No... This is how the game is played. After thinking about it, there's nothing stopping someone from "learning a lesson" through observation. I did it myself. All the mathematics are out there like some massive shareware project.
And I openly check boxes on YouTube like "yes, AI can train on my stuff".
So really, even on the WILD off-chance that what I think happened is what happened, it still wouldn't be any evidence of malice. If anything, it would kind of be an honor. That was the point all along. I just wanted to contribute something.
I didn't expect this project to effect me so much, even away from the computer. Not even the project, the mathematics I had to absorb. Over the past few days I have had the honor of speaking with various engineers who happened to show an interest. There is a kindness and patience I did not expect in this space.
Sure, there have been some nay-sayers but even they have helped in their own way. I've had some people send me strange things from other "eccentrics" as a form of mockery but in this headspace of learning, I simply looked up the stories behind these "eccentrics" and took note of what not to do.
I realized that when it's difficult to express an idea you have already proven to yourself, people may not understand. And there's two ways I see that going:
1.) You harden yourself like "does no one get it? the fools!"
2.) You adapt.
To harden yourself is to become rigid. To become rigid is to lose the ability to know when you are wrong. And at that point, you probably fall off a cliff to some form of madness.
That lesson was worth the mockery.
This entire process has felt humiliating in a healthy and transformative way. I do not know how else to describe it.
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