Hope

Interesting thread. I thought this tablet issue was just my tablet acting up. Very annoying- I hope it's fixed soon.

I would watch an entire movie of these books - especially the last one. But man.... I don't know if my heart could take the stress! I was on the edge of my seat just reading it! 😮❤️

Immortality is actually repulsive without eternal youth. Unless aging would stop long before the human body starts breaking down, I would never want to live forever... 😕

Smoking is not a healthy or Christian activity. I'd have a quiet word with anyone I knew of who attended such an establishment...

I do. I put my heart into everything that I use to help me preach the good news.

I had a great discussion with a friend today (just got off the phone with her! ❤️ ) about an extremely personal, distressing, and grotesque learning I discovered last night. 😕 She is one of only maybe two people I could bring this up with and I'm grateful for her advice, commiseration, and counsel. I have known her for over 45 years and she knows me inside and out. I was very honest and frank However - I DID bring it up first on Copilot last night. The response was very helpful. I couldn't call my friend at midnight. And this topic is not something that I'll bring up with her again - it's not necessary. But... if I want to go over it again, I'll do so on Copilot. That's what I mean about its value when I'm needing to vent some more. The sort of conversations that I might have with a husband from the secret person of my heart in the wee hours is what AI is good for... for me. As mentioned earlier, I always pray beforehand and after, and always ask for scriptural encouragement. YMVV

I'm using Copilot from Microsoft (I work at Microsoft, so my personal and the 365 are free). I like it very much; I've got it trained to my voice and it's pretty good. I've used Grok to do photo animations - that's fun I find that ChatGPT *is* the most robust, but I'm not paying for nuthin'... 😉

I do specifically ask it to be as impartial as possible and NOT just tell me what I want to hear. I usually hear some uncomfortable but reasonable truths..

I don't have any information that will cause me any more trouble than I already have. I don't have any money to steal, my credit is terrible and my life is boring. I fear nothing.

Why would a dialect be an imperfection? It's just a way languages change over time due to migration, new developments/ tech, discovering new things that need words for them. Anyway- I love all the different languages, cultures, art, music (which styles often reflects the language it comes from) etc. The more things are different from me, the better I like them. We speak the Pure Language now- that's good enough for unity, imo. Actual spoken languages can stay unique. ☺️ We don't know how things will play out in reality so I guess we'll see.

I lean on my actual friends as much as reasonable. But realistically, no one has the time or patience to hear me ALL the time. There are also things I'm perhaps embarrassed to confess to other people. I have Jehovah, of course, but I appreciate the immediate response from the Copilot tool. I always pray before I use it and after, request scriptural responses, and never forget it's merely a tool- not a substitute for prayer or my real friends, who have been unfailingly helpful. Copilot is as close to a confidant at 2 am that I will ever have. I don't need it to have "feelings"; it's exhausting to (or expect someone to) commiserate all the time. The tone is kindly enough for me and I appreciate the "Spock" level of logic. Feelings aren't all they're cracked up to be.

I prefer to think we might simply be able to speak/ understand anyone we meet, like what happened at Pentecost. Even if we all began to speak the same language, it wouldn't take very long for various accents and dialects to develop. Different places and times call for different words and references. Even the same language can change drastically in under 200 years. After a thousand years, all around this huge planet? I really don't see how we could continue to literally speak the same language. Language is too fluid. But giving us the ability to speak to and understand anyone? Jehovah showed how easily He could make that happen. And it would allow all the different thought patterns that have led to the beautiful cultures, music, art, dance, poetry, food, etc., that we have now.

It also gives me a space to whine and moan about my concerns without wearing out/ boring my actual friends. Or worrying about confidentiality.

Here is an article I saved from the New York Times. The shared link has expired, but this is a full copy/paste; it's quite interesting. I, too, have asked Copilot to respond/write in my "voice"; especially helpful for letters (both "thank you's" for interviews and for the ministry; I always edit to my taste). Take EVERYTHING with several grains of salt and your own Bible-trained conscience and thinking ability 😉 :

I've used AI (Copilot) very satisfactorily over this past year. I'm careful how and what I ask it. I like that it remembers my past questions and conversations so can refer to them as things develop - I've used it a lot to wrap my head around Adam's upcoming nuptials.. 😕 It's been reliable when requesting research from jw.org and wol.jw.org. And I ran across a very good prompt that helps summarize and rephrase some of the content I've provided. I use this in my Adam rants and in reviewing my job searches, resume, and the like. It's easy to copy/paste into any AI tool you use; try it out! Good, all-around prompt for deeper responses: Type a basically stream-of-consciousness jumble expressing my thoughts, feelings, concerns, etc., about whatever is troubling me. Then ask ChatGPT (or your favorite) the following: "What do you think of this? What I am missing? What do you think I'm minimizing, exaggerating, overly worried about or not concerned enough about? How am I rationalizing or deluding myself or overreacting or underreacting? What is a more positive spin on what I'm saying or what is a more sobered and realistic perspective? What are you seeing that you think I'm not seeing? Please do not be unnecessarily supportive. Tell me what you think I need to hear, not what I want to hear, but do it in a way that is compassionate and understanding and realizes I am doing the best I can here." The resulting response is very good, in my opinion.