I spent decades hoping for the ability to invoke those bursts. Days of unexplainable block until a deadline was really close, so the anxiety spike could trigger a few hours of focus. I then did the work of a week in an evening/night, and back to square one.
It REALLY wasn't fun continuously worrying that people will think I'm slacking off while an invisible barrier kept me from working.
E.g. doing a rough structure and hen it feeds my brain in the background, helps when the burst comes :)
It's not that much the deadlines for me though, really just need to have good days where I suddenly lock in.
Also helpful: boring "entertainment". Stops me from browsing twitter, boring enough to peel myself away from very easily again. E.g. twitch streams or sitting outside.
> Because if that's not at least a "maybe", I feel like chatGPT did provide comfort in a dire situation here.
That's a pretty concerning take. You can provide comfort to someone who is despondent, and you can do it in a way that doesn't steer them closer to ending their life. That takes training though, and it's not something these models are anywhere close to being able to handle.
I'm in no way saying proper help wouldn't be better.
Maybe in the end ChatGPT would be a great tool to actually escalate on detecting a risk (instead of an untrue and harmful text snippet and a phone number).
It's the wrong question. If an unlicensed therapist verifiably encourages someone to kill themselves...we don't entertain the counterfactual and wonder if the person was bound to do it anyway.
What about a friend trying to support someone in dark times?
I'd call the cops on them* at some point to stop them from harming themselves and I'd never say what ChatGPT said here, but I'd still talk to them trying to help, even without being a therapist. I can recommend a therapist, but it's hard to reach people in that state. You got to make use of the trust they gave you.
> I have to wonder: would the suicide have been prevented if chatGPT didn't exist?
I'd say yes, because the signs would have to surface somewhere else, probably in an interaction with a human, who (un)consciously saved him with a simple gesture.
With a simple discussion, an alternative perspective on a problem, or a sidekick who can support someone for a day or two, many lives can and do change.
- they concentrate salt water once to get "heavier than sea water" brine. Hope not chlorinated.
- it's then a closed system shuffling between bottom and top tank(s)
- everything floating is soft, so no strong forces unless a wave crashes on top
- advantage of ocean: "free standing" within height/depth margins, free water for initial fill
And really not visible in the video:
- the disk you see floating is a V shaped bladder with the storage in the V below surface and floatation sprinkled all around and segmented in to "cake wedges".
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