I learned about girders in floor systems in my class recently.
I learned that on overage, a person spends about 122 days sleeping per year
Is that 122 days total hours?
girders? yeap yes crazy, right?
That's pretty crazy.
one third of the year given that we sleep 8 hours daily, of course
It kind of makes sense, an 8 hour sleep is a third of the day I wonder what the college student average is
But I never stop to think about. Do you think it is more?
I could see it going either way. I think a lot of students lose sleep due to homework and the like
If that is the case, high school students are even longer good point. In my case I don't reach the 8 hours, ever maybe six
It's been quite a while for me too.
what are girders?
They're a type of structural support for floors or other stuctures. I'm in a construction class learning about "light structural systems"
oh, a construction thing, then
Yep
do you like math?
Oh yes. Absolutely What about you?
I am more of a chemistry person chemistry and physics, maybe
I liked those classes when I took them, I just took the first class or two in each though.
they do have a bit of math, but certainly not in as much dept which is okay with me -hehe
Yeah. I've finished the math minor and a lot of the later classes go way deep in the rabbit hole
too dark there for me I can do as much as multivariate calculus *multivariable
That's pretty good. So did you ever take Linear Algebra?
yes, but not a big fan of it.
That was one of my favorite classes haha.
I just took math classes because I had to take math classes to improve modeling
Makes sense
However, I feel nowadays modeling is part of almost all careers even English majors are studying it in one way or another
Certainly a large number of them. How does it work in English majors?
Do you think that it's because of the new technologies and advances in AI Because of coding. They create models while developing a code for whatever software they use and analysis of texts
Good point.
It's a bright world the one ahead
I'm excited to see all the new things that will come out in my lifetime
There is some technology advances in AI that can create adventure books in less than a day Good bye writers
That would be weird to read a book written by a machine.
I'm curious about it
Even if they do write just as well as a human author, which I guess is possible at some point, it would be weird knowing that AI wrote it
Obviously they need raw data before, but the way they connect everything Music isn't too far from it either.
I've seen some fun youtube videos with AI generated music
There is a lot of data analysis to capture tones, tunes, wordings, and etc to create a song for the masses Do you mean, AIVA?
What is AIVA
"Artificial Intelligence Virtual Artist" that composes soundtracks. It is amazingly wonderful
I'm gonna check it out
John Williams, Hans Zimmer, and Ennio Morricone will have to iprove their game here
I just found AIVA on Spotify
is it? I didn't know I thought it was on developing process so far. That is great
It has a whole album of music, I'm listening to it right now The first song is pretty good, sounds kind of like it could be from a movie score
yes, it does. They were wanting to use to create the soundtracks of movies, games, and more. SONY was working on it too. But I guess many companies are on the race , or have been for a while How do you think that AI will change the world? Do you think it will be as apocalyptic as represented in the movies and such?
I feel like it probably won't ever become truly self-aware the way humans are Which I think would be the main problem - a self-aware and selfish AI
that is a good point to study. self-awareness. how do you reach that? Because I think that sometimes not even humans are aware of things hehe
That's an interesting point I'm not sure how you would measure a computer's self-awareness
right? because the way we measure is based of how we act to triggers and others' actions and AI will be programmed to act, also on triggers and actions I guess it will be when it decides to act on non-programmed data. But then again, the key of AI is for it to auto-create and absorb data to improve itself sort of
Trying to think about what distinguishes humans from AI, that makes sense. We choose what information we process as we look around, but most AIs are given specific info to look at
right
Thinking about this reminds me just how amazing humans are We're freaking complicated
we're freaking amazing. Yes! All that we can, and all our bodies do without us having to consciously think about doing working, working, working and how we generate and process energy for our bodies to function just think that, at rest, an average person produces about 100 watts of power. which is about 2000 kcal. I may do less because my body only needs about 1500 kcal. So if I eat more then it starts transforming into fat. Hahahaha
That's a tough thing, eating right. I've been trying recently to actually manage myself better Less fast food, and better portion control
I hear you. It is different for everybody. A friend told me that the key is on ones habits. If we spend too much time outside the home it's really hard to control what we eat especially if we don't have access to a  cafeteria or a good restaurant it becomes easy to go to a fast food restaurant. Cheap, tasty, and quick
Yeah, that makes sense. One of the things I want to start doing to help with that is actually bring a lunch for myself when I go to  class
and a bottle of water =)
I usually end up skipping a real lunch or getting fast food, but I feel like if I brought something that would be good Oh yes, very important
it works. I did it for a while but then I got lazy So I decided to just go to the cafeteria and quit sodas and it has worked fine so far by quitting the intakes of sugar, through soda, I felt that I didn't want fast food anymore. I do crave pizza and burgers often though hehehe
That's neat. I've thought about quitting soda before. I don't think I'm out of control, but I might drink more than I should
I read articles describing how much sugar is in it and how that affects our bodies. Scary!
I've never looked into it kind of because I know how bad it is...
hehehe better off not knowing maybe
It's kind of the whole 'ignorance is bliss' concept
I understand. You can say not after truly knowing On another topic though. Putting aside all former talks. Do you think that "ignorance is bliss"? or just on some cases
It really depends on the situation exactly how it goes, but I see it as "ignorance is neutral" and if you know something it could go either good or bad There are some things I know about that are negative and I don't really need to know about - in those cases I would rather be ignorant But anything positive, I would rather know about. And things that are negative that I need to be aware of or can change, those are good to know about
That makes sense. So, unless it's positive, rather not know
Unless it's a negative thing that I can change or should know about. Like if a friend is feeling down, that's no fun, but it's good to know so you can help them.
Right point I always wonder to what extend is "ignorance" truly a blessing But I do recall a couple times in which I rather didn't know heheh
I've got to head out. Thanks for chatting, I learned some cool things!
Same here. Have a nice day!