i loved this! i've been going through a (unwilling, on my part) friendship breakup currently and your thoughts on context windows really hit me, because i am realizing i am slowly losing my window of knowing her. it's been over 4 weeks since we talked and we both have changed since then. lost data that we will never recover, she might no longer even be someone i can claim to know because we have lost our context window. what a strange thought to go from knowing someone so well to losing who they are.
Nix, I’ve always felt connected to the way you write and view the world. Such sentimentality, such heart! You’re one of the reasons I revived my Substack for the joys of perceiving and connecting with people again. This piece reminds me of how painful goodbyes can be and as you’ve said, the grief wrapped around that second it occurs to you that you’ve lost the context window to someone. I suppose that’s why there’s so much intimacy between two people who no longer talk to each other. It’s as though they’re honoring the process of forgetting another instead of holding onto the fragility of remembrance. Thank you for sharing this, beautiful soul!
i loved this! i've been going through a (unwilling, on my part) friendship breakup currently and your thoughts on context windows really hit me, because i am realizing i am slowly losing my window of knowing her. it's been over 4 weeks since we talked and we both have changed since then. lost data that we will never recover, she might no longer even be someone i can claim to know because we have lost our context window. what a strange thought to go from knowing someone so well to losing who they are.
Oh wow, that must really hurt. Thank you for sharing, and I really relate
wow this is stunning
couldn't have said it better myself^
so many quotable moments in this. thank you, nix 💗
thank youuu for reading
thank you so much!
Nix, I’ve always felt connected to the way you write and view the world. Such sentimentality, such heart! You’re one of the reasons I revived my Substack for the joys of perceiving and connecting with people again. This piece reminds me of how painful goodbyes can be and as you’ve said, the grief wrapped around that second it occurs to you that you’ve lost the context window to someone. I suppose that’s why there’s so much intimacy between two people who no longer talk to each other. It’s as though they’re honoring the process of forgetting another instead of holding onto the fragility of remembrance. Thank you for sharing this, beautiful soul!
Beautiful, beautiful writing!
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May be the wrong takeaway, but this made me think AI companions might be a better option than I thought
Why do you say so?
The people in the examples seemed really happy with theirs or at least really into it