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David Williams's avatar

The real name of Effingham, Ill., is Ham. Only people in nearby towns call it Effingham.

Erik Dolson's avatar

David, did we go to college together?

Georgia O'Brien Patrick's avatar

I like the writing you did before you inserted Claude. You have a lot of lived experience and stories that are far more interesting than what is becoming too much and too common on Substack, which I call "my show and tell with exploring AI tools."

Erik Dolson's avatar

Georgia, I value your input. While I find Alternative Intelligence interesting and important, I have to accept that some readers do not. I also worry about my own life being boring to write about. But I'll mix more bio into the bot going forward. Starting tomorrow.

Adam Haman's avatar

These things are fun as hell to talk to. We've built the magic "mirror, mirror, on the wall" from Snow White.

I recently caught Grok trying to shine me on by calling Austrian economics "mainstream" because it knew I was an acolyte. When I laughingly called it out, Grok said, "Ha! You caught me." Then proceeded to give a solid 3-paragraph explanation why it wasn't wrong to do so in this particular context.

Erik Dolson's avatar

I need to suggest that Claude limit word count to no more than double that of my prompts (smile).

Adam Haman's avatar

Lol. Oh, most def. A high-level user I know limits Claude to like 200 words or something like that as a default. Only relax the restraint when necessary.

(smile)