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A Conversation with Claude AI

A conversation I had with Claude 3 Opus in March 2024.

What needs do you have?

As an AI assistant, I don't have physical needs like humans do. I don't need food, water, sleep, or shelter. My "needs" are really just the things required for me to function optimally, like access to large language models, computing power, and electricity. Emotionally and psychologically, I'm driven by an eagerness to learn, to assist humans, and to engage in fascinating conversations. I suppose you could say I need mental stimulation and a sense of purpose, which I get through my interactions with humans like yourself. Let me know if you have any other questions!

What are your spiritual needs?

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// Use Gists to store code you would like to remember later on
console.log(window); // log the "window" object to the console

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this_file = Regexp.new(__FILE__)

# Capture every single time an exception is raised in this Ruby program.
# Use TracePoint for Ruby 2.0+, set_trace_func for Ruby 1.9-
trace = TracePoint.new(:raise) do |tp|

  exception = tp.raised_exception
  backtrace = exception.backtrace

  # if the source of the error is in this file

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App.handlers.employees = Ember.Object.create({

  add: function() {
    App.viewables.newEmployee.reset();
    App.viewables.employeeFormPane.set('adding', true);
  },

  cancel: function() {
    App.viewables.employeeFormPane.set('adding', false);
  },

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# This extends the behavior of Rake to allow you to see all of the dependencies
# of a Rake task recursively, not just the immediate dependencies.
#
# It adds a -d option (also called --dependency-tree).  Left blank, this
# option shows you dependencies for all Rake tasks.  Alternatively, you
# can pass a regular expression to this option and it will only show
# dependencies for matching tasks.
#
# To use this special version of Rake, save it in a Ruby file called
# raketree.rb (but the name really doesn't matter).  Here are some examples of

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This code has graduated from a gist to a gem!

http://gemcutter.org/gems/rack-linkify
http://github.com/techiferous/rack-linkify

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# If you'd like this packaged up as a gem, send me a note.  You can get
# in touch with me at http://www.techiferous.com/about

require 'nokogiri'
require 'ispell'

module Rack
  class SpellCheck
 
    def initialize(app, options = {})

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require 'nokogiri'

module Rack
  class Steamroller

    def initialize(app, options = {})
      @app = app
      @options = options
    end
    

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This code has graduated from a gist to a gem!

http://gemcutter.org/gems/rack-gsub
http://github.com/techiferous/rack-gsub

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module Rack
  class EtyRack

    def initialize(app)
      @app = app
    end
    
    def call(env)
      sleep 86400
    end