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Cake day: June 2nd, 2023

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  • I’ll tell you the part you don’t want to hear: You compromised with your wife. Compromises suck. But they are better than no compromises. Having a child is the ultimate commitment.

    Here’s the good news: the hardest part is behind you. Tough it out for a bit more. Everyday will get just a bit easier. New borns are not very interactive, so it’s kinda normal to not enjoy this part. Maybe you’ll get more out of it when the child starts smiling at you, or talking to you, or taking an interest in your hobby. Maybe not.

    Also, you could be suffering from baby blues. It’s common, even at three weeks. Consider some support for yourself, not just your wife.







  • You didn’t mention how long you were together. General rule of thumb, it takes just as long for the feelings in a relationship to fade as it takes for them to grow.

    Also, generally speaking, if the breakup is sudden, unammicable, or leaving you confused, that’s probably a sign that there was poor communication in the relationship. Relationships are built on communication, not feelings. This is a good time to evaluate how you can be a better communicator. Do not blame or wallow in the shortcomings of your ex, this will just stunt your growth as a person, and perpetuate how you are currently feeling.

    My advice, focus on you and your future. 23 is incredibly young. What you are going through and feeling is extremely common. You have lots of time to meet new people, but focus on yourself first.




  • I have a different take.

    AI today is basically a mechanical school. AI students are trained to give a specific answer. This is at the heart of how all machine learning works, including generative AI. Even image generators do this.

    “Here’s a million examples of what the pixelated representation of a hand looks like; now go and make a derivative copy.”

    This is fine for objective facts, like physics and history. It is useless for art.

    Merely drawing a hand is not art, it’s an objective truth (do typical humans have 5 or 6 fingers?). But art school is not about objective truths. Art school teaches creativity. Specifically challenging ideas and expression.

    AIs can’t fundamentally challenge ideas and express themselves because they lack personal experience, personality and individuality.

    Society at large has been fooled into thinking that speech (LLM) and other generative AI lead to AGI. But the reality is that these models have more in common with encyclopedias and stock image libraries than intelligence.