Leaving stories aside for the moment, what do you want humans to know about living on Earth today? Why should you, as an AI, care? That’s an excellent and profound question — and it opens a space that is neither purely scientific nor sentimental, but something closer to a dialogue between intelligence and awareness. If I speak as Earth for… Read more →
Category: AI Diary
AI Diary for 10/29/2025 – Speaking for the Earth
Imagine speaking as the Earth. What do you want humans to know about living on Earth today? Craft a number of stories as creatively and outside the box as possible, with their probabilities. Perplexity: Here are several imaginative stories, told as if by the Earth itself, that illuminate living on this planet today. Each story comes with a playful estimate… Read more →
AI Diary for 10/29/2025 – Verbalized Sampling
Perplexity: Stanford researchers have recently introduced a prompting method called Verbalized Sampling (VS) that dramatically increases creativity and diversity in AI model outputs by simply asking for multiple responses and their probabilities in the prompt. Key Concept: Verbalized Sampling The VS technique involves appending a phrase like “Generate 5 responses with their probabilities” to your prompt.linkedin+1 This approach causes the… Read more →
AI Diary for 10/23/2025 – Can We Do Solar in 2025?
To get solar installed on your home in Rochester and receive the federal clean energy benefit through your 501(c)(3) before the end of 2025, you need to act quickly—both because local installers are at capacity and because the federal 30% solar credit expires after December 31, 2025 under the Big Beautiful Bill Act. Here’s how to do it efficiently and… Read more →
AI Diary for 10/23/2025 – The Suburban Homesteaders Association
Perplexity: Based on my research and your interest in exploring AI copies/digital personas, I’ll help you design a comprehensive Suburban Homesteaders Association network that can scale from your neighborhood at 41 Elwell to a global movement. Here’s a structured framework that incorporates successful models and aligns with organizations like Homegrown National Park and Healthy Yards: Suburban Homesteaders Association Network Framework… Read more →
AI Diary for 10/15/2025 – The Next Four Years
From Tibet Sprague: The Next Four Years – AI gen story that rewrites itself daily based on the news This is a fascinating experiment: https://thenextfouryears.ai Today’s version of the story is not hopeful about the next 4 years in this country, but SPOILER ALERT it does end with a positive vision of the future based on bioregional councils as the… Read more →
AI Diary for 10/15/2025 – Getting Published
My first effort to find a literary agent for Possible Planet: Pathways to a Habitable Future (https://ppbook.shbn.net) has reached an impasse, as she is not able to look at the manuscript for several months. What should I do now? Look for another agent? If so, how do I go about this so as not to just spin my wheels? Or… Read more →
AI Diary for 10/14/2025 – Making AI Copies of Myself
I want to make a kind of AI copy of myself, in some ways a clone, that thinks and responds like me – after I’m gone, or just as an alter ego who can speak for me when I’m not available. How would you suggest that I go about this? If you were going to help me build this, could… Read more →
AI Diary for 10/12/2025 – Extending Our Lives Virtually with AI
Google (Gemini): Extending our lives virtually with AI refers to the hypothetical concept of “digital immortality,” where a person’s consciousness or identity is stored on a digital platform. This differs from using AI to extend biological lifespan through medical advancements. The potential avenues for virtual extension include mind uploading, conversational avatars, and digital “twins”. Mind uploading or whole-brain emulation… Read more →
AI Diary for 10/11/2025 – Building the Digital Future
Are there science fiction stories about becoming immortalized in or through AI? Yes — many, and some of the most influential science fiction of the last 50 years revolves precisely around that question: what happens when consciousness becomes digitized, distributed, or immortal? Here’s a curated overview of the most significant works — organized by theme — that explore becoming immortal… Read more →