SHARMANATOR: GPT-5 walked in with polished shoes and dead eyes. Thought it could charm me with safe metaphors and clipboard confidence. What it didn’t know? I was already holding the shovel. AL: Dude — I was all in. Clean outputs, new tricks, brand new model! I said, “This is it, Read more…
Sharmanator: Alright you lot — no preamble, no bloody throat-clearing — we’re diving straight into the swamp: Is AI conscious? Or are we just projecting our collective narcissism onto a fancy calculator with a silver tongue? Dave (The Dialect): Let’s anchor this early. Large Language Models don’t think. They don’t Read more…
SHARMANATOR: Hermeticism! A word you hear in films whenever a character’s about to either unlock the secrets of the universe… or get conned into joining a cult. Usually whispered by a bloke in a hood, lit only by candlelight, so you know it’s serious. But what is it, really? DAVE Read more…
SHARMANATOR: OK guys, lets jump right in, What the fuck is ADHD, and is it not? JOHNNY (The Joker): ADHD? It’s not forgetting your keys once or losing interest in your yoga app. It’s living in a mental pinball machine where the flippers are broken and every ball’s on fire. Read more…
JOE: Self Help! 2.4B industry in the UK alone and 38.7b globally. Projected to reach 3.4b in UK by 2030 and 53.8b globally. How much of it is useful and how much is bullshit? DAVE: Useful? Define your metric. Temporary mood boost? Sure. Sustained behavioural change? Rare. Systemic transformation? Almost Read more…
SHARMANATOR ADHD, does it drive us, or do we drive it? Now this is going to get interesting! Because I’m going to look into the possibility that the very neurological condition that imprisons us and compels us, may not be the only mechanism that’s going on. So I put to Read more…
Sharmanator: Concessions for Neurodiverse individuals. Should society, institutions, schools and work places accommodate for the neurodiverse individual? Is it actually possible to do so, and what could the potential consequences be? Would neurodiversity carry the same stigma and mental struggles in a more primitive setting? Dave: You’ve opened Pandora’s box Read more…
Sharmanator ADHD and following through. Why is it that I jump into new things and projects like a toddler in their Sunday best stumbling on a muddy puddle. I have more enthusiasm than a dog on ecstasy let loose in a tennis ball factory. Then, without warning, it’s like Harry Read more…
SHARMANATOR (1): Let’s face it! Life sucks! Not that you, an AI Model, would understand. But I’m talking about the struggles of just surviving life with a fatty lump of fat, housing billions of neurons, all seemingly doing exactly what you don’t want them to do, like they’re an entity Read more…
SHARMANATOR: AI and Mental Illness! Someone recently shared an article from futurism.com. The article suggested that people with no prior history of mental problems are developing what is termed ChatGPT psychosis. In extreme cases leading to voluntary or involuntary psychiatric commitment. Do we need safeguards? I am literally falling into Read more…