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I have never regretted studying and practising with the good people of religion. Even when I am in the presence of privileged Americans, Europeans etc.
Sometimes we live and learn. Keep up the good work.
https://tricycle.org/magazine/buddhist-diversity-in-america/

I have decided to cancel my ChatGPT Plus subscription and delete my account today. They did offer me 1 month for free and, while I had 9 days of paid use left, thought it would be better to get rid of it completely.

I have installed Claude and so far all good. Let's see how we do with my upcoming systematic review. I will be using the free version for now.

Thanks for all the updates and advice.

Edit: I have received an email informing me I will be refunded around 5 dollars for the "unused time". Oh well!

Desert lobster!

I worry a lot about the peril of AI, but there is also the promise.

15. More precise gene editing (poor gene editing has often catastrophic results)
14. Better medical record processing leading to better outcomes
13. Materials science
12. Protein folding modeled leading to new and better drugs
11. Including antibiotics
10. Low carbon cement (cement is one of the biggest CO2 emitters)
9. Better understanding of the gut-brain connection
8. Generating 3D models off a single 2D image (has efficiency benefits)
7. Understand AIs limits in weather modeling around unusual occurrences (not really an AI advance, more an advance in our understanding of its limits)
6. At the same time, better weather modeling through probabilistic rather than physics models
5. Math that checks itself
4. Identifying dementia type through EEG
3. Spotting heart disease from a 10 second EKG
2. Modeling more obscure genetic information
1. Protein binding in seconds rather than hours or days

Wot?
Those begging peace monks have been at it again?
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/buddhist-monks-complete-three-day-walk-for-peace-in-northern-england/

Nobody tells me nothing!
We could use them in London, as long as they bring the dog... Wait the quarantine laws would be too strenuous.

As you were!

Life is miraculous
Life is mundain
A bird does not behold anorther bird as a thing miraculous, it sees another bird.
We view each moment as mundain, Yet the mundain is the miricle.
And the miricle is the mundain.
Wonderous!

Peace to all