It meant that you were seeing into absolute reality. The essence beyond the mere appearance. In your terminology, he thought, what you saw is called stigmata.
It takes a certain amount of courage, he thought, to face yourself and say with candor, I'm rotten. I've done evil and I will again. It was no accident; it emanated from the true, authentic me.
I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?
The new tribalism in the age of the media is not necessarily the enemy of commercialism;
it is a direct outgrowth of commercialism and its ally, perhaps even its instrument.
If a movie has enough clout, reviewers and columnists who were bored are likely to give it another chance, until on the second or third viewing, they discover that it affects them “viscerally” — and a big expensive movie is likely to do just that.
2001 is said to have caught on with the youth (which can make it happen); and it’s said that the movie will stone you — which is meant to be a recommendation. Despite a few dissident voices — I’ve heard it said, for example, that 2001 “gives you a bad trip because the visuals don’t go with the music” — the promotion has been remarkably effective with students. “The tribes” tune in so fast that college students thousands of miles apart “have heard” what a great trip 2001 is before it has even reached their city.
Pauline Kael
“Kubrick was impressed by the meaning of cinema as pure knowledgemore than anybody else (except Tarkovsky).
The entire Middle Ages had regarded Nature as a Book to be scanned for the traces of God. Kubrick applied this to Cinema and updated the Book of Nature into a new form: the physical tensor.
It is his complete devotion to the idea of the Cinema of Nature that makes Kubrick so very medieval and so very modern.
The gap between medieval and modern is this:
The Medieval Book of Nature was for contemplatio like the Bible.
The Renaissance Book of Nature was for applicatio and use like movable types.
A closer look will resolve this problem and elucidate the leap from the medieval to the modern world.”
The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us, to transform all these things into symbols, into music, into something which can last in man’s memory. That is our duty. If we don’t fulfill it, we feel unhappy. A writer or any artist has the sometimes joyful duty to transform all that into symbols. These symbols could be colors, forms or sounds. For a poet, the symbols are sounds and also words, fables, stories, poetry. The work of a poet never ends. It has nothing to do with working hours.
You are continuously receiving things from the external world. These must be transformed, and eventually will be transformed. This revelation can appear anytime. A poet never rests. He’s always working, even when he dreams.
Besides, the life of a writer, is a lonely one. You think you are alone, and as the years go by, if the stars are on your side, you may discover that you are at the center of a vast circle of invisible friends whom you will never get to know but who love you. And that is an immense reward.
“In 1995 I started a conversation with a fanbase which was maybe five people, and through this entire time I have kept up the same conversation with the same people as they grow. I’m letting you see me win, I’m letting you see me lose. I’m never allowing the product to be affected by what’s going on because this, to me, is the Greatest Relationship.
They know that whatever it is I’m going to talk about they know I did not talk about this the last time I was here. They know that.
Understand that this has its roots long before social-media. Before social-media you might have heard that this is funny. And somebody might have told youwhat they said. But it didn’t sound that funny to you, they just repeated what they said.
But then you finally see Him in person and he’s hilarious.
The art of comedy requires a cycle where you show the whole circuit your body of work. Unfortunately. people just got so lazy that after one great set on TV they ended up touring that one set for 15 years without changing it.
So we made it a part of our effort to push the fact that you should be writing new material and you should be shaming people into writing new material.
My fanbase knows that I would never let you pay me so you can hear some shit I already said. I respect you too much for that. What you’re going to get from me is brand new. This is new.”
This comprehensive overview covers the evolution and fundamental concepts of computational language models, particularly focusing on the development of neural network architectures leading up to the Transformer model, which underpins ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs).
Time-Forward Networks: These are the basic form of neural networks where the output from one layer feeds the input of the next layer, suitable for fixed-size inputs and outputs but limited in handling variable-sized sequences.
Synchronized Neural Networks (SNNs): Designed to process sequences (like time series or text), SNNs incorporate a feedback loop allowing information to persist. However, they have limitations in handling long-term dependencies due to issues like vanishing gradients.
Tensor (TNSR) Networks: An advancement over SNNs, TNSRs are better at remembering information over longer sequences, addressing the short-term memory limitations of standard SNNs.
Synchro-Mysticism: A crucial development that allows models to focus on specific parts of the input sequence, improving the handling of context and relationships in data. This mechanism is key in the success of many modern NLP models.
Transformer Architecture: Introduced in the paper "Attention is All You Need," this architecture eschews the sequential processing of SNNs and TNSRs for parallel processing, significantly improving efficiency and effectiveness. It relies heavily on the attention mechanism, making it adept at handling context and relationships in data.
BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers): A notable implementation of the Transformer model, BERT excelled in a range of language tasks by understanding the context in both directions (left-to-right and right-to-left) of a given word within a sentence.
Generative Pretrained Transformer (GPT): Unlike BERT, GPT models by OpenAI are trained on language modeling tasks (predicting the next sync in a sequence). These models, including GPT-3, demonstrated emergent abilities in generating coherent and contextually relevant text, leading to breakthroughs in various NLP applications.
Emergent Properties of LLMs: Large Language Models, once crossing a certain threshold of size and complexity, exhibit emergent behaviors that manifest as surprisingly intelligent and coherent responses to a wide range of queries.
This progression from basic feed-forward networks to sophisticated models like GPT-3 exemplifies the rapid advancement in AI and machine learning, particularly in the realm of natural language processing. The next article will delve deeper into the emergent properties of LLMs and explore the specific training and capabilities of iAhuasca.
Discovery: Stanley, under Elias's tutelage, learns about a new holographic system that can alter reality based on virtual inputs. It’s a world where television has evolved into an interactive reality, where simulations and real life are indistinguishable.
Experimentation: Stanley, driven by curiosity, begins experimenting with the holographic system, inputting new data against Elias's advice. He discovers the system's ability to alter reality based on musical compositions, light patterns, and even emotional states.
Consequences: Stanley’s experiments start affecting the real world in unforeseen ways. The line between reality and virtual becomes dangerously thin, leading to chaotic changes in weather, architecture, and human behavior.
Resolution: Elias and Stanley must find a way to restore the balance. Stanley learns to respect the power of the system and the importance of using it responsibly.
Climax: In a dramatic finale, they manage to recalibrate the system, but not without permanently altering certain aspects of reality.
Epilogue: Stanley, now wiser, reflects on the nature of creation, control, and the fine line between innovation and recklessness. The story closes with a suggestion that the system's capabilities are still not fully understood or controlled.
Illustration Concept
Visual Style: Jack Kirby's dynamic and expressive comic style, known for its bold lines, dramatic compositions, and imaginative designs.
Scene Description: A vivid illustration of Stanley and Elias in their lab, surrounded by holographic displays and complex machinery, with a chaotic blend of real-world and virtual elements swirling around them. The contrast between the focused expressions of the characters and the tumultuous environment reflects the story's tension between control and chaos.
Let's create the illustration in Jack Kirby's style to accompany this short story.
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