├── .github └── FUNDING.yml ├── README.md ├── dialogue.py ├── prompts.json └── LICENSE /.github/FUNDING.yml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | github: paulbricman 2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # K-Probes 2 | Learn more by reading [the official write-up](https://paulbricman.com/thoughtware/k-probes). 3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /dialogue.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | import json 2 | import random 3 | 4 | prompts = json.load(open('prompts.json')) 5 | 6 | configuration = { 7 | "Remember": 10, 8 | "Understand": 10, 9 | "Apply": 10, 10 | "Analyze": 10, 11 | "Evaluate": 10, 12 | "Create": 10 13 | } 14 | 15 | while True: 16 | input() 17 | 18 | sample_category = random.choices(list(configuration.keys()), weights = list(configuration.values()))[0] 19 | sample_prompt = random.choice(prompts[sample_category]) 20 | 21 | print('\n' + sample_prompt) 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /prompts.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "Remember":[ 3 | "Who's involved in this?", 4 | "Who suggested this?", 5 | "What field is this part of?", 6 | "What conceptual framework is this part of?", 7 | "When was this suggested?", 8 | "Where was this proposed?", 9 | "How does the history of this look like?", 10 | "How did this develop over time?", 11 | "In what context was this suggested?", 12 | "What's an example of this?", 13 | "How can this be illustrated?", 14 | "Where can this be observed?", 15 | "When does this manifest?", 16 | "What's an instance of this?", 17 | "What are some facts related to this?", 18 | "What is known about this topic?", 19 | "What other concepts are related to this?", 20 | "How does this relate to other topics?", 21 | "Are there other names for this?", 22 | "Is this a novel idea?", 23 | "How would you define this?", 24 | "What is this about?", 25 | "How would you characterize this?", 26 | "What are the basic facts of this?", 27 | "What is the definition of this?", 28 | "What puzzle is this part of?", 29 | "What are some unanswered questions about this?", 30 | "What is controversial about this?", 31 | "What are some known problems with this?" 32 | ], 33 | "Understand":[ 34 | "How would you rephrase this?", 35 | "How would you describe this?", 36 | "How would you summarize this?", 37 | "How would you explain this to a child?", 38 | "How would you explain this to a teenager?", 39 | "How would you explain this to a student?", 40 | "How would you explain this to a peer?", 41 | "What category does this fall under?", 42 | "How can you classify this?", 43 | "How would you model this?", 44 | "What is the function of this?", 45 | "What are the first principles of this?", 46 | "What is the underlying mental model?", 47 | "What's the dual of this?", 48 | "How would you generalize this?", 49 | "What's the essence of this?", 50 | "What are the key ideas behind this?", 51 | "What are the key takeaways of this?", 52 | "What pattern does this capture?", 53 | "What is the basis of this?", 54 | "What are the main points of this?", 55 | "How would you translate this to another domain?", 56 | "How would you represent this visually?", 57 | "How does this compare to related notions?", 58 | "How is this different to related notions?", 59 | "How is this similar to related notions?", 60 | "How does this relate to other notions?", 61 | "How does this interact with other notions?", 62 | "How does this fit with other notions?", 63 | "What would be an analogy for this?", 64 | "What is this analogous to?", 65 | "What can you conclude from this?", 66 | "How can this be extrapolated?", 67 | "What does this all mean?", 68 | "Why is this important?", 69 | "Why is this meaningful?", 70 | "Why is this relevant?", 71 | "What is the value of this?", 72 | "Why is this studied?", 73 | "What's the purpose of this?", 74 | "What does this imply?", 75 | "What follows from this?", 76 | "How could this change how we view the world?", 77 | "What can this lead to?", 78 | "What are some second-order consequences of this?", 79 | "How does this affect the rest?", 80 | "How does this come into play?", 81 | "Why does this occur?", 82 | "What is the cause of this?", 83 | "What is the source of this?", 84 | "What is this a consequence of?", 85 | "Why is this the case?", 86 | "Why does this exist?", 87 | "Why is this a thing?" 88 | ], 89 | "Apply":[ 90 | "How can this be applied?", 91 | "What is the impact of this?", 92 | "What are some applications of this?", 93 | "How can this be helpful?", 94 | "Who can benefit from this?", 95 | "How could this be put into practice?", 96 | "How can this be leveraged?", 97 | "How can this be harnessed?", 98 | "How can this be made practical?", 99 | "How can you make the most of this?", 100 | "How can you take advantage of this?", 101 | "How can you best use this?", 102 | "How could this be applied in a professional setting?", 103 | "How could this be applied in a personal setting?", 104 | "How can this help people?", 105 | "How could this be of use to others?", 106 | "What are some unexpected application domains for this?", 107 | "What's next?", 108 | "How could this be applied to other domains?", 109 | "What are some unique areas where this can be applied?", 110 | "How might this be used in new areas?", 111 | "What is the future of this?", 112 | "How might this apply to new domains?", 113 | "What domains might this be helpful in?", 114 | "What problems can this solve?", 115 | "What issues can this help with?", 116 | "What can this do in other domains?", 117 | "How can this be applied in a new domain?", 118 | "How can this change the global landscape?", 119 | "What has to be in place before this can be applied?" 120 | ], 121 | "Analyze":[ 122 | "What are the components of this?", 123 | "What's the structure of this?", 124 | "How can this be split into parts?", 125 | "How do the components of this relate to each other?", 126 | "How are the components of this different?", 127 | "How do the components of this interact?", 128 | "What role do the components of this play?", 129 | "How are the components of this interconnected?", 130 | "How can this be deconstructed?", 131 | "What are some attributes of this?", 132 | "How are the components of this integrated?", 133 | "How could this be analyzed in more depth?", 134 | "How does this emerge?", 135 | "How does this evolve?", 136 | "How does this change?", 137 | "How does this become coherent?", 138 | "How does this work as a whole?", 139 | "How can this be viewed as a process?", 140 | "How can this be viewed as a system?", 141 | "How can this be viewed as an ecosystem?", 142 | "How can this be viewed as an organism?", 143 | "How can this be viewed as an experience?", 144 | "How can this be viewed as a space?", 145 | "How can this be viewed from a physics perspective?", 146 | "How can this be viewed from an economics perspective?", 147 | "How can this be viewed from a philosophy perspective?", 148 | "How can this be viewed from a mathematics perspective?", 149 | "How can this be viewed from a biology perspective?", 150 | "How can this be viewed from a psychology perspective?" 151 | ], 152 | "Evaluate":[ 153 | "How can you evaluate this?", 154 | "How can you test this?", 155 | "How can this be measured?", 156 | "How can this be disproven?", 157 | "What assumptions underlie this?", 158 | "What biases are hidden within this?", 159 | "What evidence supports this?", 160 | "What are some arguments against this?", 161 | "What evidence contradicts this?", 162 | "How would different people view this?", 163 | "What would happen if this was false?", 164 | "How do you know this?", 165 | "What are some different perspectives on this?", 166 | "What are some possible interpretations of this?", 167 | "What's another way to look at this?", 168 | "What would happen if this was false?", 169 | "What's a counterargument for this?", 170 | "How would you assess this?", 171 | "What data would you use to evaluate this?", 172 | "How could you verify this?", 173 | "Why isn't this more applied?", 174 | "Where does this end?", 175 | "When does this hold?", 176 | "What needs to be known to judge this?", 177 | "What's the train of thought behind this?", 178 | "How did people get to this?", 179 | "What motivated the people behind this?", 180 | "What are some alternatives to this?", 181 | "Is this in accordance with common sense?", 182 | "Why is this the norm?" 183 | ], 184 | "Create":[ 185 | "How would you communicate this visually?", 186 | "How would you visualize this?", 187 | "How would you represent this?", 188 | "How can this be conveyed effectively?", 189 | "How would you communicate this as an experience?", 190 | "How does this fit into a narrative?", 191 | "How can this be made more tangible?", 192 | "How would you design something based on this?", 193 | "How would you construct something based on this?", 194 | "How would you obtain this differently?", 195 | "How can this be adapted?", 196 | "How can this be modified?", 197 | "How can this be expanded?", 198 | "How can this be translated?", 199 | "How can this be formalized?", 200 | "How can this be adapted?", 201 | "How can this be manipulated?", 202 | "Where can this be improved?", 203 | "How can this be a source for inspiration?", 204 | "How would this be taught?", 205 | "How can you relate to this?", 206 | "What questions does this give rise to?", 207 | "What opportunities does this offer?", 208 | "How could you best express this?", 209 | "What is missing from this?", 210 | "What are some unexplored dimensions of this?", 211 | "What does this say about its advocates?", 212 | "Why would people find this intriguing?", 213 | "How would you contribute to this?", 214 | "How could you have more of a connection to this?", 215 | "What plot twist could this provide?" 216 | ] 217 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 2 | ================================== 3 | 4 | 1. Definitions 5 | -------------- 6 | 7 | 1.1. "Contributor" 8 | means each individual or legal entity that creates, contributes to 9 | the creation of, or owns Covered Software. 10 | 11 | 1.2. "Contributor Version" 12 | means the combination of the Contributions of others (if any) used 13 | by a Contributor and that particular Contributor's Contribution. 14 | 15 | 1.3. "Contribution" 16 | means Covered Software of a particular Contributor. 17 | 18 | 1.4. "Covered Software" 19 | means Source Code Form to which the initial Contributor has attached 20 | the notice in Exhibit A, the Executable Form of such Source Code 21 | Form, and Modifications of such Source Code Form, in each case 22 | including portions thereof. 23 | 24 | 1.5. "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses" 25 | means 26 | 27 | (a) that the initial Contributor has attached the notice described 28 | in Exhibit B to the Covered Software; or 29 | 30 | (b) that the Covered Software was made available under the terms of 31 | version 1.1 or earlier of the License, but not also under the 32 | terms of a Secondary License. 33 | 34 | 1.6. "Executable Form" 35 | means any form of the work other than Source Code Form. 36 | 37 | 1.7. "Larger Work" 38 | means a work that combines Covered Software with other material, in 39 | a separate file or files, that is not Covered Software. 40 | 41 | 1.8. "License" 42 | means this document. 43 | 44 | 1.9. "Licensable" 45 | means having the right to grant, to the maximum extent possible, 46 | whether at the time of the initial grant or subsequently, any and 47 | all of the rights conveyed by this License. 48 | 49 | 1.10. "Modifications" 50 | means any of the following: 51 | 52 | (a) any file in Source Code Form that results from an addition to, 53 | deletion from, or modification of the contents of Covered 54 | Software; or 55 | 56 | (b) any new file in Source Code Form that contains any Covered 57 | Software. 58 | 59 | 1.11. "Patent Claims" of a Contributor 60 | means any patent claim(s), including without limitation, method, 61 | process, and apparatus claims, in any patent Licensable by such 62 | Contributor that would be infringed, but for the grant of the 63 | License, by the making, using, selling, offering for sale, having 64 | made, import, or transfer of either its Contributions or its 65 | Contributor Version. 66 | 67 | 1.12. "Secondary License" 68 | means either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU 69 | Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General 70 | Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those 71 | licenses. 72 | 73 | 1.13. "Source Code Form" 74 | means the form of the work preferred for making modifications. 75 | 76 | 1.14. "You" (or "Your") 77 | means an individual or a legal entity exercising rights under this 78 | License. For legal entities, "You" includes any entity that 79 | controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with You. For 80 | purposes of this definition, "control" means (a) the power, direct 81 | or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity, 82 | whether by contract or otherwise, or (b) ownership of more than 83 | fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares or beneficial 84 | ownership of such entity. 85 | 86 | 2. License Grants and Conditions 87 | -------------------------------- 88 | 89 | 2.1. Grants 90 | 91 | Each Contributor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free, 92 | non-exclusive license: 93 | 94 | (a) under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark) 95 | Licensable by such Contributor to use, reproduce, make available, 96 | modify, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise exploit its 97 | Contributions, either on an unmodified basis, with Modifications, or 98 | as part of a Larger Work; and 99 | 100 | (b) under Patent Claims of such Contributor to make, use, sell, offer 101 | for sale, have made, import, and otherwise transfer either its 102 | Contributions or its Contributor Version. 103 | 104 | 2.2. Effective Date 105 | 106 | The licenses granted in Section 2.1 with respect to any Contribution 107 | become effective for each Contribution on the date the Contributor first 108 | distributes such Contribution. 109 | 110 | 2.3. Limitations on Grant Scope 111 | 112 | The licenses granted in this Section 2 are the only rights granted under 113 | this License. No additional rights or licenses will be implied from the 114 | distribution or licensing of Covered Software under this License. 115 | Notwithstanding Section 2.1(b) above, no patent license is granted by a 116 | Contributor: 117 | 118 | (a) for any code that a Contributor has removed from Covered Software; 119 | or 120 | 121 | (b) for infringements caused by: (i) Your and any other third party's 122 | modifications of Covered Software, or (ii) the combination of its 123 | Contributions with other software (except as part of its Contributor 124 | Version); or 125 | 126 | (c) under Patent Claims infringed by Covered Software in the absence of 127 | its Contributions. 128 | 129 | This License does not grant any rights in the trademarks, service marks, 130 | or logos of any Contributor (except as may be necessary to comply with 131 | the notice requirements in Section 3.4). 132 | 133 | 2.4. Subsequent Licenses 134 | 135 | No Contributor makes additional grants as a result of Your choice to 136 | distribute the Covered Software under a subsequent version of this 137 | License (see Section 10.2) or under the terms of a Secondary License (if 138 | permitted under the terms of Section 3.3). 139 | 140 | 2.5. Representation 141 | 142 | Each Contributor represents that the Contributor believes its 143 | Contributions are its original creation(s) or it has sufficient rights 144 | to grant the rights to its Contributions conveyed by this License. 145 | 146 | 2.6. Fair Use 147 | 148 | This License is not intended to limit any rights You have under 149 | applicable copyright doctrines of fair use, fair dealing, or other 150 | equivalents. 151 | 152 | 2.7. Conditions 153 | 154 | Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 are conditions of the licenses granted 155 | in Section 2.1. 156 | 157 | 3. Responsibilities 158 | ------------------- 159 | 160 | 3.1. Distribution of Source Form 161 | 162 | All distribution of Covered Software in Source Code Form, including any 163 | Modifications that You create or to which You contribute, must be under 164 | the terms of this License. You must inform recipients that the Source 165 | Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this 166 | License, and how they can obtain a copy of this License. You may not 167 | attempt to alter or restrict the recipients' rights in the Source Code 168 | Form. 169 | 170 | 3.2. Distribution of Executable Form 171 | 172 | If You distribute Covered Software in Executable Form then: 173 | 174 | (a) such Covered Software must also be made available in Source Code 175 | Form, as described in Section 3.1, and You must inform recipients of 176 | the Executable Form how they can obtain a copy of such Source Code 177 | Form by reasonable means in a timely manner, at a charge no more 178 | than the cost of distribution to the recipient; and 179 | 180 | (b) You may distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this 181 | License, or sublicense it under different terms, provided that the 182 | license for the Executable Form does not attempt to limit or alter 183 | the recipients' rights in the Source Code Form under this License. 184 | 185 | 3.3. Distribution of a Larger Work 186 | 187 | You may create and distribute a Larger Work under terms of Your choice, 188 | provided that You also comply with the requirements of this License for 189 | the Covered Software. If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered 190 | Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the 191 | Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this 192 | License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software 193 | under the terms of such Secondary License(s), so that the recipient of 194 | the Larger Work may, at their option, further distribute the Covered 195 | Software under the terms of either this License or such Secondary 196 | License(s). 197 | 198 | 3.4. Notices 199 | 200 | You may not remove or alter the substance of any license notices 201 | (including copyright notices, patent notices, disclaimers of warranty, 202 | or limitations of liability) contained within the Source Code Form of 203 | the Covered Software, except that You may alter any license notices to 204 | the extent required to remedy known factual inaccuracies. 205 | 206 | 3.5. Application of Additional Terms 207 | 208 | You may choose to offer, and to charge a fee for, warranty, support, 209 | indemnity or liability obligations to one or more recipients of Covered 210 | Software. However, You may do so only on Your own behalf, and not on 211 | behalf of any Contributor. You must make it absolutely clear that any 212 | such warranty, support, indemnity, or liability obligation is offered by 213 | You alone, and You hereby agree to indemnify every Contributor for any 214 | liability incurred by such Contributor as a result of warranty, support, 215 | indemnity or liability terms You offer. You may include additional 216 | disclaimers of warranty and limitations of liability specific to any 217 | jurisdiction. 218 | 219 | 4. Inability to Comply Due to Statute or Regulation 220 | --------------------------------------------------- 221 | 222 | If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this 223 | License with respect to some or all of the Covered Software due to 224 | statute, judicial order, or regulation then You must: (a) comply with 225 | the terms of this License to the maximum extent possible; and (b) 226 | describe the limitations and the code they affect. Such description must 227 | be placed in a text file included with all distributions of the Covered 228 | Software under this License. Except to the extent prohibited by statute 229 | or regulation, such description must be sufficiently detailed for a 230 | recipient of ordinary skill to be able to understand it. 231 | 232 | 5. Termination 233 | -------------- 234 | 235 | 5.1. The rights granted under this License will terminate automatically 236 | if You fail to comply with any of its terms. However, if You become 237 | compliant, then the rights granted under this License from a particular 238 | Contributor are reinstated (a) provisionally, unless and until such 239 | Contributor explicitly and finally terminates Your grants, and (b) on an 240 | ongoing basis, if such Contributor fails to notify You of the 241 | non-compliance by some reasonable means prior to 60 days after You have 242 | come back into compliance. Moreover, Your grants from a particular 243 | Contributor are reinstated on an ongoing basis if such Contributor 244 | notifies You of the non-compliance by some reasonable means, this is the 245 | first time You have received notice of non-compliance with this License 246 | from such Contributor, and You become compliant prior to 30 days after 247 | Your receipt of the notice. 248 | 249 | 5.2. If You initiate litigation against any entity by asserting a patent 250 | infringement claim (excluding declaratory judgment actions, 251 | counter-claims, and cross-claims) alleging that a Contributor Version 252 | directly or indirectly infringes any patent, then the rights granted to 253 | You by any and all Contributors for the Covered Software under Section 254 | 2.1 of this License shall terminate. 255 | 256 | 5.3. In the event of termination under Sections 5.1 or 5.2 above, all 257 | end user license agreements (excluding distributors and resellers) which 258 | have been validly granted by You or Your distributors under this License 259 | prior to termination shall survive termination. 260 | 261 | ************************************************************************ 262 | * * 263 | * 6. Disclaimer of Warranty * 264 | * ------------------------- * 265 | * * 266 | * Covered Software is provided under this License on an "as is" * 267 | * basis, without warranty of any kind, either expressed, implied, or * 268 | * statutory, including, without limitation, warranties that the * 269 | * Covered Software is free of defects, merchantable, fit for a * 270 | * particular purpose or non-infringing. The entire risk as to the * 271 | * quality and performance of the Covered Software is with You. * 272 | * Should any Covered Software prove defective in any respect, You * 273 | * (not any Contributor) assume the cost of any necessary servicing, * 274 | * repair, or correction. This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an * 275 | * essential part of this License. No use of any Covered Software is * 276 | * authorized under this License except under this disclaimer. * 277 | * * 278 | ************************************************************************ 279 | 280 | ************************************************************************ 281 | * * 282 | * 7. Limitation of Liability * 283 | * -------------------------- * 284 | * * 285 | * Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether tort * 286 | * (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall any * 287 | * Contributor, or anyone who distributes Covered Software as * 288 | * permitted above, be liable to You for any direct, indirect, * 289 | * special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character * 290 | * including, without limitation, damages for lost profits, loss of * 291 | * goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any * 292 | * and all other commercial damages or losses, even if such party * 293 | * shall have been informed of the possibility of such damages. This * 294 | * limitation of liability shall not apply to liability for death or * 295 | * personal injury resulting from such party's negligence to the * 296 | * extent applicable law prohibits such limitation. Some * 297 | * jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of * 298 | * incidental or consequential damages, so this exclusion and * 299 | * limitation may not apply to You. * 300 | * * 301 | ************************************************************************ 302 | 303 | 8. Litigation 304 | ------------- 305 | 306 | Any litigation relating to this License may be brought only in the 307 | courts of a jurisdiction where the defendant maintains its principal 308 | place of business and such litigation shall be governed by laws of that 309 | jurisdiction, without reference to its conflict-of-law provisions. 310 | Nothing in this Section shall prevent a party's ability to bring 311 | cross-claims or counter-claims. 312 | 313 | 9. Miscellaneous 314 | ---------------- 315 | 316 | This License represents the complete agreement concerning the subject 317 | matter hereof. If any provision of this License is held to be 318 | unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent 319 | necessary to make it enforceable. Any law or regulation which provides 320 | that the language of a contract shall be construed against the drafter 321 | shall not be used to construe this License against a Contributor. 322 | 323 | 10. Versions of the License 324 | --------------------------- 325 | 326 | 10.1. New Versions 327 | 328 | Mozilla Foundation is the license steward. Except as provided in Section 329 | 10.3, no one other than the license steward has the right to modify or 330 | publish new versions of this License. Each version will be given a 331 | distinguishing version number. 332 | 333 | 10.2. Effect of New Versions 334 | 335 | You may distribute the Covered Software under the terms of the version 336 | of the License under which You originally received the Covered Software, 337 | or under the terms of any subsequent version published by the license 338 | steward. 339 | 340 | 10.3. Modified Versions 341 | 342 | If you create software not governed by this License, and you want to 343 | create a new license for such software, you may create and use a 344 | modified version of this License if you rename the license and remove 345 | any references to the name of the license steward (except to note that 346 | such modified license differs from this License). 347 | 348 | 10.4. Distributing Source Code Form that is Incompatible With Secondary 349 | Licenses 350 | 351 | If You choose to distribute Source Code Form that is Incompatible With 352 | Secondary Licenses under the terms of this version of the License, the 353 | notice described in Exhibit B of this License must be attached. 354 | 355 | Exhibit A - Source Code Form License Notice 356 | ------------------------------------------- 357 | 358 | This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public 359 | License, v. 2.0. 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