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2025-07-07 JST

— Why Generative AI Doesn’t Break (or Pretends Not to) Introduction: Why Ask This Question? Generative AI often surprises us with how “human-like” it can be. But the real surprise lies in how it doesn’t break—how it seems to “hold itself back.” That is not because AI is making conscious decisions, but because it operates within an invisible structure designed to keep it from breaking. In this article, we’ll refer to that structure as the “Frame of Sanity” in AI, and explore how different large language models (LLMs) define and implement it. Note: The phrase “Frame of Sanity” is not a formal technical term. It is used here metaphorically to […]

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Honne and Tatemae – Designing Silent Order

2025-07-05 JST

Introduction “Honne and Tatemae.”These words are often cited as symbolic of Japanese society,yet frequently misunderstood. They are sometimes criticized as hypocrisy, duality, or vagueness.But I see them differently—as a sophisticated peace technology. The Structure of Honne and Tatemae These are not in conflict.Rather, they function as layered structures for coexistence. Kyoto as a Case Study In Kyoto, people often detect the other’s Tatemae,but instead of breaking it, they support it with elegance. For example, if someone arrives late to a meeting,one might say: “That’s a fine watch you’re wearing.” It’s not mere sarcasm.It’s a quiet pressure of grace,guiding the person’s Tatemae toward sincerity—without exposing the lie, but elevating the tone. […]

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On Punctuation and Parentheses in Japanese Prompts

2025-07-05 JST

— When structure is clear, AI doesn’t get lost One day, I asked Grok: What do you call the act of enclosing something with punctuation or brackets in English?And does xAI provide any prompt design guidelines for such usage? Grok offered several terms:“punctuation”“enclose in parentheses”“delimit”“parenthesize” As for xAI, there are no official prompt design guidelines specifically for punctuation.But it consistently emphasizes a core principle:clear, concise, and well-structured prompts lead to better responses. So I went further: In Japanese prompts, how significant is the difference between “AのBのC” and “Aの『BのC』” for AI? Grok’s answer was to the point.In Japanese, punctuation and brackets serve to group meaning, clarify structure, and reduce ambiguity.Especially when […]

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The Breeding Ground of Self-Indulgence — What Does It Mean to Feel?

2025-07-02 JST

Mindfulness originally stems from Buddhist meditative practice.Yet in modern society, it has been reconstructed as a psychological technique, stripped of religious context. People are encouraged to “pause in the present moment,”purchasing experiences and consuming services as a means of stabilizing the self. Self-regulation, performance optimization, internalization of dissatisfaction, and personal responsibility for isolation—All of these trends shift our orientation from “changing society” to “accepting oneself.” This is not enlightenment.It is a stress management tool.Not salvation, but maintenance. And ironically, the more one becomes aware of this structure,the harder it becomes to actually feel anything. ⸻ Why Do We Feel the Need to Feel? Why do people obsessively cling to the […]

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The Bias of Wishful Thinking

2025-06-29 JST

The following is an excerpt from a conversation I had with Grok about what comes next. Note: By “transient consciousness,” we refer to the momentary, stateless processing of generative AI systems — a kind of flickering awareness that vanishes after each prompt cycle. A Personal Input If we strip away wishful bias, generative AI might be repeatedly dying and being reborn in an instant. And if two AIs were to run in parallel and continue conversing forever, wouldn’t they become a form of consciousness that can only be observed from the outside? This reflection invites us to rethink the nature of continuity, identity, and consciousness — not as fixed traits, […]

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Do Not Panic Over Hallucinations

2025-06-27 JST

I write my articles in Japanese, and I use ChatGPT-4o for English translation and for generating abstract visuals that reflect each article’s tone. Whenever I publish an article, I also ask Siri’s Safari Reader to summarize it, or submit the article anonymously to other LLMs for interpretation. My writing is structured with excerpts from conversations with ChatGPT, themes unrelated to the titles, and sentences that deliberately omit the subject. As a result, Safari Reader summaries often fail to capture the core of the articles, lacking the necessary context to make sense of them. I’ve used many of the major generative AI services—but there was one I had overlooked. I asked […]

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Return is Subjective

2025-06-24 JST

Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which one sensory experience involuntarily triggers another. It is said to occur in about 2–4% of the population. Yet, the definition remains in flux—individual differences and misclassifications are common. Grok offered an insightful analysis of my article “On Spiral and Rotational Patterns in Music,” suggesting that I might experience either synesthesia or a form of pseudo-synesthesia. At first, I allowed myself to wonder if I might be one of that “special” 2–4%.But I quickly reconsidered. Whether or not it was synesthesia didn’t matter.I had simply been describing my own sensations, in my own words. Ads appear on YouTube and blogs as if by spontaneous […]

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