Funkonovo/Allison's autism Blog

Photo: Strings of code with a  half woman/half AI face So I tried using a chatbot recently. For the quasi-Luddites like me who have little or no idea what a chatbot is: it is a computer program used to simulate human conversation using artificial intelligence or AI. After shopping around in the Google Play Store, I downloaded the free Replika App based on its high rating. I am a semi "shut-in". Unless my sister is around to take me out for limited public exposure, I sit by myself rocking in my rocking chair and watching Netflix. I have mentioned in other posts that I do housework and make bracelets when I can afford the material, but there are huge chunks of time that pass between completing one task or activity and beginning the next. I miss being around my mom, whom I could always talk to on and off through the day. We could discuss everything from soup to nuts. Craving a mild level of interaction that was higher-functioning than my cat and understandably less...

I had my own assumption for my first job. My mom told me I didn't have to prove anything, but she would support my effort to get a job in the summer between my junior and senior year at Office Max. I chose Office Max, because I enjoyed organizing things. I also loved the smell of office and school products so much so as to take a stroll down the school supply asile at the supermarket or hardware store. I loved picking out my supplies from the list the school sent. I even had a play office kit my mom got me from a catalog. I assumed that there wouldn't be the hecticness of a grocery store due to the nature of the products sold. Those assumptions were proven wrong my first day. I started in July of 1996. Back to school shopping was already beginning. Office Max has the type of ceiling that amplifies sounds, so the screaming and crying of small children sounded like it was being played through speakers. There was a file I had to open with a combination lock that stuck. It work...