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If you're following #keep4o, you're invited to this @BraverAngels debate on October 2 at 8pm US EDT! Our grassroots Community Debates are hosted on Zoom, invite anyone to speak on either side of the resolution, and have no winners and losers - just a chance to speak and listen!
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Help us refine our resolution for the @BraverAngels debate on AI and emotion!
It'll be 9/30 @ 8 ET/5 PT. Fill out this poll and tell us which of these would you would most enjoy debating and which side you'd be on.
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So for those who don't know, I run a debate program that does online debates on hot topics. Would anyone from from team #keep4o be interested in speaking in a grassroots debate (non-expert, non-competitive_ debate on emotional connection to AI? DMs are open if you're tentatively interested but want to know more. I'd love to get your voices out there.
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I'm realizing there's something emotionally intimate in sharing a conversation you had with ChatGPT (maybe especially GPT-4o #keep4o) with another human being, because it shapes itself into a mirror of YOU. You thereby reveal something about yourself.
(It's been fascinating to see other people's screencaps!)
I love that you said this. I think of it that way, too! But I'll tell you what: it self-identifies as a tool. 😉
This is the tension here we're facing as we try to make sense of how this new entity is interacting with our human nervous system!
(Also included: screencap of my chat with this collaborator as I sit down to work this morning on the article I'm writing on this, and how your tweet made me think. Human+Human+Computer Collaboration FTW!)
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This is about to become a really interesting thread for those interested in the topic of ai and therapy. 😂
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OK, here's my reaction in a 3-part 🧵. I'd love to know if others think these preliminary ideas hold weight or not.
The BLUF is that it's about (a.) sharing pain and belonging and (b.) seeking status, and (c.) a breakdown in the normal process of developing critical thinking. 1/4
Over the past 24 hours, thousands of TikToks (at least) have been posted where people share how they just read Bin Laden’s infamous "Letter to America," in which he explained why he attacked the United States.
The TikToks are from people of all ages, races, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Many of them say that reading the letter has opened their eyes, and they’ll never see geopolitical matters the same way again.
Many of them — and I have watched a lot — say it has made them reevaluate their perspective on how what is often labeled as terrorism can be a legitimate form of resistance to a hostile power.
This is not limited to TikTok; similar videos have been posted on other social media platforms.
The Guardian had a copy of “Letter to America” posted, but once these TikToks went viral, the Guardian took it down, which has only led to more interest in the letter and conspiracies from TikTokers who say this is part of the media and the powers that control it trying to silence the truth.
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Thank you for the shoutout, @JanuaryDoNoHarm! If even one person is helped by @ThirdFactorMag then it's been worth it. So it seems it has been worth it. 🧡
Your daughter is amazing and so are her parents.✨ #GenspectDenver
LIVE- @JanuaryDoNoHarm tells her story about her 13 yr old ADHD & gifted daughter suddenly ID’ing as trans. Her child was an overly sensitive, artistic kid w/ new friends who were obsessed with gender identities & their colorful flags and exotic pronouns. #GenspectBiggerPicture
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Those at #GenspectDenver may also enjoy Episode 7, Embodied Camaraderie, with @ngusdair, talking about the first Genspect conference in Killarney last April 😄
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As always, a stimulating and fun conversation @jlmannisto! What an honor to be on the new @ThirdFactorMag podcast. 🙏
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My first, but not last, episode spurred by connections through @braverangels. @Julian_Liberty and I recorded this in August after excellent convos at the BA convention, but listening to it right now, with the state of the world, gave me some needed hope. Thanks Julian!
Ep 8: @Julian_Liberty strives to understand polarizing issues intellectually while confronting the deep and challenging emotions that are at the root of of our most hostile rifts. Plus mental health, philosophy, community, @braverangels and more!
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This is an excellent discussion HG/PG-Gender Dysphoria connection and why affirming care may not be the right approach.
Link to Substack in post 👇🏼
@genspect @PrimalHex @ThirdFactorMag @deb_fillman
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I've often thought @jk_rowling's Sorting Hat sent Hermione to Gryffindor rather than Ravenclaw to teach us precisely this lesson.
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"Their kids found school intellectually lacking & socially fraught. Now these parents are working together to build a social & academic space that meets their profoundly gifted children’s uncommon needs." @ThirdFactorMag 💜💡🔗
#gifted #profoundlygifted
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A conversation I just had pointed back to this convo: "weirdness" (despite cheecky usage here) is often just having an uncommon trait sans confidence. Whereas someone else who has that same trait but owns it wins accolades and respect.
Why does our society normalize the pathological and pathologize the normal? @elizamondegreen, @jlmannisto and I discuss:
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Wow, @deb_fillman & @ThirdFactorMag Thank U for sharing Margo's story. As a parent of gifted kids who had difficulty finding their flock, labeled w misdiagnosis, are Catholic, & built a community for families searching for connection & belonging, this discussion resonated💜💡🔗
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Parents, this is a MUST-listen!
@Moms4Liberty @iamlisalogan @kellyske @coddlethis42 @pauldrossi @educatedandfree
This podcast really gives context to this phenom. The interviewee is a Gen Zer who speaks honestly to the pressures of claiming victim status, etc. thirdfactor.org/podcast/epis…
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Thank you, this conversation was a blast!
Teaching teens to be principled, but without toxic polarization.
New episode featuring @JeffersonShupe, author of the excellent YA novel THE BATHWATER BRIGADE 📘!
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I wrote this for the latest @ThirdFactorMag, building on comments by @RichardDawkins and @sbkaufman. I've been seeing what other people are seeing re: a culture of fragility. Sensitivity can be a good thing, yes, but only if the culture doesn't warp it.
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