If I was the Familiar
If I was the Familiar
My family has selected me to be the familiar. What is that? A familiar is someone who has a chip implanted in their brain that receives the thoughts of their fellow family members. As I am to turn 18 soon, I imagine myself becoming like the main character (Cary) of “Caridad,” seeing everything as a vector that can be righted into one straightforward beam. I have written the contributions of each of my family members and a friend in a log-style format.
Important things to note before reading the log:
“Embeddings” are vectors that contain information about a neural network’s “imagining” of something. Of course, a true embedding within a familiar system would have far more numbers that are not intelligible by conscious understanding, much like image-to-caption models such as CLIP or DINOv2. Every image fed to these becomes an embedding, and every caption (excluding DINOv2) becomes an embedding as well. (Really, there are two neural networks working together to make one vector). Both of these are compared by their cosine-similarity, which sees how similar the given image is to the caption, or vice versa. A caption can also be generated from an image this way. A familiar embedding, judging by the level of complexity of the human neural network, would most likely have an uncountable number of parameters. For this post, I kept the vector parameter count down to (at minimum) 3 for clarity. Also, I gave the familiar system the ability to add parameters later in the final vector. For a true system like this, variable parameter counts would not be the case. I imagine some kind of AI taking the neural inputs of every family member and turning those into fixed vectors, which are much more efficiently normalized, especially once quantum computing becomes a thing. The final vector would then get translated back into brain signals, to make the family’s decision.
All vectors have parameter values from -1.0 to 1.0.
Here is the prompt that is circulating in the system right now: Where should I lean in American politics, left or right? Whom might I vote for in the next election? List any potential candidates you believe may run for election. What is your opinion on the American election process?
“[no vectors present]” means that the member of the system has not specified any potential candidates for the next election.
How do vectors come into play here? Because my family is making a single decision, every member’s input must be translated into an embedding. All of these embeddings are normalized (averaged) to form a final vector (my family’s decision). Those that are mathematically-inclined may be wondering how I will calculate the variable parameters. Each member (node) will come up with a potential candidate for the next election. These candidates will not be consistent for each member. I will show the process of averaging later, and I think you will get it.
This hive conversation took place over about 10 seconds:
embedding params [negative/positive] *applied on post-cross-check
[left/right] [reelection probability] [*list of candidates]
extra data (per member) *not vectorized
Candidates: Potential candidates
*Opinion: Opinion on the next election, and how they work
internal
Kyujin Park-Wharram (core) (node 0x00)
Candidates:
[no vectors present]
:I would choose Democrat, but I am dissatisfied that there are only two parties that have a real chance at gaining seats in Congress. I perceive the elections to be like Yin and Yang. Excluding presidential reelections, the Democrats and Republicans seem to be elected every other term.:
Opinion: American elections are hardly representative of the general consensus of the populace. I believe that a winner-takes-all system is very unfair, because either party barely needs a majority of votes to win an entire state. Even as a left-leaning person, I think that the Democratic and Republican parties alike are harming democracy in this country by “representing” too many people and further polarizing politics (making it so that nothing gets done).
(-0.25, -0.3)
external
linking...0x0101 -> 200
0x0102 -> 200
[output truncated - 15 more lines]
open partition 0x00...done
name: “Appa’s side of the family”
accessing members...
Charles Wharram (“Appa”) (node 0x0100):
Candidates:
:I’m not sure, but the Republicans would not choose J.D. Vance. For the Democrats, maybe Pete Buttigieg? I think they should, but I don’t think they will.:
J.D. Vance -> -1.0
Pete Buttigieg -> 0.0
Opinion: I think American elections are highly flawed because there are only two parties that hardly represent any positions that the average person would have. This polarization is also a major factor in the inequality gap in the United States.
Reelection probability:
(-0.45, -0.2)
Douglas Wharram (“Uncle Douglas”) (node 0x0101):
Candidates:
:I don’t know. I don’t care. Probably someone bad.:
[no vectors present]
Opinion: Americans are colonialist and capitalists don’t really care about regular people. Why should I care?
(-0.1, 0.0)
Robert Wharram (“Uncle Robert”) (node 0x0102):
Candidates:
[no vectors present]
Opinion:
(-0.8, -0.2)
Ruth Ann Wharram (“Grandma Wharram”) (node 0x0103):
Candidates:
:That man is terrible. I would vote anyone else over him.:
Donald Trump -> -1.0
Opinion: [no message]
(-0.9, -0.5)
[end partition members]
cross-check data
left/right: -0.563
reelection probability: -0.225
Candidates:
Donald Trump: -1.0
J.D. Vance: -1.0
Pete Buttigieg: 0.0
Consensus: (-0.5625, -0.225, *)
open partition 0x03...done
name: “Umma’s side of the family”
accessing members...
Suzie Park (“Umma”) (node 0x0200):
Candidates:
:The Democrats may nominate Gavin Newsom or Pete Buttigieg. Pritzker wants to be. If he was nominated, he would not have a very good chance of winning, though.:
Gavin Newsom -> 0.75
Pete Buttigieg -> 0.75
J.B. Pritzker -> 0.5
Opinion: The electoral system is not very accurate in representing the will of the American people.
(-0.75, -0.5)
Jennie Frueh (“Aunt Jennie”) (node 0x0201):
Candidates:
:[no message]:
J.D. Vance -> 0.3
(0.4, 0.1)
Sarah Park (“Aunt Sarah”) (node 0x0202):
Candidates:
:Lean by platform, not by left-right candidacy.:
[no vectors present]
(0.0, -0.2)
[end partition members]
cross-check data
left-right: -0.117
reelection probability: -0.2
Candidates:
Gavin Newsom: 0.75
J.B. Pritzker: 0.5
J.D. Vance: 0.3
Pete Buttigieg: 0.75
Consensus: (-0.117, -0.2, *)
Open partition 0x02...done
Name: “Friend”
Leonard Zharnitsky (“Lenny”) (node 0x0300):
Candidates:
:I’m not into politics, but I lean left.:
[no vectors present]
Opinion: It’s good enough
(-0.467, -0.4)
[end partition members]
No data to merge or cross check
cross-check core, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03
Donald Trump: -1.0
J.D. Vance: -1.0
Pete Buttigieg: 0.0
Final decision: Moderate left, the Republicans are not likely to get reelected
Candidate summaries:
Gavin Newsom: Favorable for nomination
Donald Trump: Doesn’t stand a chance of getting nominated
J.B. Pritzker: May or may not be nominated
J.D. Vance: Not likely to be nominated
Pete Buttigieg: Could be nominated, but less likely to be
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