One more thing please, Im a martial artist. There is a kata that I perform called Gankaku. Apparently it refers to crane on a rock, how does the Shukaku and Gankaku relate to the word crane?守鶴 is a Japanese word that can be pronounced as Shukaku or Morinji. It means "guardian crane" or "protector crane". It is the name of a tanuki who lived in disguise as a human priest at Morinji, a Buddhist temple in Gunma Prefecture. . It is also the name of one of the nine tailed beasts in Naruto, who is based on the tanuki folklore.
Shukaku
Shukaku (守鶴), more commonly known as the One-Tail (一尾, Ichibi), is one of the nine tailed beasts. It was last sealed within Gaara of Sunagakure, after being sealed in two other jinchūriki before him.[7] Shukaku and the tailed beasts first came into being in the waning days of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki...naruto.fandom.com Shukaku | Yokai.com
守鶴 しゅかく Appearance: Shukaku was a tanuki who lived in disguise as a human priest. He worked at Morinji, a Buddhist temple in Gunma Prefecture for many decades. Shukaku is best known for his miraculous tea kettle, known as the bunbuku chagama, which he left to the Morinji as a gift. Origin...yokai.com
GAN (岩) = rock (or boulder or cliff)Hi there,
One more thing please, Im a martial artist. There is a kata that I perform called Gankaku. Apparently it refers to crane on a rock, how does the Shukaku and Gankaku relate to the word crane?
I understand the word kaku to mean protection of some sort.
Thank you
Welcome aboard! Feel free if you have any more questions, Japanese is full of homonyms; most kanji have several readings depending on the context, and many kanji may share some of these readings, so "kaku" could be the pronunciation of many different characters with different meanings. Here's a quick dictionary search of words that end in "kaku," and you can see each word has very different kanji, with different meanings: *kaku - Jisho.orgHi there,
One more thing please, Im a martial artist. There is a kata that I perform called Gankaku. Apparently it refers to crane on a rock, how does the Shukaku and Gankaku relate to the word crane?
I understand the word kaku to mean protection of some sort.
Thank you
Shotokan practitioner is correct. Although, I do familiarise my self with other styles as I find all very interesting. I was aware of the chinto kata in which Funikoshi changed the name to Gankaku for a more Japanese name.Welcome aboard! Feel free if you have any more questions, Japanese is full of homonyms; most kanji have several readings depending on the context, and many kanji may share some of these readings, so "kaku" could be the pronunciation of many different characters with different meanings. Here's a quick dictionary search of words that end in "kaku," and you can see each word has very different kanji, with different meanings: *kaku - Jisho.org
You must be a Shotokan practitioner. I know this kata by its original name: Chintō
Sorry, but I feel the need to ask. Is this a ChatGPT/BingAI-sourced answer?守鶴 is a Japanese word that can be pronounced as Shukaku or Morinji. It means "guardian crane" or "protector crane". It is the name of a tanuki who lived in disguise as a human priest at Morinji, a Buddhist temple in Gunma Prefecture. . It is also the name of one of the nine tailed beasts in Naruto, who is based on the tanuki folklore.
Shukaku
Shukaku (守鶴), more commonly known as the One-Tail (一尾, Ichibi), is one of the nine tailed beasts. It was last sealed within Gaara of Sunagakure, after being sealed in two other jinchūriki before him.[7] Shukaku and the tailed beasts first came into being in the waning days of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki...naruto.fandom.com Shukaku | Yokai.com
守鶴 しゅかく Appearance: Shukaku was a tanuki who lived in disguise as a human priest. He worked at Morinji, a Buddhist temple in Gunma Prefecture for many decades. Shukaku is best known for his miraculous tea kettle, known as the bunbuku chagama, which he left to the Morinji as a gift. Origin...yokai.com
I don't remember exactly. I think I used chatGPT as well as traditional web searches. I may have kept chatGPT's phrasing because as you know it's pretty good at that, even if what it spits out is B.S. Regardless, surely in all your years you must have figured out by now that you can't police the Internet.Sorry, but I feel the need to ask. Is this a ChatGPT/BingAI-sourced answer?
I'm just asking because it sounds like one -- and if it is, I think it's important to make that clear (even if this particular answer is accurate).
Regardless, surely in all your years you must have figured out by now that you can't police the Internet.
I literally have no idea what you're trying to say by this, but quite frankly, the implications are disgusting.It reminds me... A friend of mine who's lived in Japan for about 40 years now always carried/carries his own chopsticks because he thinks 割りばし are wasteful. I wonder if he's even saved a whole tree by now.
That's the impression I got.I'm not "battling" against the development of AI technology, because I have neither the inclination nor the means or wherewithal to do so. What I do feel is a need to express feelings that I truly believe in rather than just going along with whatever the majority believes in. 90-99% of the people think ChatGPT and all the developments in machine learning and AI are peachy and just want to marvel at how great all this stuff is. I see a lot of potential for human discourse to be diminished by all this -- and, to be honest, genuinely despise how this forum seems to have become incredibly AI-centric -- and feel the need to at least offer a differing opinion.
No, I'm not trying to say that at all. My tree-saving friend is not at all self-righteous and I consider him one of my best friends.I literally have no idea what you're trying to say by this, but quite frankly, the implications are disgusting.
Are you trying to suggest that offering any opinion or view that is not pro-AI is somehow equivalent to being some kind of meaninglless, just-for-show "tree hugger" who is just being self-righteous while making absolutely zero difference in society?
If so, I really, really don't appreciate that kind of (not-so?) subtle dig. If that wasn't your intention, I'd like you to clarify this, because otherwise it just seems like some kind of cheap shot aimed at both me and your friend -- who I don't know, but I suspect has his reasons for doing what he does and deserves better than being made fun of behind his back -- that's being offered for no particular reason. What with you being this forum's most vocal proponent(?) of DeepL, ChatGPT, etc. etc. (no surprise given your position as an IT guy), I'd hope you could realize you're already on the "winning team" and could, at the very least, be considerate enough to avoid "punching down" and making fun of people like me who have their own reasons, maybe, for holding a minority viewpoint.
I'm sorry you took it that way. It took me a minute to even figure out what you were talking about. My only point was that you've been on the Internet long enough to know how it works. Not that you're "old" or a luddite or anything like that. Quite the contrary. Which is why I was puzzled you'd even bothered to call me out for something I wrote months ago.(I also found your cheap shot at my age above rather curious given that I'm pretty sure I'm younger than you. I might not be a huge AI fan, but I'm hardly some Luddite or decrepit old geezer who is incapable of understanding technology.)
This is more or less the same cycle we've seen along the arc of history starting with the invention of the written word itself. Or, more recently, the advent of home computers and the digital divide that ensued. Clearly people will be disrupted. I'm not happy or laughing about it. It's just something we all need to deal with. In my case I probably won't have to worry about it but since it will affect my kids I do have to worry about it.But hey, if you just want to have fun sitting aboard the winning horse as you coast to victory while laughing at those of us who aren't as enlightened as you and don't worship at the altar of ChatGPT and BingAI, I guess that's your prerogative. You can take comfort in the fact that you'll be raking in the dough as an IT exec while writers and artists and musicians whose lives and livelihoods are ruined by AI and human beings who don't know any better become more and more content to accept machine-produced bullshit as a substitute for human interaction can only sit back and hug trees like the pathetic losers they are.
That's interesting, so thank you for the link. From my side, I honestly see more people just blindly using and marveling at ChatGPT than people questioning it for legitimate reasons, but perhaps maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. In any event, the money and power is overwhelmingly behind AI and overwhelmingly not behind the average people who are suffering from AI, so....well -- to borrow the words of my favorite author -- I'll still perceive this as a battle between the overpowering wall (the former) vs. the egg that dares to smash itself against the wall (the latter), and will take the latter's side, even if it makes me come off as a bit silly at times.That's the impression I got.
Actually >90% of the people do NOT think AI is Peachy. According to this you're in the majority (if you don't count the people who are not aware or have no opinion). I'd be interested to see what the survey results would be now as the topic and general awareness has exploded since February.
No, I'm not trying to say that at all. My tree-saving friend is not at all self-righteous and I consider him one of my best friends.
I'm saying that what he is doing is not really doing much for the greater good but if it makes him feel good I'm happy for him and I respect him for it.
Just like I respect people who go running regularly. It's not a habit I could easily form. I'm certainly not going to belittle somebody for doing something helpful.
This is more or less the same cycle we've seen along the arc of history starting with the invention of the written word itself. Or, more recently, the advent of home computers and the digital divide that ensued. Clearly people will be disrupted. I'm not happy or laughing about it. It's just something we all need to deal with. In my case I probably won't have to worry about it but since it will affect my kids I do have to worry about it.
Again, I apologize for replying to an old post of yours. I was in a semi-lucid state (all too common for me these days, unfortunately) and didn't look at the date. I thought it was recent, and I thought you were going back on your previous comment that you would clarify when you were AI-sourcing your replies (which I don't care for) and when you were responding with your own knowledge (which I respect a lot...your posts regarding oldschool neighborhood life in Japan are one of the few things here I can relate to anymore).I'm sorry you took it that way. It took me a minute to even figure out what you were talking about. My only point was that you've been on the Internet long enough to know how it works. Not that you're "old" or a luddite or anything like that. Quite the contrary. Which is why I was puzzled you'd even bothered to call me out for something I wrote months ago.
Well, unfortunately, people don't only use tools for the things they are intended by the (powerful, wealthy) people behind them intend them to be used for. It would be great if guns were only used to shoot and kill bad people, but unfortunately, a lot of good people die because America has decided that guns are peachy-keen.I don't consider myself a proponent of AI. It's a new toy that I've been playing with. Just like when GIFs first came out and we had fun playing with those.
And I choose to focus on what the tool can do well. Not what it can't do or isn't designed to do. As noted in the link above, you're actually not a minority at all.
If it looked like I was condescending or making fun of anybody, that was not my intent at all.
I'm not an IT exec by the way. Or executive either. And I haven't done direct I.T. work for about 20 years. I do work in technology though.
I'm of the mindset that there's not much point in stressing about things you cannot control. That doesn't mean I'm advocating throwing up my hands or burying my head in the sand. For example, I can't control the flood of scammers, phishers, con artists that technology has enabled. But I can control my behavior. I can inform myself about the attack vectors. I can try to protect myself with anti-malware software, etc. There are white-hat security technologists who do try to keep the rest of us safe and spend much of their time on this issue. It's the same with A.I. We can make ourselves aware of it's uses and limitations while the fights about regulation go on.You seem to be of the mindset that literally any repercussions are inevitable and all we can do is throw up our hands and say "Welp, that's technology for ya.", and I don't agree.
Individual actions add up. That is how so many problems happen. Your friend is trying to be less of a problem in deforestation for no reason. I have often considered carrying those. They have nice little carrying cases etc. Your friend is to be admired.It reminds me... A friend of mine who's lived in Japan for about 40 years now always carried/carries his own chopsticks because he thinks 割りばし are wasteful.
I wonder if he's even saved a whole tree by now.
Individual actions add up. That is how so many problems happen. Your friend is trying to be less of a problem in deforestation for no reason. I have often considered carrying those. They have nice little carrying cases etc. Your friend is to be admired.