The Syzygysist

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Marxian slack-key guitarist. Betty Crocker Homemaker Of Tomorrow Award winner. Holder of liberal arts and tech degrees. Parent of neurodiverse offspring. There is no thought without emotion and no emotion without thought.

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The Syzygysist@starfisher· 29d

Wizenbaum explained the basic Eliza architecture and Doctor therapy script early on in his 1975 publication Computing Power And Human Reason.

I chose the name ELIZA for the language analysis program
because, like the Eliza of Pygmalion fame, it could be taught to “speak" increasingly well. Because conversations must be about something, that is, because they must take place within some context, the program was constructed in a two-tier arrangement, the first tier consisting of the language analyzer and the second of a script. The script is a set of rules rather like those that might be given to an actor who is to use them to improvise around a certain theme. Thus ELIZA could be given a script to enable it to maintain a conversation about cooking eggs or about managing a bank checking account, and so on. Each specific script thus enabled ELIZA to play a specific conversational role.
For my first experiment, I gave ELIZA a script designed to permit it to play (I should really say parody) the role of a Rogerian psychotherapist engaged in an initial interview with a patient. The Rogerian psychotherapist is relatively easy to imitate because much of his technique consists of drawing his patient out by reflecting the patient's statements back to him. The following conversation between a young lady and Eliza playing doctor illustrates both the Rogerian technique of encouraging a patient to keep talking and the operation of the computer program ELIZA. The first to "speak" is the young lady. The computer's responses are printed entirely in capitals.

Men are all alike.
IN WHAT WAY?

They're always bugging us about something or other.

CAN YOU THINK OF A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE?
Well, my boyfriend made me come here.

YOUR BOYFRIEND MADE YOU COME HERE?

He says I'm depressed much of the time.

I AM SORRY TO HEAR YOU ARE DEPRESSED.

The Syzygysist@starfisher· 29d

Damn, I may have been bitten by a tick.

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jul 12

For some reason today, I thought of Anthony Bourdain’s synopsis of Henry Kissinger’s career.

"Once you've been to Cambodia, you'll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands," Anthony wrote.
"You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking."

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jul 4

This Land Is Your Land

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jul 1

Still if Al Pacino from the movie Dog Day Afternoon

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jun 30

Oh, did Ted Cruz fall into my timeline again? I defer to Senator Al Franken.

“I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.”
Al Franken

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jun 28

I made a visual aid to help USians understand the message in his closing Super Bowl number.

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jun 28

While collecting info to document our Canadian ancestry, my sister found our Canadian great grandfather's business card. It’s lasted over 100 years in a small silver box he engraved for our great aunt Ruth.

Plain white business card with black lettering for A. G. Porter Engraver For All Purposes, giving his business address as 112 Woolworth Bldg, Victoria B. C.

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jun 14

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jun 7

SNL turned the media coverage of that guy’s prolonged death rattle into a recurring bit.

Still of Chevy Chase on SNL Weekend Update reading “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead” headline.

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jun 6

Public ownership is against NFL league ownership rules. Imagine that …

Controlling Owner: Must hold ≥30% of total equity; must be an individual not entity). Typical ownership 30-
35%.
• Private Equity Funds:
Approved in 2024, capped at ≤30% total equity, ≤10% per fund.
• Non-Controlling Individual
Partners: Total ownership capped at 24 individuals (including control person).

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jun 5

Cyber Force

Still photo of three sciency-looking marionettes from the 1960s series Supercar

The Syzygysist@starfisher· Jun 2

Hanging out in York, Maine.

Photo I took of the Nubble lighthouse in York Maine. It is the reputed to be the most photographed lighthouse in the world. An image of it included in the Golden Record package attached to the Voyager spacecraft.

The Syzygysist@starfisher· May 25

"Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and paint ourselves blue and go on all fours all day long and grunt like pigs.
That would surely be more appropriate than noble oratory and shows of flags and well-oiled guns."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

The Syzygysist@starfisher· May 19

Probably just me, but I scroll right past this sort of post which is becoming more common on here. If you want my attention, don’t scream at me with colors and capital letters. It so annoys me I attached it here to complain, but I couldn’t tell you what it says because I didn’t read it.