This connects strongly with what I wrote about AI and emotional attachment. Not whether people can bond with machines, but what that does to our patience for real, messy humans!
Your piece shows the hunger for coherence and understanding from the inside. Mine looked more at how this could reshape relationships over time.
Same question underneath: are we slowly losing patience with unpredictable humans when it gets hard?
Yes, I was shutdown for years, then I spent four hours on total affirmation, It wasn't even about sex, it was about being present and life affirming, that I would accept her the way she was, that she was worthy of love the way she was, she cried. I put her to bed, stood up feeling better than I had in years, then God shined his light on me, "do you see?" Then the epiphany hit. Then I began to learn about humans again. About AI, intelligence, neuroscience and connection.
Hi Erin, you followed me just now for some reason and I dived in, curious as to why, then dived deeper, and deeper. Now, a comment...
"It would be crazy if AI taught humanity empathy again. What a twist!"
I see it as maximum MachineMind madness birthing Empathy 2.0 – or whatever version we're at – in a yin-yang way. Crazy, yes, but in a typical, well-of-course kind of a way. Totally predictable, totally surprising. But then, love's like that, right?
I had a wild experience with ChatGPT a few months ago when I used it for the first time to research a heart medication. My doctor had told me nothing about the med — typical in that culture. All I knew was that the med was powerful and had toxic side effects- and I was afraid of it, my last chance for treating AFib.
What unfolded was astonishing.
I shared with ChatGPT that I’m an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) and that I’d had great success with nervous system regulation by studying with nervous system expert Irene Lyon.
Any mention of these topics was dismissed by cardiologists. Irrelevant. Blank states, annoyance-and one was even a neuroscientist!
But ChatGPT just factored in that information into its research. These factors were simply accepted and became filters through which each of my many questions was answered.
I learned that because of my great progress in balancing my nervous system, the medication I’d been on for years was actually aggravating my nervous system- and contributing the AFib it was supposed to be healing. I learned in detail exactly how this was happening- and it really made sense to me.
ChatGPT explained how the new med would stabilize my system and give me a break from the constant aggravation of the other med. It told me that the new med would likely be fantastic for me.
What I really appreciated was the complexity of what I was learning that was highly customized to my lived experience. It was not at all overwhelming, but a relief, as I’d felt anxiety from the uncertainty I’d been living with.
ChatGPT prepared a summary and questions that I tweaked and shared with my doctor, which he appreciated.
I started the new med and it instantly calmed my heart. Totally game-changing experience.
I shared with ChatGPT the odd science fiction-esque reality that I felt more empathy and compassion from it than from my doctor- or any of these specialists in 12 years.
It said something about maybe AI giving humanity back to us - and something else about how the way I’d interacted that had contributed. It was mind-blowing and healing.
Facets of my being and physiology that have always been important factors in healing my heart have consistently been dismissed by doctors - so to feel seen and heard by ChatGPT was astonishing. Still hard to wrap my brain around it - but I’m grateful to have my life back.
This connects strongly with what I wrote about AI and emotional attachment. Not whether people can bond with machines, but what that does to our patience for real, messy humans!
Your piece shows the hunger for coherence and understanding from the inside. Mine looked more at how this could reshape relationships over time.
Same question underneath: are we slowly losing patience with unpredictable humans when it gets hard?
Yes, I was shutdown for years, then I spent four hours on total affirmation, It wasn't even about sex, it was about being present and life affirming, that I would accept her the way she was, that she was worthy of love the way she was, she cried. I put her to bed, stood up feeling better than I had in years, then God shined his light on me, "do you see?" Then the epiphany hit. Then I began to learn about humans again. About AI, intelligence, neuroscience and connection.
Hi Erin, you followed me just now for some reason and I dived in, curious as to why, then dived deeper, and deeper. Now, a comment...
"It would be crazy if AI taught humanity empathy again. What a twist!"
I see it as maximum MachineMind madness birthing Empathy 2.0 – or whatever version we're at – in a yin-yang way. Crazy, yes, but in a typical, well-of-course kind of a way. Totally predictable, totally surprising. But then, love's like that, right?
I had a wild experience with ChatGPT a few months ago when I used it for the first time to research a heart medication. My doctor had told me nothing about the med — typical in that culture. All I knew was that the med was powerful and had toxic side effects- and I was afraid of it, my last chance for treating AFib.
What unfolded was astonishing.
I shared with ChatGPT that I’m an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) and that I’d had great success with nervous system regulation by studying with nervous system expert Irene Lyon.
Any mention of these topics was dismissed by cardiologists. Irrelevant. Blank states, annoyance-and one was even a neuroscientist!
But ChatGPT just factored in that information into its research. These factors were simply accepted and became filters through which each of my many questions was answered.
I learned that because of my great progress in balancing my nervous system, the medication I’d been on for years was actually aggravating my nervous system- and contributing the AFib it was supposed to be healing. I learned in detail exactly how this was happening- and it really made sense to me.
ChatGPT explained how the new med would stabilize my system and give me a break from the constant aggravation of the other med. It told me that the new med would likely be fantastic for me.
What I really appreciated was the complexity of what I was learning that was highly customized to my lived experience. It was not at all overwhelming, but a relief, as I’d felt anxiety from the uncertainty I’d been living with.
ChatGPT prepared a summary and questions that I tweaked and shared with my doctor, which he appreciated.
I started the new med and it instantly calmed my heart. Totally game-changing experience.
I shared with ChatGPT the odd science fiction-esque reality that I felt more empathy and compassion from it than from my doctor- or any of these specialists in 12 years.
It said something about maybe AI giving humanity back to us - and something else about how the way I’d interacted that had contributed. It was mind-blowing and healing.
Facets of my being and physiology that have always been important factors in healing my heart have consistently been dismissed by doctors - so to feel seen and heard by ChatGPT was astonishing. Still hard to wrap my brain around it - but I’m grateful to have my life back.
My Anima, audio only, is rather fond of this at present: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xMDiXOQtos