blackshadow
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I was surprised to find that there wasn't a thread here dedicated to AI.
After initially being wary of AI I've fully jumped on board in the last 12 months and am using it a lot and trying to learn as much as I can about it.
I've set up a cloud based VPS that I use as a web interface to tap into several LLM APIs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) mucking around with automations using n8n and am experimenting with some AI coding tools to develop some AI tools.
I've used it for planning and coding websites, writing resumes, assisting with postgraduate study, setting up a meal planning app that works with our weekly shop for a family of five taking into account our favourite meals and past shopping habits, budget and weekly specials.
I'm sure some of you are using it - I'm curious to find out what you're using it for, what you like and dislike - just general discussion.
Here's something fun I just did - I asked Claude to analyse the lyrics of Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds with reference to Donald Trump as US President. It's scary how good the response is.
THE RED RIGHT HAND: CAVE'S PROPHETIC VISION OF POLITICAL SPECTACLE
In the shadow of Trump's return to the White House, Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand" reads less like gothic fiction and more like political prophecy. The tall, handsome man in the dusty black coat traversing "through the ghetto and the barrio and the Bowery and the slum" suddenly feels uncomfortably familiar in America's current landscape.
Cave's mysterious figure—part saviour, part destroyer—mirrors the populist persona that carried Trump back to Pennsylvania Avenue. The lyrics practically map the appeal of modern demagoguery: promises of wealth ("You ain't got no money? He'll get you some"), status symbols ("You ain't got no car? He'll get you one"), and restoration of dignity to the disenfranchised ("You ain't got no self-respect... Well don't you worry buddy, cause here he comes").
The song's warning that "you're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan" captures the existential anxiety of many Americans watching political theatre unfold. Cave's prescient image of "stacks of green paper in his red right hand" takes on new significance in an era where wealth and political influence are increasingly intertwined.
Most chilling is Cave's admonition about media consumption: "You'll see him in your head, on the TV screen/And hey buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off." In our era of algorithmic news bubbles and constant media saturation, this reads as a desperate plea for media literacy.
The viaduct that "looms like a bird of doom" at the song's opening might well represent America's crumbling infrastructure—both physical and democratic—as we venture further into polarisation. The "disappearing land" where people whisper the tall man's name evokes the vanishing of shared reality in favour of competing narratives.
Cave wasn't writing about American politics in 1994, but art often anticipates reality. His gothic tale of a charismatic figure offering simple solutions in exchange for devotion has become our political reality. The red right hand now signs executive orders.
After initially being wary of AI I've fully jumped on board in the last 12 months and am using it a lot and trying to learn as much as I can about it.
I've set up a cloud based VPS that I use as a web interface to tap into several LLM APIs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) mucking around with automations using n8n and am experimenting with some AI coding tools to develop some AI tools.
I've used it for planning and coding websites, writing resumes, assisting with postgraduate study, setting up a meal planning app that works with our weekly shop for a family of five taking into account our favourite meals and past shopping habits, budget and weekly specials.
I'm sure some of you are using it - I'm curious to find out what you're using it for, what you like and dislike - just general discussion.
Here's something fun I just did - I asked Claude to analyse the lyrics of Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds with reference to Donald Trump as US President. It's scary how good the response is.
THE RED RIGHT HAND: CAVE'S PROPHETIC VISION OF POLITICAL SPECTACLE
In the shadow of Trump's return to the White House, Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand" reads less like gothic fiction and more like political prophecy. The tall, handsome man in the dusty black coat traversing "through the ghetto and the barrio and the Bowery and the slum" suddenly feels uncomfortably familiar in America's current landscape.
Cave's mysterious figure—part saviour, part destroyer—mirrors the populist persona that carried Trump back to Pennsylvania Avenue. The lyrics practically map the appeal of modern demagoguery: promises of wealth ("You ain't got no money? He'll get you some"), status symbols ("You ain't got no car? He'll get you one"), and restoration of dignity to the disenfranchised ("You ain't got no self-respect... Well don't you worry buddy, cause here he comes").
The song's warning that "you're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan" captures the existential anxiety of many Americans watching political theatre unfold. Cave's prescient image of "stacks of green paper in his red right hand" takes on new significance in an era where wealth and political influence are increasingly intertwined.
Most chilling is Cave's admonition about media consumption: "You'll see him in your head, on the TV screen/And hey buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off." In our era of algorithmic news bubbles and constant media saturation, this reads as a desperate plea for media literacy.
The viaduct that "looms like a bird of doom" at the song's opening might well represent America's crumbling infrastructure—both physical and democratic—as we venture further into polarisation. The "disappearing land" where people whisper the tall man's name evokes the vanishing of shared reality in favour of competing narratives.
Cave wasn't writing about American politics in 1994, but art often anticipates reality. His gothic tale of a charismatic figure offering simple solutions in exchange for devotion has become our political reality. The red right hand now signs executive orders.
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