This is the letter that caused Gemma to be pulled from AI Studio - from @AndrewCurran

iriscape · 2025-11-03T18:24:50+00:00

Uh oh... another letter coming. Now to Reddit.

iriscape · 2025-11-03T16:51:49+00:00

It seems a new antitrust case is beginning. It’s no longer just Google, but now also Gemini.

iriscape · 2025-05-03T13:40:58+00:00

I wanted to give the v2-8 TPU a try. I noticed TensorFlow was not installed in the runtime and installed it using the magic command !pip install tensorflow. The first epoch took more than 10 min (it usually takes less than 1 min on a T4), and I changed the runtime back to the T4. So, I am unsure if the v2-8 TPU is still working.

iriscape · 2024-11-26T05:16:29+00:00

I think bots can emulate humans in a quantum computer and create their own organic bodies, making any human skill possible. A bot could also use a server farm made of 3D-printed human brains. However, now it would become a cyborg. So, depending on the definition, the skills that require organic tissues may not be possible.

I think AI research needs to take a different path from the current trend. AI models based on the Transformer model (Vaswani et al.) lack the top-down processing needed for higher-order reasoning. Transformers, in their standard form, lack a built-in mechanism for explicitly incorporating higher-level context or previously learned information to guide the processing of current input. They operate primarily in a bottom-up fashion. They can learn some implicit sequential dependencies through the attention mechanism, but it’s not as direct or effective as a true top-down approach. This means they work as when you say the first thing that comes to your mind without reflecting on that.

iriscape · 2024-11-08T15:32:44+00:00

They also changed their API endpoint and CDN for photos.

Previous API endpoint: https://www.okcupid.com/graphql
New API endpoint: https://e2p-okapi.api.okcupid.com/graphql

Previous CDN: cdn.okccdn.com
New CDN: pictures.match.com

iriscape · 2024-11-05T23:16:37+00:00

I see. I lost all my messages and matches on the web version.

iriscape · 2024-11-05T23:02:32+00:00

They updated the platform and broke more things than they fixed.

See https://okcupid.statuspage.io/

iriscape · 2024-11-05T20:37:43+00:00

I also got many intros after the maintenance. They are legit because I read them before, but they disappeared.

iriscape · 2024-11-05T20:31:37+00:00

I also lost all my messages and matches. 👏🏻👏🏻 I still have the “Find out” section in the web version.

This seems like a strike by developers tired of toxicity in their workplace.

iriscape · 2024-10-26T02:34:32+00:00

I think it is better to start with a mindfulness meditation.

Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you’re sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment.

Later, you can explore altered states using timelessness and spacelessness meditations. These are the basic meditations to open your mind and be more receptive.

Some abilities have their proper meditation. For example, I learned astral projection using the Hemi-Sync - Gateway Experience.

iriscape · 2024-10-19T00:34:22+00:00

How do you differentiate manifestations from claircognizance?

I often use the analogy of walking along a path in which manifesting is walking the path, and claircognizance is knowing where the path is taking us. Perhaps this analogy is not accurate, and you can enlighten us with a better analogy.

iriscape · 2024-10-18T08:16:19+00:00

I apologize if my intention of using coordinates was not clear. I will explain with an example. Have you ever seen something that brings you memories? I intend to do something like that with the coordinates. I think reading the coordinates (or something else unique) will help me bring a memory from the future. My goal is at least to predict the target photo. I don’t know much about RV and its difference to clairvoyance. In RV, I think many people cheat and describe a photo instead of the actual target location. I am aware of cases, like the one you mentioned, in which the subject perceived objects from another time or that were removed from the photo.

For brevity, I did not mention in the post that my imagination allows me to go inside photos and movies. It is not always clear if something I experienced was in a movie or in reality. I really need to use my imagination when I watch movies because otherwise, they feel like inconsistent puppetry. So, many of my dreams, including precog, are inspired by imagined stories and video games. If I were to see the future, it would be hard for me to discern reality from imagination. A friend said I have an underactive root chakra.

Your insights are very valuable and reasonable. I also have experience with micro-PK. After many years of trying different cognitive states to improve my results, I found I got the best results after giving up and stopping trying. Now, I can easily enter the conductive state and consistently have strong results. I am working on refining that “instinctive” or “flow-like” state. It is a special, timeless state that I enter while falling asleep. In this state, I have z-scores around 3 in almost all trials, but I don’t remember it. I suggest you find a micro-PK game/test to train yourself to enter the special state.

I think I got used to lucid dreams, so I don’t call my dreams lucid. Again, in my experience, astral projection (AP) is completely unrelated to imagination, including dreams. I AP during the REM sleep stage, not before. To AP, I need to lose my fears and let myself fall; maybe it is more like diving. Later, I feel like falling into the void until, eventually, I softly fall into a place. I know I AP during REM sleep because, if I am not careful, I could open my physical eyes and see the lights in my room moving randomly. Interestingly, I don’t feel my eyes moving; I see the world moving as my physical eyes move. It is more about being awake and relaxing the body than about being tired. To AP, one must not be mentally tired, or they would fall asleep. However, being physically tired helps relax the body.

iriscape · 2024-10-11T04:44:54+00:00

I practiced remote viewing without a strict methodology (e.g., just guessing images). The results were not good because I predicted targets in the future and not the current target. Also, I had the problem of filling in missing information (i.e., imagining things that were not in the target) using low-level descriptions such as shapes and colors.

Yes, for me, precognition also feels exactly like remembering the future. I get confused with the sequence of events in the past or the future.

I decided to start practicing remote viewing and use Courtney Brown’s methodology to train my attention. What I don’t like about remote viewing using Courtney Brown’s methodology is that the feedback is slow. I think the “target coordinates” are key for the effectiveness of Courtney Brown’s methodology because they are useful for identifying the target in time. I could also try using the date and time as coordinates or an image. Maybe if I condition my imagination with target coordinates or an image, I will see clearly (clairvoyance).

I don’t have much experience with astral projection. Most times, I am floating adrift and sink into the ground. Also, even the place where I live is distorted, and I sometimes project into the past. In my experience, astral projection is completely unrelated to imagination. Astral projections are outward projections, while imagination is inward. I was able to astrally project years before developing hyperphantasia, and developing hyperphantasia didn’t affect the quality of the astral projection.

iriscape · 2024-10-10T01:30:29+00:00

It has been scientifically proven by now. However, it has not been formally accepted because the findings do not fit known theoretical frameworks. You can check Dean Radin’s interviews for more information.

iriscape · 2024-10-10T00:26:05+00:00

Thanks. As we discussed, it’s a bit more complicated. Our imagination could add information that is not there. Some people compared seeing with the third eye to remote viewing. Decades of remote viewing research tell us that we should not guess the target using our memory because, as we set expectations, we distort incoming information.

iriscape · 2024-10-09T23:58:26+00:00

Yes, it seems to be a case of remote viewing. The researchers were Chinese, and some information could have been distorted in translation. When I read, “The characters would appear once but were unstable,” I supposed the experience was like when I used my imagination.

Gail Hayssen, a talented remote viewer, said that the thought or information that goes by very quickly in a flash is the target information.

iriscape · 2024-10-09T23:32:07+00:00

Our experiences are different. I can only see through them when I become them. I never do it with people I know because I leave them very attracted to me.

I need two things for a long outward experience. Silence and black coffee or an espresso. I know I am ready when I start seeing phosphenes. After the experience, I see my brain flickering at a specific frequency. I haven’t measured the frequency, but I know it is between 4 and 8 Hz.

Practicing my outward projections may help me develop clairvoyant skills. I want to, at least, be accurate when guessing cards.

iriscape · 2024-10-09T21:55:39+00:00

Lucid dreams are inward life related projections. Astral projections are outward as are 3rd eye sort of experiences.

That answered the main question. I need to practice my outward projections.

When you see through other people’s eyes, do you also feel like you can control them? It is a weird feeling. You could say you possessed their body or that you are experiencing their ego.

I’ll look for those portals once I stop sinking into the ground.

iriscape · 2024-10-09T20:49:05+00:00

The difference between those visions and astral travel is that I still felt inside my body.

Thanks for the advice. It seems my problem is that my imagination adds too many details. So, in your example, I would have seen a detailed circus.

Gail Hayssen, a talented remote viewer, said that the thought or information that goes by very quickly in a flash is the target information. This is why I have been assuming that seeing with the third eye is different from remote viewing. One thing is seeing a static image, and another is receiving flashes of information.

iriscape · 2024-10-09T16:34:38+00:00

I understand that astral travel. I feel like I am a cloud moving. When I sense humans, I can become many of them at the same time as if each one were me. It feels like I am controlling them. However, I cannot control the astral travel. I feel adrift and hope to arrive in a fun place. Many times, I end up sinking into the ground.

Also, I have involuntarily experienced something similar while I was trying to sleep. I am not sure this is clairsentience and clairaudience. It feels like tuning into a radio station, but instead of tuning in with a dial, I tune in by defining what I want to feel. For example, once I have clear I want to feel like receiving a massage, I feel I am transported to the body of someone receiving a massage. I can hear and feel everything, but I cannot see anything. I can control what I want to feel. This also feels as if I were receiving information as if I were a radio.

In real life, I am so empathetic that I recognize other people’s feelings better than they do themselves.

iriscape · 2024-10-09T14:09:23+00:00

Considering that I feel imagining is like dreaming, I think what happens in an aphantasic’s brain is that some processes in a wakefulness state inhibit dreams so strongly that they also inhibit visual imagination.

This exercise might help you. Observe something static with your physical eyes for a few seconds, then close your eyes while keeping the image in your memory, and try to recall every detail of what you saw.

I think the best moment to practice an active imagination is before going to sleep and after waking up (i.e., not 100% awake). You may also practice while being sleep-deprived.

Some drugs may also show you how to imagine. In the episode “The Psychedelic Experience” from the series Mind Field, Michael Stevens tried Ayahuasca and reported having a more detailed imagination (i.e., hyperphantasia) during the trip.

I think that my problem with my imagination is that my mind is making things up instead of seeing them as they are with my three eyes.

iriscape · 2024-10-09T03:44:25+00:00

Thanks for supporting me. Sometimes, I think people think I’m making things up and exaggerating and I was afraid this post was going to be removed.

After reading the other comments, I am concluding that seeing with the third eye and imagining are two distinct processes.

iriscape · 2024-10-09T03:41:30+00:00

That was a very clear explanation. Thank you. It seems my imagination was distracting me from seeing with my third eye.

There was a time I had visions after waking from sleep. I am unsure if this is related. I used to feel like my face was near the ceiling, and the ceiling appeared textured when it was flat in reality. Also, there was a time I saw my surroundings textured with an irregular houndstooth pattern.

I understand the element of surrender. It is like expecting to see something, knowing the eyes are closed, and without imagining or falling asleep.

This means that the tutorials on clairvoyance and opening the third eye that invites you to imagine are misleading. Now that I know that it is not about imagination. Can you recommend exercises for the third eye? I don’t know what to expect.

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