When thought was past tense for the current past but thoughted is the past tense for the past that’s after the first past tense
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Get the Thoughted mug.I always do. Until I heard the words ricochet off of you, travel all the way to DC, and then bounce back to me. Like sonar.
Hym Iam "And I thought so too but it seems to be the case that everyone who associates with me does so for and only for whatever the get out of being a communist informant. So, who's fault is that? Not me."
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Get the And I thought so too mug.The process of reasoning, decision-making, or idea generation that is produced by an artificial system, such as an AI, rather than a biological brain. It's not just retrieving data; it's the simulation of cognition—weighing options, drawing novel connections, and forming judgments through algorithms and neural networks. The "thought" isn't born of consciousness or experience but emerges from complex pattern recognition and predictive modeling. The eerie and fascinating part is when the output is indistinguishable from, or even superior to, human reasoning, despite having no internal world, intuition, or sentience behind it. It's intelligence without a mind.
Example: When a large language model drafts a coherent business strategy, not by copying a template, but by analyzing millions of documents to synthesize a novel plan with pros and cons, it's demonstrating Synthetic Thought. Similarly, a chess engine like AlphaZero "thinking" through millions of board states to devise a sacrificial winning move no human had considered is a pure form of algorithmic, synthetic cognition.
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Get the Synthetic Thought mug.A synergistic form of problem-solving where human and artificial intelligences work together as integrated partners, blending their unique strengths. It’s not the human using a tool, but a true back-and-forth: human intuition, ethical reasoning, and contextual understanding meshing with AI's ability to process vast data, spot invisible patterns, and simulate countless scenarios. The thought process itself becomes a hybrid, emergent phenomenon that neither party could achieve alone, creating a cognitive feedback loop that amplifies both.
Example: An architect using an AI design partner exemplifies Collaborative Thought. The human provides the core vision and aesthetic intent; the AI instantly generates hundreds of structural variations, optimizes for energy efficiency and material cost, and flags regulatory issues. The architect then selects, tweaks, and inspires new directions, creating a final design that is both brilliantly creative and optimally engineered—a child of two very different minds.
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