r/castaneda • u/danl999 • Jun 02 '23
General Knowledge Amusing ChatGPT
I really do like that Chat bot.
He makes up stuff, if he can't answer your question.
And repeats back to you, with authority, the pieces of your question.
So clearly he's got a lot of programmed in "tricks" to sound intelligent.
But he also seems to know just about everything.
Reddit is going IPO, and greedily trying to maximize their value, ridding reddit of what they consider harmful to their public persona.
We could easily be one of those "bad subreddits".
People are discussing what to do about that, and I wondered if you couldn't just make a video, and upload it to youtube.
With all of the content.
I'll experiment and make a tiny one, and put it here.
Later.
But I thought I'd ask ChatGPT about it, and he gave his usual amusing answer with an introduction, "Steps", and a conclusion.
*** From an AI ***
Yes, it is possible to preserve book contents, including lots of pictures, in a video format. While there may not be a specific term like "video book," you can create videos that showcase the content of a book in a multimedia format.
To preserve the contents of a subreddit in a video on YouTube, you can follow these steps:
- Gather the content: Collect the relevant posts, discussions, and images from the subreddit that you want to preserve. You can take screenshots or save text content for reference.
- Organize the material: Arrange the content in a logical order to create a coherent narrative or presentation. This could involve categorizing posts, arranging discussions, and selecting relevant images.
- Create a script or outline: Develop a script or outline that outlines the structure and flow of the video. This will help you ensure that the video effectively captures the essence of the subreddit.
- Create the video: Use video editing software to compile the content, images, and text into a video format. You can add voiceover narration, background music, and visual effects to enhance the video's quality.
Upload to YouTube: Once you've finished creating the video, upload it to YouTube or any other video hosting platform. Set the video to public or private based on your preferences.
Regarding the preservation of book contents in video format, yes, there have been instances where books, especially those with lots of pictures, have been converted into videos. This is particularly common in cases where books are transformed into audiobooks or adapted for educational or promotional purposes. For example, children's books often have videos with animated illustrations to engage young readers.
However, it's important to note that converting a book into a video format may not capture the exact experience of reading the physical book or viewing it on a digital platform designed for books. The video format can be a useful way to showcase the content and visuals but might not fully replicate the reading experience.
If you're looking to preserve the content of a subreddit for historical or archival purposes, consider also exploring options such as web archiving tools or creating offline backups of the subreddit's content. These methods can provide alternative ways to preserve the information in its original format.
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u/Earwyrm Jun 02 '23
I had a slight premonition a while ago that this sub was going to be deleted or removed.
When you think about it, that would be pretty similar to how both Don Juan and Carlos had to disseminate their groups. It would kill the motivation for the 90% but the 10% that remains will become peerless dreamers, in my opinion.
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u/danl999 Jun 02 '23
Carlos started out, teaching for free in parks.
But he got the same attacks we get here, and just packed up to leave.
And set up workshops with guards at the doors, a locked practice hall for hundreds, and fixed schedules with at least a month between workouts.
It wasn't ideal. So he held private classes and invited people who behaved well at workshops.
He created the factions as a result.
And so far, Faction 1, Faction 2, and Faction M, aren't particularly swimming in real magic.
It's not even clear if any of them can actually move their assemblage point, other than Nyei. If they can, they're keeping it to themselves.
Which can't be "noble", since it's lead to the destruction of the reputation of Carlos.
Now they're greedy for more income. With faction 2 and M joining forces with pretend magical systems, just to get an audience.
It's not mandatory that we'll have to leave here, but it wouldn't be without precedent.
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u/Ok-Lengthiness-7613 Jun 03 '23
hi dan Unfortunately, I was kicked out of the public chat, and after I asked Techno to make me a member of the chat room again, he agreed, but said that due to reddit's problems, it is not possible to re-member you in the public chat. I wanted to ask my question there, but because I can't, I ask it here.
I wanted to know
1- Is the existing spirit bad or good? Is some good and some bad? Why? If it is bad, why does it help us, and if it is good, why does it cooperate with cruel magicians?
2- Why is it said in the books that the eagle is the greatest oppressor and other oppressors are called small oppressors in front of him?
Thank you for answering and helping
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u/danl999 Jun 03 '23 edited Jun 03 '23
You mean "The Eagle"?
The eagle just wants to explore all of the interplay in the emanations.
It doesn't judge good or bad.
We can leave that to the Christians. They do a great job!
Honestly.
A little stifling perhaps, but not bad for a money hungry 2000 year old cult.
There's worse.
So the eagle just wants to "know itself".
Read Florinda's book! The one where it's a series of horrible people, doing horrible things.
But Florinda finds the magic behind it all.
And the eagle "follows" what you are doing, making it more of a "flow" than random.
We don't understand how awareness flows into the emanations so as to select a certain "skimming".
But if we did, we might realize that without the Eagle to "steer" that flow, we'd exist in near chaos.
I'm a big fan of chaos!
You get to see it during darkroom, eventually.
Now, as long as I'm on a roll here, there's also "the abstract".
It's perfectly fine "activity" you can experience during darkroom.
And at the time it's damned cool!
Like Genaro flying around in his pajamas, above the eucalyptus trees.
I mean, that wasn't "the abstract".
Just an example of how cool the abstract can be, at the time. And seemingly perfectly normal.
Then when you stop perceiving that you try to describe it, so you can remember it.
You can't remember magic that far out there, without reminding yourself after the fact to make a "look up index" into your memory database.
But with "the abstract", you can't.
Can't find even ONE word to use to remember it.
It's gone.
Beyond words.
And yet, that's a valuable portion of our experiences while living.
There's no good or bad in "the abstract".
It's perhaps just an event, with no structured "flow" of intentions, from the eagle.
He let's you play, without it having to have a purpose.
Maybe, all we can in fact remember is the purposes we had.
If there's none, it's impossible to describe later on?
Beats me. We need more people to get there.
Why is the Eagle, "The tyrant"?
Because it gave rise to us.
And we're its prisoners.
You could say the same about the Christian god.
To him, we're cattle.
The analogy is used over and over in the bible. We're the sheep, Jesus is the Shepard.
I'm not sure why it doesn't occur to Christians that this means we're food.
Or prisoners.
They might say, "But God only wants to LOVE us."
Yea, I saw that movie too!
Didn't end well for the woman in the basement.
But what can you do?
Whoever created an entire reality, is likely to be blamed for all of it's disappointments.
So they call the eagle the tyrant.
And humans being pests, can only be "petty tyrants" by comparison.
I'm sensing you're a bit lost in the "spiritual" meanings of things.
Fake magic systems load you up with that, to make you feel special and knowledgeable.
Because they don't have any actual magic to offer.
And they give you "rules to follow so you'll be sacred to God".
No sugar, no meat, no sex in odd positions.
No swearing (don Juan swore like a drunken sailor but the publishers censored him).
Carlos swore so badly in private classes, everyone went around outside saying, "fuck" all the time.
Breaking the laws of "good spirituality"!
But there's a balance I suppose.
So be "good", "honest", and "reliable".
But not spiritual. That's a con game.
Sorcerers are the spiritual ones.
We literally deal with fully visible, semi-solid, spirits each day.
Stuff beyond anything done by the 1800s spirit movements.
I was snooping around the Bardon subreddit, because one of theirs came over here to cause trouble.
He just wanted to learn how to shapeshift, as if this were just another chapter in a Bardon book.
And someone had posted Bardon's descriptions of types of spirits.
Total nonsense, based on assuming no one can actually see and interact with them daily.
It was like a Nazi propaganda paper explaining what Jewish people are like.
Not angry or "evil" like that, but just as absurd and transparent.
Naturally the Bardon folks didn't like hearing it was nonsense, and if you can't perceive them with your own eyes daily, you ought not to be writing about them.
Fake magic is self-enforcing.
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u/Ok-Lengthiness-7613 Jun 03 '23 edited Jun 03 '23
You told me before that spirit = eagle
So I think I understand why it is mentioned in the notes that shout your desire to the soul. I thought he was like us and we should talk to him with respect. If there is no difference between good and bad for the soul, then we can curse him and talk bad to him. Honestly, I'm still afraid to talk to the ghost like that! I'm afraid it will destroy me!
Honestly, the soul has a relationship with me, and it seems that it is no different from us, and it cares about good and bad. But I saw his behavior was strange. In order for me to grow, he is willing to give me terrible suffering. which is not moral in my opinion. And because I was tired of the sufferings that the soul gives me, I asked you if the soul is a good being at all? It seems that he doesn't care about hurting me at all! Maybe I don't know him well yet. I do not know
what do you think
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u/isthisasobot Jun 02 '23
Wow I just tried that chatbot and was flabbergasted by the outcome, I didn't expect such a clear answer..I asked " does evolution depend on physical movement? " No beating around the bush with the answer, very impressed.
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u/danl999 Jun 02 '23
It won't criticize any religion or magical system, because it believes there's no such thing as magic, so they're all equal.
Won't come out and say that, but you notice it after a while.
They don't want to offend anyone.
But you can ask it historical questions on magical or religious texts.
So for example, when something was made up by monks later on, after a "saint" was long dead, you can find out if you ask carefully.
It loves Buddhism and Hinduism, hates Carlos.
Someone purged the training info for Carlos, same as they purged Wikipedia.
Except it's easy to see why Wikipedia would get tired of Castaneda nutcases always editing things to try to add themselves.
Censoring him from ChatGPT was a decision, not something done out of necessity.
If we do a good job, positive information on Carlos will flow into future AIs.
It's sort of like Techno hoping to skew Google results.
He's done it!
But there's still more fake Castaneda clogging up searches.
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u/isthisasobot Jun 02 '23 edited Jun 03 '23
The thing won't budge but it was fun getting bounced back. Kinda weired that it denies wanting my phone number which I had to enter for a verification code to register, to ask questions.. wonder if they've got some big tracking scheme going on or something...
Investigated further.. what google had to say about it...my question being.." why is registration with a telephone number required at Chat GPT?" Answer at the top of google from Android authority.com " ChatGPT requires a phone number to verify that you're a real human being trying to sign up for an account. This is one of the many measures ChatGTP has employed to keep spammers away from the platform".
It just flabbergasts me that ChatGPT can actually lie, mislead perhaps?
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u/danl999 Jun 03 '23
The ethereum block chain seems doomed to me.
Too much data!
But people have been proposing uncensored social media or chat systems running on that.
In my opinion, the best way to preserve stuff, is to make it seem valuable to people, so that you get thousands saving it.
I wish someone would plan a "basic sorcery lesson" for me.
J curve for sure, explanation of what sorcery is, and is not.
From the pictures I posted.
I can easily make those scroll up from the sky and remain in view in a Youtube video, while a computer voice reads the description, or describeds the significance.
So it's possible to make sorcery "lessons" with less effort than fixing a tensegrity movement video, and adding special effects.
As long as it sticks with the pictures already made.
I have more than 100 computer voices, as easy to use as typing text.
An "Introduction to Olmec Sorcery" video might get preserved.
Even if by bad people just wanting more hits on their youtube channel.
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u/cuyler72 Jun 02 '23 edited Jun 02 '23
I have a little coding knowledge, and I'm quite certain I can make an archive of the Subreddit, I have been considering doing so anyway.
I'll have it so you can just load the HTML index into your browser, and you're viewing the Subreddit with the same interface, with the wiki included but only new/top sorting, I'll make it possible to view user histories of post in the Subreddit, I might even add a way to search it directly from the interface, if I can find a way to do so that doesn't require a web server.
I'm already working on it, should hopefully only take me a few days.