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The CyberDeck

A prototype of the meatspace version of the The CyberDeck

Update: I'm pausing the work on The CyberDeck for now. I feel deep inside that the entities need to halt(8) for a while.

I have always perceived the world as an intricate and interconnected web of events, where everything seemed somewhat random, yet each outcome influenced another in unexpected ways. This fascination with the connections led me to explore chaos theory as a curious child, delving into the mathematical principles that explain how complex systems can arise from seemingly simple rules. As I grew into my teenage years, this interest naturally evolved into a fascination with chaos magick, a practice that emphasizes the power of belief and intention. It was a time filled with the whirlwind of hormones and the quest for identity, making exploring such esoteric ideas even more thrilling and relevant to my life.

Of course, making sense of all the randomness and trying to understand at least a bit of it to be well-prepared for the future led me to spend an entire life dabbling with divination, from the Tarot to The Lenormand, until I decided to stay with the Forty Servants of my good friend Tommie Kelly.

But one thing always bugged me in all the systems I tried to use. They were fatalist and deterministic, something that's impossible based on the chaos where we live. It's not like they didn't work — The forty servants are still my go-to guides for most things, but I wanted to try something different. Until now, I had no idea what it would be. This is changing as we speak.

After the advent of large language models and AI, where you are basically talking to a mass of compressed knowledge (costing the future of our planet through global warming), I have been thinking deeply about a system that would be more conversational, that I could confront and ask for clarifications, something that would enable me to have deeper conversations with.

After a lot of thinking, I come up with the following requirements for my system:

This took me to the creation of The CyberDeck.

Returning to the technology/AI theme, I painted my system with Prahou's unix surrealism motif. It made much sense, and I'm eternally grateful to him for allowing me to use it. He even helped me pick the suitable archetypes, so this is his as much as mine. It's our kid.

The CybeDeck is split into two decks—one with twenty archetypes and one with only three cards. The first is the constant deck, which is the system's core. The other is the Oracle deck, which is supposed to be used when you want answers about specific Constant draws.

The Constants

Oracle

The CyberDeck is not supposed to be used as a typical divination system. It's all about having an honest conversation with it. Ask a question. Tell it that's not what you want and what should you do. Is this the right path for you? Use the oracle deck. Tell The CyberDeck that what it's saying isn't want you to want to hear. Make it work hard. There's no cost to run this AI system besides your brain trying to make sense of it.

And remember, the deck is never wrong.

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