“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.”

[msfntor]

ChatGPT's New Tool for Detecting Text Written by AI Doesn't Work Very Well (for now)

In tests, software only identied AI-written text 26% of time

Teachers have been struggling to cope with rise of ChatGPT

OpenAI, which released the viral ChatGPT chatbot last year, unveiled a tool that’s intended to help show if text has been authored by an artificial intelligence program and passed off as human.

The tool will flag content written by OpenAI’s products as well as other AI authoring software. However, the company said “it still has a number of limitations — so it should be used as a complement to other methods of determining the source of text instead of being the primary decision-making tool.”...

From: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-31/chatgpt-maker-openai-offers-tool-to-tell-when-text-is-ai-written

Tool link here: New AI classifier for indicating AI-written text (TRY THE CLASSIFIER link): https://openai.com/blog/new-ai-classifier-for-indicating-ai-written-text/

[msfntor]

Helping others can reduce your focus on your own symptoms, according to a study.

By OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 1, 2023

 

New research suggests that people with depression or anxiety symptoms can aid their own recovery by performing acts of kindness for others.

The study discovered that acts of kindness improved symptoms more than the other two therapy methods for treating depression or anxiety.

Most importantly, the acts of kindness technique was the only intervention tested that helped people feel more connected to others, said study co-author David Cregg, who led the work as part of his Ph.D. dissertation in psychology at The Ohio State University.

“Social connection is one of the ingredients of life most strongly associated with well-being. Performing acts of kindness seems to be one of the best ways to promote those connections,” Cregg said.

Cregg conducted the research with Jennifer Cheavens, a professor of psychology at Ohio State. Their study was published recently in The Journal of Positive Psychology.

The research also revealed why performing acts of kindness worked so well: It helped people take their minds off their own depression and anxiety symptoms.

This finding suggests that one intuition many people have about people with depression may be wrong, Cheavens said.

“We often think that people with depression have enough to deal with, so we don’t want to burden them by asking them to help others. But these results run counter to that,” she said.

“Doing nice things for people and focusing on the needs of others may actually help people with depression and anxiety feel better about themselves.”

The study involved 122 people in central Ohio who had moderate to severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.

After an introductory session, the participants were split into three groups. Two of the groups were assigned to techniques often used in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression: planning social activities or cognitive reappraisal.

The social activities group was instructed to plan social activities for two days a week. Another group was instructed in one of the staples of CBT: cognitive reappraisal. These participants kept records for at least two days each week that helped them identify negative thought patterns and revise their thoughts in a way that could reduce depression and anxiety.

Members of the third group were instructed to perform three acts of kindness a day for two days out of the week. Acts of kindness were defined as “big or small acts that benefit others or make others happy, typically at some cost to you in terms of time or resources.”

Some of the acts of kindness that participants later said they did included baking cookies for friends, offering to give a friend a ride, and leaving sticky notes for roommates with words of encouragement.

Participants followed their instructions for five weeks, after which they were evaluated again. The researchers then checked with the participants after another five weeks to see if the interventions were still effective.

The findings showed that participants in all three groups showed an increase in life satisfaction and a reduction of depression and anxiety symptoms after the 10 weeks of the study.

“These results are encouraging because they suggest that all three study interventions are effective at reducing distress and improving satisfaction,” Cregg said.

“But acts of kindness still showed an advantage over both social activities and cognitive reappraisal by making people feel more connected to other people, which is an important part of well-being,” he said.

In addition, the acts of kindness group showed greater improvements than the cognitive reappraisal group for life satisfaction and symptoms of depression and anxiety, results showed.

Cheavens noted that just participating in social activities did not improve feelings of social connection in this study.

“There’s something specific about performing acts of kindness that makes people feel connected to others. It’s not enough to just be around other people, participating in social activities,” she said.

Cregg said that while this study used techniques of CBT, it is not the same experience as going through CBT. Those who undergo the full treatment may have better results than those in this study.

But the findings also show that even the limited CBT exposure given in this study can be helpful, Cheavens said.

“Not everyone who could benefit from psychotherapy has the opportunity to get that treatment,” she said. “But we found that a relatively simple, one-time training had real effects on reducing depression and anxiety symptoms.”

And beyond traditional CBT, acts of kindness may have additional benefits in creating social connections, Cregg said.

“Something as simple as helping other people can go above and beyond other treatments in helping heal people with depression and anxiety,” he said.

Here: https://scitechdaily.com/feeling-depressed-scientists-have-found-that-performing-acts-of-kindness-may-help/

[msfntor]

Helping others

"Is it not sharing your food with the hungry, and sheltering the homeless poor; if you see someone lacking clothes, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own kin?

Then your light will blaze out like the dawn and your wound be quickly healed over."

[XPerceniol]

3 hours ago, msfntor said:

Helping others

"Is it not sharing your food with the hungry, and sheltering the homeless poor; if you see someone lacking clothes, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own kin?

Then your light will blaze out like the dawn and your wound be quickly healed over."

I love your posting. Agreed and so very true.

[XPerceniol]

On 2/2/2023 at 2:08 PM, msfntor said:

Helping others can reduce your focus on your own symptoms, according to a study.

By OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 1, 2023

 

New research suggests that people with depression or anxiety symptoms can aid their own recovery by performing acts of kindness for others.

The study discovered that acts of kindness improved symptoms more than the other two therapy methods for treating depression or anxiety.

Most importantly, the acts of kindness technique was the only intervention tested that helped people feel more connected to others, said study co-author David Cregg, who led the work as part of his Ph.D. dissertation in psychology at The Ohio State University.

“Social connection is one of the ingredients of life most strongly associated with well-being. Performing acts of kindness seems to be one of the best ways to promote those connections,” Cregg said.

Cregg conducted the research with Jennifer Cheavens, a professor of psychology at Ohio State. Their study was published recently in The Journal of Positive Psychology.

The research also revealed why performing acts of kindness worked so well: It helped people take their minds off their own depression and anxiety symptoms.

This finding suggests that one intuition many people have about people with depression may be wrong, Cheavens said.

“We often think that people with depression have enough to deal with, so we don’t want to burden them by asking them to help others. But these results run counter to that,” she said.

“Doing nice things for people and focusing on the needs of others may actually help people with depression and anxiety feel better about themselves.”

The study involved 122 people in central Ohio who had moderate to severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.

After an introductory session, the participants were split into three groups. Two of the groups were assigned to techniques often used in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression: planning social activities or cognitive reappraisal.

The social activities group was instructed to plan social activities for two days a week. Another group was instructed in one of the staples of CBT: cognitive reappraisal. These participants kept records for at least two days each week that helped them identify negative thought patterns and revise their thoughts in a way that could reduce depression and anxiety.

Members of the third group were instructed to perform three acts of kindness a day for two days out of the week. Acts of kindness were defined as “big or small acts that benefit others or make others happy, typically at some cost to you in terms of time or resources.”

Some of the acts of kindness that participants later said they did included baking cookies for friends, offering to give a friend a ride, and leaving sticky notes for roommates with words of encouragement.

Participants followed their instructions for five weeks, after which they were evaluated again. The researchers then checked with the participants after another five weeks to see if the interventions were still effective.

The findings showed that participants in all three groups showed an increase in life satisfaction and a reduction of depression and anxiety symptoms after the 10 weeks of the study.

“These results are encouraging because they suggest that all three study interventions are effective at reducing distress and improving satisfaction,” Cregg said.

“But acts of kindness still showed an advantage over both social activities and cognitive reappraisal by making people feel more connected to other people, which is an important part of well-being,” he said.

In addition, the acts of kindness group showed greater improvements than the cognitive reappraisal group for life satisfaction and symptoms of depression and anxiety, results showed.

Cheavens noted that just participating in social activities did not improve feelings of social connection in this study.

“There’s something specific about performing acts of kindness that makes people feel connected to others. It’s not enough to just be around other people, participating in social activities,” she said.

Cregg said that while this study used techniques of CBT, it is not the same experience as going through CBT. Those who undergo the full treatment may have better results than those in this study.

But the findings also show that even the limited CBT exposure given in this study can be helpful, Cheavens said.

“Not everyone who could benefit from psychotherapy has the opportunity to get that treatment,” she said. “But we found that a relatively simple, one-time training had real effects on reducing depression and anxiety symptoms.”

And beyond traditional CBT, acts of kindness may have additional benefits in creating social connections, Cregg said.

“Something as simple as helping other people can go above and beyond other treatments in helping heal people with depression and anxiety,” he said.

Here: https://scitechdaily.com/feeling-depressed-scientists-have-found-that-performing-acts-of-kindness-may-help/

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[XPerceniol]

Thinking of you @mina7601 and @UCyborg ... sending well wishes via text.

[XPerceniol]

How are you doing, @legacyfan? I hope well.

[mina7601]

On 2/6/2023 at 1:33 AM, XPerceniol said:

Thinking of you @mina7601 and @UCyborg ... sending well wishes via text.

Thx 

Edited February 7, 2023 by mina7601

[legacyfan]

3 minutes ago, XPerceniol said:

How are you doing, @legacyfan? I hope well.

I'm doing great! I had some lemon genger tea with honey before bed last night and that seems to of helped alot I feel way more energized today 😉

[XPerceniol]

Just now, legacyfan said:

I'm doing great! I had some lemon genger tea with honey before bed last night and that seems to of helped alot I feel way more energized today 😉

..........

I rely on green tea nowadays and I do love lemon in my black tea with honey.

Very happy to hear this!

[legacyfan]

my replacement hp elite 8300 should be here in the next week so I can get back to using older windows versions

[XPerceniol]

https://millennial-grind.com/10-prayers-to-the-universe-you-can-use-anytime/

The Universe is always responding to your energy – whether you are aware of it or not. Prayers to the Universe are the best way to directly communicate with this higher power and shift your energy from fear to faith.

Prayer is an act of surrender because you are professing your faith in a higher power and you trust that this higher power will lead you toward the highest good for all.

The key to prayer is to do it often, and not just when you need something. Are you more likely going to respond to that friend who only reaches out when he or she needs something or a friend who is always here for you?

Treat your relationship with the Universe like a two-way street and you will feel supported in your daily life. Here are 10 Prayers To The Universe You Can Use Anytime.

ALSO READ: Ultimate Guide On How To Manifest Anything

10 Powerful Prayers To The Universe

Prayers for Surrender

1. Universe, I surrender my agendas, timelines, and desires to you. I trust that you are leading me towards solutions of the highest good for all.

2. Universe, I step back and let you lead the way.

Prayers for Releasing Judgment

3. Universe, I’m ready to surrender my judgment. I welcome the presence of love to guide me back to truth and grace.

4. Thank you, Universe, for helping me heal this. I forgive this thought, and I choose to see love instead.

Prayers for Shattering Limiting Beliefs

5. I surrender the false perceptions I have placed upon myself. I forgive these thoughts and I know that I am love.

6. Universe, I release my fear and I am ready to choose love instead.

Prayers for Letting Go of Fear

7. Universe, I realize I am out of alignment with my true nature. Help me see this from the perspective of love instead.

8. Thank you, Universe, for guiding me to perceive this fear through the eyes of love.

Prayers for Obstacles

9. Thank you, Universe, for helping me see this obstacle as an opportunity. I will step back and let you lead the way.

10. Universe, help me see beyond my limitations. Expand my perceptions so that I can return to love.

 

 

[mina7601]

Just now, legacyfan said:

my replacement hp elite 8300 should be here in the next week so I can get back to using older windows versions

Good! What Windows version will this device have installed on it?

[legacyfan]

1 minute ago, mina7601 said:

Good! What Windows version will this device have installed on it?

it comes with windows 10 by default but I plan to possible put vista on it instead (with 11 on a second HDD I have)

Edited February 6, 2023 by legacyfan

[mina7601]

1 minute ago, legacyfan said:

it comes with windows 10 by default but I plan to possible put vista on it instead (with 11 on a second HDD I have)

Nice.