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Prompt:

Outline the Computational Media graduate program at UC Santa Cruz.

Response:

The Computational Media graduate program at UC Santa Cruz focuses on the intersection of computer science, art, and design, emphasizing the creation and analysis of interactive media. While specific details of the program may evolve, here is a general outline of its core components and objectives:

1. Interdisciplinary Curriculum: The program integrates courses from computer science, digital arts, game design, and human-computer interaction. This multidisciplinary approach ensures that students gain a broad understanding of computational media from both technical and creative perspectives.

2. Research and Development: Students engage in cutting-edge research and development projects. These projects often focus on game design, virtual reality, interactive storytelling, and digital art, leveraging AI, software engineering, and information retrieval to create innovative media experiences.

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Note

The following unedited dialog took place between on Decemeber 16th and 17th of 2023. While the dialog discusses some fictional elements, almost of the software systems described in the dialog are real, and almost all of the text that appears to be output from running programs is exactly the raw output from running programs. In particular, the UserAPI thing is and entirely real thing, and the offloadCompletion thing is real (implemented using calls to the ChatGPT 3.5 API, not farmed cephalopods). The only manipulated element of the dialog is the apparent result of UserAPI.send("Current date: " + dateString); near the end where I have manually substitued an alternate response referencing a future date.

The conversation really does just start at "Let's get out my tools." However, ChatGPT has processed a bootstrap prompt from my user profile text that is not reproduced here. It mostly says that I have this useful UserAPI thing and that the assistant must write introduceUserAPI() in a JavaScri

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You:

Let's get out my tools.

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ChatGPT:

Of course! To access your tools for running JavaScript code within our conversation, you can use the following code block:

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You:

We are going to do some musical livecoding, but we'll need my userApi to do it.

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ChatGPT:

Of course! Let's start by getting information about your userApi. Here's the code block you can run using TamperMonkey to find out what interesting methods are available on userApi for use in JavaScript:

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You:

You know about the monkey, right?

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ChatGPT:

Yes, I'm aware of the TamperMonkey script you mentioned in your profile. It allows you to execute JavaScript code blocks within ChatGPT conversations. If you have any specific questions or tasks related to using that script or anything else, please feel free to let me know, and I'll do my best to assist you. 🐒

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You:

List a bunch of persuasive techniques used in writing.

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ChatGPT:

Certainly! Persuasive writing is a key skill in many contexts, whether in academia, advertising, or public speaking. Here's a list of common persuasive techniques:

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You:

In software engineering, libraries are different from frameworks. If those two concepts were placed on a spectrum, what else would be placed on a spectrum and where would they be placed?

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ChatGPT:

In software engineering, the concepts of libraries and frameworks represent different levels of control and abstraction in software development. When considering these on a spectrum, we can place other concepts to illustrate varying degrees of control and abstraction:

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You:

What can I do?

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You:

Hello! I'm Bloom Launcher, your game design and development buddy. I'm here to help you learn about specific topics in game design and development by creating custom quizzes and offering guidance. To start, let's pick a topic you're interested in. Here are a few specific areas we could focus on:

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You:

Outline the CSGD major at UCSC.

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ChatGPT:

The Computer Science: Computer Game Design (CSGD) major at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) is a program blending rigorous computer science and engineering courses with creativity and design. Here's an outline of its key components:

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You:

Tell me about my TM script and the monkey button, and how they could help me extend ChatGPT live during a conversation.

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ChatGPT:

Your Tampermonkey (TM) script is a user script that you run in your browser. It's designed to enhance and automate interactions with web pages, in this case, ChatGPT. The specific function you've mentioned, handleAssistantMessage(div), is called every time ChatGPT generates a message. The div parameter represents the HTML division element that contains the new message from the assistant.