It's a fun toy/tool. Cool to see AI progressing. As a musician who does spend hours making music by hand this has instantly widened my artistic vision by being able to drop in a few ideas to see what comes out. Handmade music will still be around.
I definitely feel an emotional response when I am interrupted from my line of thinking. Whether it's doing a task or thinking through a problem, any sort of request that I need to handle which isn't related to the task can be difficult to switch gears to. Fwiw, I was diagnosed autistic and OCD back in the middle of the pandemic because I loved lock down and didn't want things to go back to the way they were. I had so much uninterrupted time where I could think or solve problems. However I didn't realize that loving lockdown was not a normal thing; someone suggested I talk to a psychologist which is what lead to my diagnosis. Hope you can find some answers for you.
I also loved the lockdowns. I used to joke with everybody that I'd been preparing for it since a teenager, and that all of my favourite activities were solo activities anyway. Finally I didn't have to pretend, I could just be at home and happy for X days, and nobody was judging me for it.
It would have been amazing if it wasn't for that whole pandemic situation.
Lockdown was heaven on earth. Suddenly normal to have only comms via internet, or play games or watch movies. No social BS like birthdays or drinking coffee with friends (they have coffee at home, too). Groceries delivered to the doorstep. Work from home (OK, sucks with kids being noisy), ample amounts of space in train, theatre. Bring own food to theatre. God I loved going to the theatre/movie so much with my oldest kid. Shittiest was the video calls. I hate those, just text or maybe audio is fine (TTS/STT too) can't read the body language anyway. Even had a neat job during lockdown, obviously got laid off recently..
First time in the wild I've seen someone else reference monotropism- I also feel like it describes me to a t. Thanks for sharing your experience here. Hope you're getting along ok :)
Yeah, I encountered it once in comments here, and then a bit more recently as I was doing research. It’s interesting that it’s not more widely discussed but I suspect it’s just because it’s not well-studied.
> Hope you're getting along ok :)
Thanks! It certainly helps to have a clearer idea of the differences (or potential differences as I try to remind myself) in how I think compared to how others think. I’m glad you feel confidence in the idea as well! I’ve seen it elsewhere but it’s always nice to have this independently “agreed upon” (since I don’t quite want to call it “confirmed”).
1. Part one on Curtis Yarvin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYrPNvVhKLU
2. Part two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpEg4LS3CT0
No affiliation with the show just thought the episodes were enlightening.