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Read about performance in Mexico shortly before his death :-)

You're asking pretty girl to chase you, which doesn't reflect well on you. Better to ask the friend whether you can have the pretty girl's LINE id. Then you contact her for yourself. Also, the Thai will be simpler this way.

There's a cool one you use in traffic, when someone who does not have right of way aggressively pushes in. Of course you don't say anything to that upstart driver, you just very quietly say it to your traveling companions inside the safety of your car! The English translation is "to enter without mercy" and it has the word 'jai' (heart/feeling) in it. Someone else here will know the full phrase :-)

The name Phar Lap derives from the common Zhuang and Thai word for lightning: ฟ้าแลบ [fáː lɛ̂p], literally 'sky flash'.

My point exactly.

Prior to covid, my understanding of vaccination was that it prevented disease transmission (it prevented the body from 'catching' the relevant illness). Prior to covid, i never heard of any vaccine that could reduce symptoms. Is there a gap in my knowledge, or did the basic function of vaccines suddenly change significantly in March 2020?

You say I am being vague because I'm not talking about the concrete thing immediately in front of you. You think I am 'stringing together' concepts because I have a large data set in my head (I read a lot) and therefore I'm able to draw broader comparisons, which add to understanding and therefore lead us toward better quality answers. This is a thread about AI generally, and whether it exists as hyped. Mainstream media presents ChatGPT as having made leaps and bounds in its development in recent months. These reported recent developments in ChatGPT are prompting more discussion about AI in the general population. Hence the focus on it in this thread in April 2023.

Is it necessary to sweet-talk these women? I thought the point was to pay them... "mai poot ploy, khun jaai ploy"

???? Great point - I agree there's where the focus should be. It's a bit like, along comes this new thing called the Model T Ford and, we're very excited, there's a lot of hype, so we focus on its speed, engine power and handling rather than trying to project into the future and guess at the longterm effects of mass use of automobiles. (Direct and indirect consequences). Or, along comes feminism, divorce law, and the sexual revolution, and we focus on the quality of our pick-up lines and on the relative efficacy of various contraceptives rather than imagining the likely longterm effects of redesigning the relationship between men & women. (Direct and indirect consequences). With AI, there's a preliminary question as to whether it does in fact exist (the topic of this thread). If AI does exist as reported, what are the likely consequences for humanity? (Direct and indirect consequences). On the other hand, if AI doesn't exist as presented, and is only a lie being told by certain journalists, academics and netizens, then.... <drumroll>.... we need to ask, what might be the long-term, direct and indirect consequences for humanity? What is the usual long-term result when we blindly trust invisible authority figures who excel in manipulating our emotions?

How did you go in Thailand? I can get away with that kind of refusenik behaviour in Oz but harder to maintain it when dealing with the mindset of average Thai bank employee. Phone users are retarded though - using wifi without VPNs, recharging at random public USB outlets, and the list goes on. ????

Please rephrase your comments for clarity, so we can talk about your concerns.

Seems to me this big change is coming, whether any individual likes it or not. Whether anyone personally ignores ChatGPT or enthusiastically throws questions at it (intelligent or unintelligent) every evening, won't make a scrap of difference. Some people just like to jump onto every bandwagon. I know a very high IQ medical doctor, who has published extensively and completed a Fellowship, and also done a lot of charity work, who tested negative to COVID four times in one week, and still insists ????????????that he had COVID at that time. "Based on what, Sir? A HUNCH???" (The doctor turns witchdoctor!) Just a full on bandwagon rider. Has to share the same experiences that everyone else. Some people are just like that. Makes no difference in the end -- so I think people should feel emboldened to "dare to ignore" (your words) ChatGPT and all the AI buzz, if that's their preference. Nature is still there, instrumental music, animals, cooking... all the good things that were always there are still there. I for one cherish the opportunity to talk to those who still have the ability to generate THEIR OWN THOUGHTS. These days most people cannot converse; they merely regurgitate from news and social media. Like demented parrots. ChatGPT will only exacerbate the problem. I should pick out a few choice individuals right now and beg them to ring fence with me ;-) The Anti ChatGPT Chat Group.

Let's think about the type of questions/requests we should be making of ChatGPT in order to assess its abilities. One, a computer program (on its own) is not a petrol car, a fire in a Mekong rice field, nor a factory, so we can't expect it to generate pollution (at average rates or otherwise). On the face of it, the computer program fails 100%, because you asked it to generate air pollution and it failed to fulfil your request. Two, I will assume you meant to ask the computer program to report some data to you -- data that YOU want, because YOU are in the driver's seat, testing ChatGPT. The purpose of deriving a mean average is to be able to compare individual data points to that mean. Alternatively, you might want to compare the mean of one data set with the mean of another (comparable) data set. It's not clear here what information you wanted from ChatGPT. If you are accustomed to checking a (for example) daily air pollution statistic (e.g., from a news source, or a pollution-tracking app), then simply request today's data in the same way you'd use Google. If you want a computer program to calculate an average, then you need to tell it what YOU want the data set to be. (Otherwise, you are simply being a passive recipient of someone else's creation, like when reading a book, watching the news or listening to a song). To give actionable instructions to Chat GPT, you first need to think about WHY you want to see this data and what ACTION you'll take as a result of seeing it. You'd need to tell ChatGPT: - what's the time period from which the mean average is to be derived? - (presumably there are sensors or similar placed asking Bangkok, testing the air.) Which sensors' data should be included in the calculation? Should any sensors' data be excluded? - what's the desired unit measure of air pollution ChatGPT should work with? If you can't be bothered to truly test ChatGPT's abilities, and you are more interested in observation and entertainment, then make a request something like: "ChatGPT, write some code that has something to do with calculating some kind of average air pollution in Bangkok." If you'd asked that question, then the answer you received from ChatGPT would have been appropriate. BUT it wouldn't be a very useful or impressive answer, because the question wouldn't have been meaningful or difficult.

IQ is not the same as wisdom, and IQ is not a predictor of a person's usefulness to others High-IQ people don't necessarily lead productive lives, nor necessarily bring peace and happiness to the people & communities around them. High-IQ people tend to feel lonely and misunderstood. They often spend time alone because they prefer that over human company. They can become rather bitter and resentful people. When they do engage, it is comparably easy for them to exploit and manipulate others -- not because they are evil people, but for the practical reason that their processing speed & accessible memory is greater. All other things being equal, I wouldn't place a lot of trust in someone purely because of their high IQ. I would need more information about what they are like as a person, so I could get an overall picture.

Yeah, very tolerant: they have sex with people that no one else would. They do business with criminals that no one else would. I agree with you, they are very tolerant indeed.

Yes... Ha! There is a gleeful, impish Thai smile that means: "Farang, you're paying a very inflated price, and I am getting a lot of pleasure from that fact alone. I am also gaining status & face in front of my friends because I am showing off to them about ripping you off, and that makes me very happy." Seen it a few times now. It also has this element of "Whatchagunnadoaboutit? / So sue me!" in it. You mention wealth inequality. "Thailand now has the largest wealth gap in the world, according to a recent report by Credit Suisse. The Global Wealth Report and Databook, published in December 2018, showed that the richest 1% in Thailand now controls almost 67% of the country’s wealth." How does a country reach the top of that inequality chart? Which behaviours and skills are needed? I'll leave forum members to ponder that over the weekend. https://www.aseantoday.com/2019/01/thailands-wealth-inequality-is-the-highest-in-the-world-what-does-this-mean-for-upcoming-elections/

Yes. 'Automated Intelligence'. That's all it is.

Surely that disclosure deserves a bit more detail!

???????? Great find! It's THE classic case of Small Man Syndrome.

'Thailand: Deadly Destination' by John Stapleton costs $6 as Amazon ebook. Provides many facts & a decent analysis of the overall treatment of non-Thais in Thailand.

Great topic OP. Don't you just HATE it when do-gooders do good?

To have one set of clear & lasting rules, applied consistently to all, is not a profitable system. Also, it disperses power amung the population, rather than consolidating it in a few hands.

Yeah I am Aussie and I cringe every time a US cit tells me that "The fact is, when you [tip more, fly business class, etc], they simply treat you better." Can't everyone just maintain a baseline level of politeness and conviviality that everyone is entitled to? How difficult is that? Makes life so much more pleasant.

I heard TA is going broke, which gives me pause about the safety of the planes. Full points though for their 2022 safety demonstration video, which was sensuous, flirty, elegant, creative and beautiful.

Because Singapore is the Switzerland of Asia.