Posted by ray__ 9 hours ago
LLMs might be useful at generating text, but they cannot research, fund, develop, manufacture, educate, distribute, treat.
Like others have said, focus on speaking with your partner and deciding your plans together.
I would strongly suggest seeing a therapist. I’ve experienced traumatising moments in life, and therapy has been a great help.
Even just fundraising for diseases yields tangible results. Some folks dismissed the viral ice bucket challenge, but it raised over $100 million dollars and funded a lot of research in ALS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge
Hopefully he accomplishes new knowledge discovery and/or fundraising for research into this disease.
Hopefully with a better end.
some people do manage to cure their own disease sometimes.
I had a positive reaction to his post. The way he wants to spend his time seems more useful/meaningful/intentional than what most people choose to spend their time on. I hope he has success. While rare, others who have devoted themselves to studying the disease of a loved one have made meaningful progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto,_Michaela,_and_Lorenzo...