Anyone assisting would have to be someone that supported the mission. Psychedelics are used in recovery, so there appears to be an opportunity to direct this effort towards results. Although I would expect the system to record while processing the user's activity including speech and other sounds, I would be extremely cautious about letting the LSD user interact directly with any AI, which could instead simply make suggestions to assists the human in conversation for therapeutic purposes towards the stated goal of the experience. Actually, it’s more frightening to think about the experience without such an intermediary, which is doubtless happening constantly in the USA today with various drugs anyway.

> How do you evaluate the ability of that third person's "skills" or even the quality of their advice?

There have always been shaman and some have always been questionable. I believe that there are currently education and possibly certification programs for psychedelic therapists in at least some US states.

> seek out multiple third persons

In advance and after the experience, yes. During the experience, I would suggest a peaceful environment with as few people as possible. I can also imagine some kind of group work, which might require a more clinical environment.

> wonder if you don't hold your fellow Americans to a different standard than others

Given its advantages and the opportunities they provide, such as its status as the world’s reserved currency and the resulting responsibility as well as its otherwise oversize position in the world, yes I would prefer to hold America and hence Americans to higher standards. It seems very deceptive to claim American/Christian values and then operate as the USA does in the world, especially under Trump, for example against immigrants and USAID (I work internationally and have seen the disastrous impacts of the cuts firsthand). I feel that American might have represented its stated values until a little after WWII, but maybe somewhere between Korea and Vietnam it became basically corporate (defense contractor) and wealth interests running everything. Honestly, Trump/MAGA seems racist and even sadistic. I also realize that it is unrealistic to expect more from any population, but without even the intent, how does society progress more rapidly? How do Americans disparage authoritarian empires while living in an increasingly authoritarian empire? Specifically, how do we reduce war instead of creating it, or do you see war as necessary for social advancement? Because America/Israel seem to initiate more wars than any other cultures today, and not in defense but for corporate/oil interests. This is my biggest objection to the USA and its guise as a Christian nation. "Accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior. While he bombs you." And yes, I realize that not all Americans are Christians, including myself. I’m talking about stated vs. lived values, and like everyone I struggle to live up to my own. What I don’t understand is Americans or anyone that support operations that are not in their best interest and don’t align with their values.

Regarding the cause of my original offensive statement, there is currently increasing anti-American sentiment internationally, which affects me directly. partly because I travel and honestly don't want to face US immigration myself. While the USA is in a position of special power, there are consequences for national actions, such as Israeli tourists already being denied visas in several countries and the potential for additional visa restrictions and reversals. People are leaving the US military for ethical reasons and someone in some authority I can't remember even already mentioned the potential need for conscription. Anyway, I can still apologize for writing it. Ramble ramble.

I thought the same thing at first. Psychedelics are scary enough sometimes. But it could also be an interesting way to record a trip and keep it on an objective. Go viral, that kinds of thing. When we were kids just starting psychedelics, we would sometimes have a sober person to keep us on the rails. A third second person could help here, but would have to pay attention and have some skills.

Sorry, by "unbeliever" I actually meant to type "I believe in." Hopefully my other thumbsos are self-evident.

Point taken. I do have resentment for current USA actions against the world ant large and the percentage of Americans that support the current administration behind them, which I actually see as a symptom of a corrupt system based on greed, theft, and racism rather than its stated values. It's actually difficult not to generalize that to the population at large because I'm not seeing the resistance or its leadership that I would expect or even demand from a country with USA's stated values, and the statements I get from my family and friends there. I see a lot of complicity and conformance driven by fear, greed, racism, complacency, entitlement, and so forth. It seems prevalent there, though I know it's not universal, nor limited to USA. Anyway, I'll try to be more polite and limit generalizations and such offensive statements. I can only temporarily take offense at the words of others if they actually apply to me, so it's apparently much easier for me to offend others than it is for them to offend me, because only my own actions can actually offend me, including my own inappropriate statements. So, unbeliever in free speech, but there are limits to any freedom. Thanks.

Which snark do you prefer?

-You expect only relevant comments in slashdot? You must be new here.

-Thank you for putting me in my proper place.

-Your brilliance has blinded me.

-Are you familiar with the relationship between Star Wars and Kurosawa?

-I'm so very glad to finally meet an pseudo-intellectual that knows more about Asian film history and culture than I do.

-Valid point, but so was mine.

Just noting that I’ve lived in Asia for about six years including Singapore, which has ~60% Chinese heritage, I had a PRC USA immigrant wife for about 18 years, and I have been to Hong Kong once and China twice. I’m pretty familiar with the differences between China and Japan.

Recently divorced is an interesting time for dating, though divorce itself might not be a good sign. It would be interesting to have some statistics showing relevant patterns, such as the average length of subsequent relationships after cheating/divorce/death. Oh yeah, and employment too. I guess for employment, death would be company failure. Divorce would be quitting, which would appear as unemployment?

I don't really play the algorithm game there, but when I change my status on LinkedIn from unemployed to employed, I immediately get more headhunters contacting me. Funny thing is, my LinkedIn profile was basically totally fake even before AI.

I can't tell if you're someone that reads racism into everything, but please don't. I don't see what I wrote as racist at all. Americans are well-known globally for doing incredibly stupid things. I'm don't think that admitting thais makes me racist, just as noting when people living out their stereotypes does not make me racist, or that being antizionist does not make me antisemitic. It's not like I said "all Americans are/do X." Many Americans are great, but they mostly all think they're trapped in what is a very corrupt system.

Hmm? Americans are a race? BTW, I'm American. Are you saying I'm racist agains myself? I was pointing out that American government (theoretically representing its people) seems to make constantly worse decisions daily. What does that have to do with race anyway? My suggestion would be that all levels and branches of government just stay off of social media, but it's obviously too late for that.

Won't the real test be whether it's profitable?

I think all digital evidence basically needs to be discarded at this point. It just introduces reasonable doubt.

Have you heard of tainting the jury pool though? What the hell are they doing posting anything anywhere, doctored or not? Fucking Americans.

wtf is going on in that country. Every headline is more insane than the previous one.

But please don't touch anything Kurosawa!