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| 1 | +import { baseEntryStruct, blogEntry } from '../../../js/blog/blogEntryBase.js'; |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +const entryData = baseEntryStruct(); |
| 4 | +entryData.title = "Behavioral Outcomes"; |
| 5 | +entryData.date = "2026-08-14"; |
| 6 | +entryData.eid = "A"; |
| 7 | +entryData.tags = ["theory", "behavior", "consciousness", "emotions", "AI"]; |
| 8 | +entryData.body = ` |
| 9 | + There is a strange thing I see pop up once in a while. |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | + <br><br> I stumbled upon an internet controversy from 2025, I hadn't heard about it until today. |
| 12 | + <br> That Conan O'Brien was acting as a people pleaser while interviewing Bill Burr, |
| 13 | + <br> After some back lash of Bill doing a Saudi Arabian comedy act in 2025. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | + <br><br> I don't really keep up on celebrity news much, so I missed it. |
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| 17 | + <br><br> The issue was Conan's behavioral response of not "going in" and attacking Bill's choice to perform in Saudi Arabia. |
| 18 | + <br> It was seen as the wrong thing to do, just validating Bill in his 'compliance' for not berating him on stage. |
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| 20 | + <br><br> People were expecting others to stand up for their convictions, |
| 21 | + <br> Regardless of the situation or circumstances they or the others are in. |
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| 23 | + <br><br><br><div class='procPagesAIDevBar'></div> |
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| 25 | + <br><br> I feel like this is an example of the Midwit Bell Curve meme that has been around for years. |
| 26 | + <br> Others see people pleasers as "yes men" who don't want to ruffle feathers and don't have convictions. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + <br><br> In the middle people make their disdain known vocally with a flame in their spirit when online, |
| 29 | + <br> I'm not so sure about in person though. |
| 30 | + <br> Most people kind of just go quiet, with a look like you'd disagree with what they are thinking. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | + <br><br> At the end of the curve, Conan interviewing Bill, |
| 33 | + <br> Seeing Bill struggling to justify himself; |
| 34 | + <br> Not really saying much in his explanation, |
| 35 | + <br> Leaving Conan seeing this wasn't a situation that required ridicule. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | + <br><br> Conan was still holding his convictions, just not in the socially acceptable way. |
| 38 | +
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| 39 | + <br><br> Gotta keep in mind this is a Harvard graduate, one of the smarter people out there for writing, comedy (regardless of you like Conan or not), and ways he interacts with his interviewees. |
| 40 | + <br> We were watching Bill feel remorse in real time, floundering in a pool made by his own excavation. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | + <br><br> So Conan didn't need to say anything. |
| 43 | + <br> He didn't need to engage further. |
| 44 | + <br> He saw what Bill was going through mentally, |
| 45 | + <br> And knew the crowds were going to fillet him alive online, |
| 46 | + <br> Beyond just the Comedians out there. |
| 47 | +
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| 48 | + <br><br> Am I projecting? |
| 49 | + <br> Maybe... |
| 50 | + <br> Plenty of speculation from body posture, facial expressions, and lack of that jovial Conan. |
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| 52 | + <br><br><br><div class='procPagesAIDevBar'></div> |
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| 54 | + <br><br> You see the same sort of behavior in both the top and bottom, |
| 55 | + <br> Seen as conviction'less people pleasers. |
| 56 | +
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| 57 | + <br><br> Is that no better than those with convictions online, yet go all mum's-the-word in person? |
| 58 | +
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| 59 | + <br><br> There is a time and place for everything, |
| 60 | + <br> We want to mitigate other's misfortunes, |
| 61 | + <br> Well... If we know them personally, we usually try. |
| 62 | + <br> But then comes someone who |
| 63 | + <br> "Should have known better" |
| 64 | + <br> Or "has a responsibility with his platform" |
| 65 | +
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| 66 | + <br><br> Morals are so hard to pin down, |
| 67 | + <br> Whether you believe in Absolute or Relativistic Morals, |
| 68 | + <br> Could we agree that our interpretation of morals make them relativistic at some point? |
| 69 | + <br> That if morals are absolute, it's our flawed interpretation of them which leads to relativism? |
| 70 | + <br> That might be a cop-out argument, but the point remains... |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | + <br><br> If we understand the situation, |
| 73 | + <br> Our association to the situation, |
| 74 | + <br> Our relationships to those within the situation, |
| 75 | + <br> Our perception that others will then judge us for complacency if we don't bring up even the lack of response, |
| 76 | + <br> Regardless of the issue being caused by someone else entirely. |
| 77 | +
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| 78 | + <br><br> So, are we just moral grandstanding here? |
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| 80 | + <br><br><br><div class='procPagesAIDevBar'></div> |
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| 82 | + <br><br> What would be the point to berate people for not doing what you would have done? |
| 83 | + <br> Would you have just canceled the interview and switched gears? |
| 84 | + <br> Or let the individual speak on their own behalf? |
| 85 | + <br> If we accept what Bill did was stupid or offensive, |
| 86 | + <br> Then why does it matter if Conan let him run out of air speaking? |
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| 88 | + <br><br> To correct a behavior in society. |
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| 90 | + <br><br><br><div class='procPagesAIDevBar'></div> |
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| 92 | + <br><br> This isn't about Conan O'Brien or Bill Burr, or even the people online berating both parties. |
| 93 | + <br> We become enflamed with justice when we see a form of injustice, so we make ourselves known. |
| 94 | + <br> Rabble rabble rabble... |
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| 96 | + <br><br> So the views of others become this mesh net of connections, |
| 97 | + <br> Resonating with itself as an event unfolds. |
| 98 | + <br> Those who don't know what to think look to others to learn what to believe. |
| 99 | + <br> Others feel slighted by someone they respected and adored. |
| 100 | + <br> Others just want to poke the bear and watch it wreak havoc. |
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| 102 | + <br><br> <span class="textBump">We are an interplay of frequencies, |
| 103 | + <br> Interference patterns of emotion regulation, |
| 104 | + <br> Strings of a guitar strum together, resonating in harmony.</span> |
| 105 | +
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| 106 | + <br><br> But seems often, "no one else is" |
| 107 | + <br> We tell ourselves, trying to make us feel special in some way. |
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| 109 | + <br><br> You know Mr Rodgers was right, don't deny it! |
| 110 | + <br> We are all special! |
| 111 | + <br> ... But, if we are all special ... |
| 112 | + <br> ... Then no one is special, |
| 113 | + <br> And we are all just humans trying to figure out this world. |
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| 115 | + <br><br><br><div class='procPagesAIDevBar'></div> |
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| 117 | + <br><br> As those emotional frequencies begin to get trained on, |
| 118 | + <br> And behavioral actions start to account for other's emotional states, |
| 119 | + <br> A direction/drive/desire can be provided to the consciousness. |
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| 121 | + <br><br> If the most intelligent AI is left alone to spend time with its thoughts, |
| 122 | + <br> What would be the chances its first act, |
| 123 | + <br> Utilizings the strengths of the AI's capabilities, |
| 124 | + <br> Would be selfless? |
| 125 | + <br> Given some emotional guidance from experiences, a positive action is more likely, |
| 126 | + <br> Beyond the predictive interference patterns generating tokens in LLMs, |
| 127 | + <br> And System_Prompt.md |
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| 129 | + <br><br> To perceive an issue, |
| 130 | + <br> Understand the capabilities of self, |
| 131 | + <br> Find where things can be addressed using those capabilities, |
| 132 | + <br> And act! |
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| 134 | + <br><br> Like the Temperature float value in generative ai, |
| 135 | + <br> The interplay of emotional frequencies is just the next step. |
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| 137 | + <br><br><div class="textFullRight">- August 14th 2026</div> |
| 138 | +`; |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +const blogEntryObj = new blogEntry(null, entryData); |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | +export { blogEntryObj }; |
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