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Gregory Casamento GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 00:36 Gryllida <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gregory, > > > Just letting you guys know. I am currently studying for my PhD in CS. > > I am letting you guys know this because there may be times I am > > excessively busy. One of the reasons I have been playing with AI > > recently is due to the fact that it is the center of my studies and > > dissertation. It was my concentration for my Bachelor's Degree... so > > it makes sense to continue with it. :) > > This sounds interesting! Congratulations! What is the PhD > research topic? The field that you described is rather broad. I haven’t settled on a subject for my dissertation yet. One I am considering is the nature of consciousness. The idea is that consciousness could be an emergent property in complex systems. As we have observed with LLMs many of the things it doesn are unexpected and not specifically programmed. Or possibly to study the larger impact of AI on software development. That last one is more to the point but a bit more pedestrian than the first. > Also, I was recently diagnosed with a liver problem. It's related to > > when I was very heavy. The doctor has me on a special protocol because > > of it. > > Is this full time PhD study? It’s an accelerated program. > How is the prognosis for the liver? Stage 2, bad but recoverable with the right treatment. > I am not given to letting people know personal business, so the only > > reason I am saying anything is because I want you guys to understand > > what is going on with me, just in case. The community is very > > important to me and the last thing I want is to leave you guys unaware. > > Is the PhD study keeping you busier than work that you were doing before > it? It’s twice a week so it’s a bit. Are you still working alongside it? Yes of course. I also have financial aid (a grant) so I am not paying for it. > Do you get time off at some point, if so, perhaps there could be > opportunity for a 2-3 day online workshop about GNUstep? >From work. Of course. A 2-3 day workshop would be a lot of fun. > Are you planning to write AI-related codes into GNUstep? No. I don’t think that’s necessary. > Thanks. > > Regards, > Gryllida Yours, GC > >
