Cats, good books, AI, and religious walking in the city of Sofia
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Social pressure. As I age, I notice that more and more important milestones are behind me. There’s less and less that bothers the people who care.
The classic fantasy and sci-fi from the 1950s to the early 1980s. The period where enough of the future was clear to release the wildest imagination but not enough to know the constraints. Modern sci-fi is so restricted by physics.
Trees, turtles, crocodiles.
My goal is to sleep between 00:00 and 07:00. 7 hours of sleep per day keeps the doctor away.
Overall, this works for now. I feel it’s getting harder to sleep long hours with age.
The Murderbot is after its murderous past and will be assisted by an intelligent spaceship. Its memory is lacking but it has plenty of time and is looking for clues.
It’s a very tiny book, sub-2h reading. I think the format respects the lower attention span of the modern human-smartphone constructs. Posting a photo of the book that highlights how pretty it is. An excellent job by the publisher.
5*/5
Press Enter is a novella by John Varley about a disabled war veteran who inherits his neighbor. The neighbor was a powerful hacker. So powerful that he could make money out of thin air. Another hacker comes to investigate. Unfortunately for all parties involved, the story is a horror and they’ll not have a bright future.
What impressed me is that there are AI prompts, just like the ones we use to talk to ChatGPT. There’s also prompt hacking. By 1984, AI development had apparently advanced enough for John Varley to foresee a trajectory.
The novella aged like wine.
I didn’t expect to see a cat on my way in the mountain today but here she is.
It was hot today – the weather, the soup. I did well and feel fine.
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