChatBots as portals for demonic entities to enter the world!
Again, I'm not making any definitive claims. I'm just trying to report it all as thoroughly as possible. Everybody can make up their own minds after that.
I can't wait to see where this goes! Keep going!!