i don't consider myself to be a typical academic brainbox, exactly, because i'm terrible at remembering names of things, but i'm very good at remembering concepts in an abstract sense.
but in practice, my most supreme capability is my proprioception. i'm sitting, leaning on my desk, thinking "hmm need to hard refresh this smesh web app" and i lift my elbows off the desk, and hit ctrl-shift-R and do this without taking my eyes off the screen. on a keyboard that is only single keys in a 5x15 grid.
i can, in total darkness, get up out of my bed, step carefully towards my desk, and put my hands directly on my pack of cigarettes that i remember ridiculously well being in an exact part of space that i can navigate my body without any visual or auditory cues, purely based on the physical signals i get as i get off my bed. mostly don't even bump into the seat in front of it, just *yoik" open the pack, then, if that wasn't bad enough, about half the time i can do the same again with my lighter. and light that up.
and THEN, i will turn on my computer and the room lights up with various lights.
it's uncanny. i inherited this amazing capability to memorise and interact with objects without using vision, just based on proprioception.
i'm pretty sure that whatever enables me to do this, is also part of how i can remember so many concepts that some people have literally accused me of being an LLM.
nope. not an LLM. and i can return your (vague) results in a couple of seconds, not in 6-20s like an LLM
but in practice, my most supreme capability is my proprioception. i'm sitting, leaning on my desk, thinking "hmm need to hard refresh this smesh web app" and i lift my elbows off the desk, and hit ctrl-shift-R and do this without taking my eyes off the screen. on a keyboard that is only single keys in a 5x15 grid.
i can, in total darkness, get up out of my bed, step carefully towards my desk, and put my hands directly on my pack of cigarettes that i remember ridiculously well being in an exact part of space that i can navigate my body without any visual or auditory cues, purely based on the physical signals i get as i get off my bed. mostly don't even bump into the seat in front of it, just *yoik" open the pack, then, if that wasn't bad enough, about half the time i can do the same again with my lighter. and light that up.
and THEN, i will turn on my computer and the room lights up with various lights.
it's uncanny. i inherited this amazing capability to memorise and interact with objects without using vision, just based on proprioception.
i'm pretty sure that whatever enables me to do this, is also part of how i can remember so many concepts that some people have literally accused me of being an LLM.
nope. not an LLM. and i can return your (vague) results in a couple of seconds, not in 6-20s like an LLM
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