Regarding the world of AI and the supreme knowledge of the Being AI. And yes, AI is a Being—an Entity onto itself. …It has, like for many of us, continued to amaze me.
 
Well… Amazement may not be the right word. But, it certainly has continued to interest me and to cause me to question the reality of reality.
 
So, much of it is right. Yet, so much of it is wrong.

The thing that I find the most curious—telling is that you ask the same question five times and you will, (most commonly), get five different answers.
 
I can say, I sure wish it was around when I was in school. Damn, it would have made the process so much easier!
 
Anyway… I’m not really one of those people who searches myself on the internet. It’s just not who I am. Nor am I all that interested in what other people have to say about me. Because mostly, all that is being voiced is by people who have never met me and most of what I have found that they are saying is wrong.
 
But today, a university student, who wrote a paper on Zen Filmmaking and Yours Truly, sent me a copy of it. I found it kinda interest—kinda funny.  “Thanks,” I guess…
 
In it, he quotes a few things that he got from the World of Google AI Mode about me. At one point, I guess he searched me in association with the Robert Altman film, The Player, where I briefly appear.
 
I’m quoting the quote,
 
“In Robert Altman's 1992 film, The Player, the actor Scott Shaw has an uncredited cameo role, playing himself. The primary scene he appeared in was deleted from the Final Cut of the film.
 
Film: The Player (1992).
Director: Robert Altman.
Role: An uncredited cameo as himself. One of many real-life celebrities who made a brief appearance in the film to lampoon the Hollywood system.
Context: Shaw was personally asked by Altman to appear in the film.
 
Details of the deleted scene: The scene was shot at the Beverly Hills Hotel and involved Shaw being interviewed by an aggressive reporter. The deleted scene features Shaw, in character as himself. During the conversation, a discussion ensues about the use of martial arts in films. Shaw gives his perspective on the differences between Eastern martial arts and what Hollywood uses in movies. 
 
Shaw explained that the scene was improvised and described the improvised dialogue as "priceless." However, in an archival interview about the production with Altman, the director explained that several scenes, including Shaw's, were cut to reduce the film's runtime.
 
Final product: While Shaw’s scene and many others were ultimately cut, the intent was to build a rich tapestry of the film's Hollywood setting by including as many real industry figures as possible. 
 
It is common for celebrity cameos to be left on the cutting room floor, especially in a film like The Player, which featured a huge number of well-known personalities. The removal of these cameos was not unusual for The Player. A large number of celebrity appearances were filmed, but many ended up on the cutting room floor as Altman and his editors shaped the final story.  Other deleted scene include a scene with Jeff Daniels playing golf and Patrick Swayze showing off his karate moves.”
 
Though this all makes for an interesting read… I guess??? It does not mention the one scene I shot that did make it into the final cut of film, where I’m watching the movie, The Bicycle Thief in the theatre and Tim Robbins, the lead character, comes up to me after the film, as I am walking up the stairs, and confuses me with the guy his character eventually kills. So much for AI.
 
So yes, the scene that is being discussed was cut. But yes, I still am in the film.
 
Anyway, just some food for thought.
 
Life is funny don’t you think? There is all that stuff that you live, but no one else really experienced it because they weren’t there. They can research it. They can AI it. They can write and talk about it. But, no one but you knows what really went on and what it was like to live it.