General Discussion

I also use it for fitness. It’s a personal trainer. I have ongoing chats for bench press/triceps days, chats for pull ups/leg days, chat for my running/rowing machine days, and I’m going to start a chat for my mobility day…at 53 I need to take mobility more seriously. It’s great for tracking and getting immediate feedback. A trainer would cost $130/session. My form is good so I don’t need an on-site trainer.

I use it for my history hobby. I don’t have time to read history until I retire, but when I help my wife around the house with the dishes or vacuuming or whatever, I listen to some amazing history podcasts (history of Rome by Mike Duncan was amazing…now I’m listening to Robin Pierson’s continuation of that with the history of Byzantium - I just got to the time when Nikephoras Phokas was assassinated!). I digest what I heard by having some back and forth with the bot. I really enjoy the conversation and it definitely helps fill the gaps of knowledge that I need to keep the narrative fluid in my head….lots of names, dates, and places.

I am learning Japanese and Spanish…I use Duolingo for those, but the bot is much better than Duolingo. I upload screenshots of the text I am using and do the exercises with the bot. It supplements YouTube channels that help etc.

Travel….i have strong interests in exotic travel. It has been very helpful for planning some retirement travel that I have in mind….Mount Vinson Massif in Antarctica….Heard and McDonald Island in the South Indian Ocean…I actually have some confidence that those are feasible places to get to now. I know where to start. Were there other avenues to find ways? Probably, but I found this instantly. It’s an enhanced google search.

Lastly, the most important folder is my quant folder where I do the quant conversations. I use this to do my math exercises so that I can continuously improve my own knowledge. As stated above, I work through some graduate texts that are much more applied than the math PhD that I actually did (my thesis involved maximally abstract pure math that is hard to apply to industry so I am always seeking to improve my skill set relative to my colleagues and competitors who were much more applied). I also read some of the latest research on Arxiv and I use it to confirm my understanding….and yes, I'm also improving my deep learning knowledge as well.

A myriad of other mundane things too. Most of it is not meant to say, “oh look at this brilliant thing I made!” People just want quick answers to questions. One must use judgment of course and critical thinking.

It’s a revolution. It will force some changes. I think green energy will finally be forced on even the most right wing anti-green energy ideologue. It will be necessary. It will force the hand of water technology as well…or maybe they find other ways to keep things cool. UBI will be needed too.