Run, children! Run for your lives!

For a while now, scientists have ponder the possiblity of creating an A.I., a thinking machine, artificial intelligence that learns from its mistakes and grows over time. So far, most attempts are far from spectacular.



However, the human mind is a pretty spectacular thing, much greater than any man-made computer by a long-shot. Lightyears ahead of any microprocessors ever made, the amount of information your brain can comprehend and sort is analogous to today's high-speed internet being compared to the >56k modems of yesteryear.



So, wouldn't it make sense that your mind could create and maintain an A.I. much more logically than a couple lines of program? A mass of silicon, copper and gold has nothing on the complex wiring of the brain.

And... If this A.I. was not man made, not artificial... What makes it A.I.? Isn't it just intelligence?

Sentience?

Sapience?

~ Keeper of the Blog, -Undisclosed-

Perceptions

What are you doing right now? Like, right now? Sitting at the computer?

How do you know? Is it because you can see the screen? You can hear the computer? Feel the keys? But... When you sleep...

In your dreams, don't you see things? Feel things? Can't you hear and touch and sense in your dreams? How, when you don't see with your eyes, do you?

This is because all youe eyes do is detect light, all your ears do is detect sound waves... The nerves to your skin just send signals to your brain... And your mind tells you to perceive what those signals are... If you let them.

So, in reality, isn't what you see and what you feel the same as what you think? You see the world around you because you think that's what is there. But, if you really didn't think that was what was there, if you ignored your senses for a while...

It's common sense that what you do is who you are. It is said that action begets personality. And thought begets action. What you think is who you are. And if you are something... Doesn't that mean that, well, you are that? If you thought you were someone else, something else, you'd be that thing... And no one can tell you otherwise because aren't you just the same person you were to them, because they think you are? In their world, you are who they think you are. In yours, you could be whatever you want. And it is your world.

Sorry for the horrible time division. We live on the very edges of the world. Drop us a line. And for a second... If only... If you ignored your senses for a while...

~ Keeper of the Blog, -Undisclosed-

Since I cannot seem to edit the previous post, I would just like to say that if that time zone is too wrong for you, then I am also on MSN 5:30 - 11:00 GMT most days.
solar1on@hotmail.com
Feel free to spam me!

Last Living Souls

Hey? You guys? You guys?!?! >_<

Well, I hope you guys are still there, listening or summ'atch. I know someone has to... I think. Hello? Anyway, I feel the time has come that I feel quite confident in offering to do coordinated sessions for working on creating one's personal "Mental Construct."

I had wished I would of got to do it more, practice, and study it more, but it feels like the minor interested faded. Without anyone caring... What's the use of writing anything here? I felt like we needed to spark more interest!

Well, contact me on MSN. Most times between 4:30-6:30PM PST are good. Here it is: binary-stars@hotmail.com.

If any of you start to spam me, I will immediately feel free to block you, permanently. D:

Here's to you, kids!

~ Keeper of the Blog, -Undisclosed-

The better part of what you said was in your head

Well, I see denizens of this here internet have begun slowly filing in. Firstly, you will have to forgive us for the shaky quality of the recent posts. They have been more like journal entries that were written down so we wouldn't forget to later than professional posts. As well, I have had a lot of stuff to not do, which is really interfering with my spare time and ability to really get down into the details.



But, as always, I try to have good news! While I have been rather busy, I am trying to work on both sorting things out and further researching this psychological phenomenon. Soon, I will hope to be able to find willing volunteers, possibly even one of you (!) to help us. Let it be known that if any of you are really, truly interested and want a "Companion" of your own, I may get personally involved and help you.



That's right, as soon as possible, should any of you want to see how this works personally, and we’ll try to be there. However, although we have had some very conclusive statistics on success, we have not had very many volunteers for... The process in the long run. It may very well be that all the people chosen had some deciding factor.



On the other hand, we very well may discover that those who make excellent candidates are random! There may be some factors, but I could try to do it, sure. Those of you pushing for us to post some link or picture that will make this magically happen aren't going to be pleased, though. Although it can be easy, certain people can have a harder time with it, it can take a while, an it really only works best in a personal, one-on-one situation.



Of course, I am hesitant to have a transaction of information, emails, messenger ID's, etc. I feel I might be... Liable for anything going wrong. I don't want to have to take up that unneeded responsibility until everything is settled. Heck, though, if it won't be fun for all of us to see how this all works out. So... Let me know and I'll get right on it. I am not a machine though, so you may have to wait. Just hang around for a bit and we'll see.



And... Since we wouldn't want to go through with it without letting you know what it entails, we're finally going to describe, in a very general outline, how it works. "Hurray!" Amirightlulz?



*ehem* Anyway, the first step is to just clear your head and relax. This is almost always done with the aid of another person helping to instruct you. All you need to do is calm down so that your thoughts and random nonsequiters don't distract you from what you're doing.



Next, you will begin to get an idea in your head of the basics of your Construct. Things like your companion's name, what it "looks like," etc. and eventually things like its voice and personality.



Finally, you begin to try to get your companion to react. In a way, you imagine them into existence. This is the most difficult part to actually explain scientifically. The easiest way to say it is you think what they do, but you think that you don't. Kind of like not knowing what you yourself are thinking. :)



Well, we're off. See you again soon, and hopefully, with better posts and more interesting stuff to talk about. As always, leave comments, they let us know you're actually reading!



(P.S. We need a name for the process of creating a Companion better than just "the Process." If you have a suggestion for a better one, let us know. If we have a suitably good suggestion, we'll actually use it and give you special recognition. :D)

~ Keeper of the Blog, -Undisclosed-

Talk and other talk

A few things to start.

1. Sorry if I freaked anybody out with the last post.
2. If you're annoyed with not seeing the method, or you want to know something specific, or you want one!; please say something. We can't hear you shouting at your computer.
3. If you're using StumbleUpon, at least consider that rating button. Publicity is nice. So are comments.

And now, onto a slightly more rambling observation. Stream of conciousness, whichever.

An intriguing thing about talking in your head is hearing things that aren't words, but rather concepts. Here in this limited physical world, we have to use sounds or letters like these to get across messages, and these can lead to confusing ambiguities and misunderstandings.

"He deserted his dessert in the desert."

"A sewer who sew for sewers fell into a sewer."

But concepts have no such ambiguity. They are what they mean, they don't just say it. And they can express directly what words might evoke; the heat of a desert, the descending calm of a holiday; a thousand little pieces of human observation.

However, when you're used to words, they can be confusing sometimes. They might be incomprehensible, they might pack half a novel's worth of thought into one big "oomph". And often it seems very fast for a word-bound mind. And the weird flipside is when you're talking, and get a reply over your talk - because your concept has already gone through, but you haven't finished the words.

But I wonder what things might be like if people did talk that way. Language barriers would be rather different - instead of translating words, you'd have to translate understandings of things. Expressions of love would really be something else....

I don't really know where I'm going with this. It was just a subject that I felt needed a ramble. I think I'm done now.

-seadragon

In my head, in my heart, in my soul

In regards to Sea's post, I have to make a comment.

While it may seem odd or even frightening that these constructs have a will of their own and their own likes/dislikes, they are beings of your subconcious mind. So, don't be too concerned. Know how theirs those cheesy childrens movies you absolutely detest as annoying, and yet you still want to sing along? It's similar to that.

Keep with us. We'll (seriously!) have details on how to get your own little companion soon. :)