I am earnestly inclined to double down on smart alecs and sarcastic wits as a matter of pragmatism.

Ok, but will you do so persistently?

If only the CIA had given that guy in Sneakers a Winnebago then the movie could have been longer.

Love the optimism couched as pessimism. LLM training data doesn't do that.

> in the real world, not just in AI

The scheduler is trained to give higher weight to those sorts of questions apparently. This begs some questions for GPTs, questions like how are they supposed to model something not implied in the training data?

Is a game of poker magical thinking?

It can be, depending on your thought process while playing. If you're indulging in feeling like your willpower can affect what cards get drawn, then yes. If you're just thinking about betting strategy and your opponents, then less so.

My own magical thinking indulgence is fishing. I'll tell myself dumb stuff like "the next cast will be the one". I think any sort of gambling-like experience where random chance is heavily involved can be an outlet for magical thinking, healthy or otherwise.

Ugh. You can be cocksure of your doubts. It's still confidence, duh.

> Still, no one expects easy answers.

Ahem (as a would-be investor, I am insulted).

Don't forget, if it stays busy with HN comments then maybe it won't have time for air traffic control or surgical jobs.

Or Skynet'ing

We'll buy stuff from the guy who gave us that info.

I'm not skeptical it will provide the next likely words. Maybe the words will be to my advantage, but why go around expecting a certain outcome?