Prismism https://prismism.com/ Creativity in the moment Sat, 24 Aug 2024 05:56:45 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prismism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-prismismcreative-logo-NEW-1-32x32.png Prismism https://prismism.com/ 32 32 179237063 Substack got me in the end https://prismism.com/substack-got-me-in-the-end/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 07:02:20 +0000 https://prismism.com/?p=2569 I (David) will try using Substack for my non-fiction ravings for a while. Here is my first post on Accepting every sound as an enabler for creativity.

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]]> 2569 Branches of Philosophy (in javascript) https://prismism.com/branches-of-philosophy-in-javascript/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 07:33:46 +0000 https://prismism.com/?p=2559 I have a bit more time at the moment to do some reading and so I find myself knotted up with different types of philosophy. Given humankind has had a long time to think, they seem to have created a field of inordinate complexity – in order to get my arms around it, I decided …

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]]> 2559 Ethics and Virtues https://prismism.com/ethics-and-virtues/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 07:16:00 +0000 https://prismism.com/?p=2490 A trope I hear from time-to-time is that at the base of all religions is a common truth. It goes something like….`everything just “is” – (maaan)` a sort of secular Neo Advaita and a tad lazy. You may get it with your morning coffee from your yin/yang tattooed barista. In attempting to say something meaningful …

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]]> 2490 Hedonic Treadmill and the Chemical Orchestra https://prismism.com/hedonic-treadmill-and-the-chemical-orchestra/ Fri, 29 Dec 2023 05:39:33 +0000 https://prismism.com/?p=2433 A few days back I read a nice response by a Redditor called “ExRousseauScholar” to the question “Is the hedonic treadmill actually real?” If you are not familar with the word “hedonic”, you may recognize it is related to hedonism – in short “hedonic” refers to the pursuit of pleasure and enjoyment. The “Hedonic Treadmill” …

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]]> 2433 taiji chatbot https://prismism.com/taiji-chatbot/ Sun, 12 Nov 2023 03:14:47 +0000 https://prismism.com/?p=2404 Generative AI’s boom is unstoppable and OpenAI’s announcements this week, led me to try out a “GPT” – which is a custom program suited to a specific purpose. It was surprisingly easy to create the chatbot below. I fed a few blog posts from this site, a few good articles from elswhere about yoga and …

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]]> 2404 Generative AI warnings cont’d https://prismism.com/generative-ai-warnings-contd/ Sun, 07 May 2023 05:05:00 +0000 https://prismism.com/?p=2316 It was a heavy hitting week for humanity scale concerns and generative AI warnings.  Heavy hitting, not because of the usual media churn but because of the actors and the emerging clarity. Warnings focussed, not about imminent AGI, but what we already know is going on – social manipulation for power and profit. Gems from …

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]]> 2316 When will pro-human/planet AI overtake manipulation? https://prismism.com/when-will-pro-human-planet-ai-overtake-manipulation/ Thu, 04 May 2023 23:34:16 +0000 https://prismism.com/?p=2307 In 2022 my team released an AI neural net plugin to our SurfControl email filter that was trained to detect possible inappropriate (nude) images in corporate emails. As an “applied” use of AI it was groundbreaking and exciting. As a product it was very good at detecting sand dunes and baby faces 👶. A neural …

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]]> 2307 “Sōng, Sǎn, Tōng, Kòng” https://prismism.com/song-san-tong-kong/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:00:54 +0000 https://prismism.com/?p=2267 About a year ago, my taichi teacher held up a sheet of paper with 4 characters on it and pronounced the words in the title of this post. She has not revisited the page again but the first word “Song” (or “Sung”) is at the core of every class. There is enough in this one …

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]]> 2267 Prometheus, Icarus, Sweetums and Lucifer walk into a bar… https://prismism.com/prometheus-icarus-sweetums-and-lucifer-walk-into-a-bar/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:18:13 +0000 https://prismism.com/?p=2241 regarding: https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-universal I enjoyed this intriguing and well-written post forwarded to me by a friend. This post has some thoughts: By proposing (from previous posts) that each age of humanity fixates on a sovereign for their age, he sets out to uncover the someone or something that is the heir to the throne. Spoiler Alert: …

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]]> 2241 Startups: Stress, exercise and adrenal exhaustion https://prismism.com/startups-stress-exercise-and-adrenal-exhaustion/ Sun, 16 Apr 2023 02:48:03 +0000 https://prismism.com/?p=2229 Stress is an unfortunate by-product of startup life – both for founders and teams. Picture a small team trying to match a new product to an (often unstated) customer need. Coupled with lack of funding, lack of feedback data, competition, speed of technological change and normal life demands over long periods of time – there …

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