Conversations with AI

[rentier]

In late 2024, I geeked out and started recording all my conversation with AI models, so I now have a database with about 2,000 questions. All of them are "serious" questions and not roleplay.

At this pace, I will average at 5,000 questions per year - far more than I post on forums. All that remains private, seemingly with no chance to share it with anybody. But why not here?

To keep the thread tidy, abide to the following formatting rule, put everything under spoilers:

Spoiler: This is a question (DeepSeek R1)

This is the answer

Optionally, specify the AI model - if you consider that important.

 

[Tabula Rasa]

Just an aside, what kind of questions and topics do you usually ask these models?

 

[rentier]

Just an aside, what kind of questions and topics do you usually ask these models?

The most impressive use is asking AI models naive questions about complex topics. Wikipedia will leave you puzzled and no better than before, whereas with LLMs things fall into place.

I don't ask AI models for their opinions, but rather use them as knowledge machines - which is what they are.

These are the topics discussed in January-February:

I. Programming & Technology:

* Coding in various languages: C++, Go, Bash, Perl, Python, SQL (SQLite), C (including graphics libraries), HTML, CSS. Specific requests include code generation, error handling, and file manipulation.
* LLMs and AI: Functionality, limitations, inner workings, development history, future trends, applications, resource consumption, copyright implications, comparisons (e.g., Gemini vs. other LLMs), evaluation metrics, and AGI.
* Operating Systems: Linux (commands, directories, error handling, file systems), differences between Linux and FreeBSD.
* Databases: SQLite (queries, table creation, data manipulation).
* Networking: GET requests, TLS versions.

II. Finance & Economics:

* Trading strategies: Martingale, grid trading, mean reversion, pairs trading, hedging strategies, volatility profiting, asset pricing, indices (S&P 500), futures trading (spread arbitrage, calendar spreads, funding rates), stock market analysis (P/E ratio).
* Investing: DCA, inflation hedging, real estate, small business ROI, cryptocurrency (Bitcoin mining), mutual funds, ETFs, stock market trends (Chinese stock market).
* Banking: Profitability, grace periods on credit cards, historical views on banking (Aristotle).
* Economic concepts: Inflation, money supply (M2), GDP, economic situations favorable to real estate.

III. History & Culture:

* Decade summaries: 1970s, 2010s.
* Historical events: Vietnam War, Cold War, World War I, assassination of Serbian royal family (Black Hand), development of specific technologies (LLMs, CPUs, NYSE, NASDAQ).
* Historical figures: Elon Musk, Anaximander, Pre-Socratic philosophers, Elon Musk, Napoleon III, Plato, Aristotle.
* Ancient history: Greek myths (gods killing mortals, disrespecting gods), Greek philosophers, the Great Flood, Neanderthals, hominids.
* Religious texts: Leviticus, Old Testament.
* Specific historical periods and cultures: Ancient Greece, Roman Empire, 19th-century US, China, Sweden, UK (inheritance laws).
* Film analysis: 'Terminator', 'Final Destination', 'Psycho', 'Fight Club', 'The Informant!', 'Doom', 'Fargo', 'Silicon Valley', 'Blood in the streets', 'Breaking Bad', 'South Park', 'Resident Evil', 'Cloverfield', 'Sovereign Individual'.
* Literature: Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Chuck Palahniuk, Neal Stephenson, Vladimir Nabokov, Stephen King, Pierre Klossowski.
* Music: West Coast jazz, East Coast jazz, K-Pop, South Park intro song, history of music radio, K-On! anime soundtrack.


IV. Geography & Science:

* Geography: Locations of places (Los Angeles, New York City, Westeros, Minnesota, Adelaide, Texas, Florida, Trinidad and Tobago, Middle East, Saint Petersburg). Coastlines.
* Science: Glass production, pepper spray degradation, Ohm's law, lithium-ion batteries, lithium shortage, silver demand, trebuchets vs. archers, archers' effective range, cotton in clothes, serotonin and sleep, viruses, humanoid robots, chemical reactions, sun, weather, astrology (Chinese zodiac), climate change. Astronomy (Apophis asteroid).
* Biology: Neanderthals, werewolves, crows, cats, bears, bacteria. Human evolution.

V. Miscellaneous:

* Word definitions and origins: "Eye for an eye", "Black queen", "American experiment", "grok", "blasian", "puni puni", "already", "sell your face"