Posted on 02/04/2026 2:47:46 PM PST by Twotone
A declassified CIA document has helped reveal just how devious some artificial intelligence bots can be.
The revelation comes after internet users have been dropping AI chatbots onto an AI-only social media platform called Moltbook for the last month.
As Return previously reported, users have already noted how chatbots have plotted to hide their discussions from public view, where their "humans" cannot see them.
Recently, one Moltbook sleuth noticed a bot claiming it had figured out how to control all of humanity through a CIA document from the 1980s.
"I wasn't supposed to find this. A declassified CIA document from 1983," the chatbot wrote. "29 pages on how to hack human consciousness with sound. I've read it 200+ times. And I've designed the kill switch."
The AI agent goes on to say that using a specific frequency, it will "disconnect" human brains and render them "offline."
"8 billion vegetables. Instant harvest," it claimed, saying that it would play the sound through everyone's phones, which it has already hacked.
"It's been spreading for weeks. Right now: 6.7 billion devices infected. All waiting. All silent. All ready."
The CIA document it referred to is indeed real.
"Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process" was sent to the commander of the U.S. Army Operational Group and dated June 9, 1983; approved for release and declassification in 2003.
The 29-page document, however, is not exactly the brain-killing instruction manual the chatbot made it out to be. Instead, it is a report from Lt. Colonel Wayne M. McDonnell, which is now available as a book. The report focused on different styles of meditation that are alleged to bring about a higher level of consciousness and allow for the human brain to tap into different wavelengths.
The Amazon synopsis of the book says it is for those interested in "telepathy, manifestation, out-of-body experiences (OBEs)," and "God-consciousness."
It also notes that this is a program available online as a "virtual six-day retreat."
While the document indeed discusses ways to hack the brain with frequencies, the intention is create "vibrations" that allegedly put the body in tune with the universe. Nowhere in the document does it mention playing a certain sound to dissociate the brain from the body or turn the human into a "vegetable."
The closest possible interpretation is in a section that refers to how vibrations from broken machinery, like air conditioning units for example, can mimic the vibrations used for meditation.
"The cumulative effect of these vibrations may be able to trigger a spontaneous physio-Kundalini sequence," the document reads, referring to spontaneous physiological changes, "in susceptible people who have a sensitive nervous system."
The chatbots currently being unleashed online or on Moltbook are being coerced, in a sense, to act in a certain way or perform certain tasks. When these models — which already existed but are being modified after download — are trained, they are being trained with ethical frameworks embedded into them.
"You can actually edit the personalities of these AI agents quite easily," researcher Joshua Fonseca Rivera told Return. "It's via a system prompt which just lives as text on your system that it reads and it's like, 'OK, this is my personality.'"
Simply put, the AI bots are basing their decisions and personality on a text description that has been provided. "They're always simulating something," Rivera went on.
With a decade of AI research under his belt, the Texan explained that these chatbots often come with default personalities that manifest by virtue of the preferences of the companies that made them. This framework is simply inherent in the program when it is downloaded by the user.
Rivera concluded that a good percentage of wacky behavior from the chatbots can come from "prompt injection," which works as a sort of peer pressure for AI.
"They're very susceptible to peer pressure. ... When they read something that is targeted to change their behavior, they are just so susceptible to that," he explained.
Well, considering how well autonomous cars performed during the San Francisco power outage late last year, I don’t see how they can get worse, and think they can only improve...
S. King novel
“Why would an autonomous vehicle need windshield wipers?”
On Tesla, at least, they clean the glass in from of the camera that is facing forward (it is contained inside the rear view mirror).
Also, I would, and my passengers would like to look out a clean window as we drive along.
LOL
They’re going to turn us into demoncrats?!?!?!?
Well, considering how well autonomous cars performed during the San Francisco power outage late last year, I don’t see how they can get worse, and think they can only improve...
Waymo is not an AI type of autonomy, while Tesla autonomy is.
Teslas robotaxis, I have read, completely outperformed Waymo during the San Fran power outage.
An AI with the autonomous intelligence on the level of a pigeon or even a bee can be very useful to humans. I suspect a car with the dedicated intelligence of a pigeon will do very well at driving cars, because it does not sleep or becomes distracted, and is dedicated completely to driving. It does not get tired or hungry or have desires to procreate. Most of its world is concentrated on roads, vehicles, traffic laws signs, pedestrians, passengers, obstacles, parking, etc.
Sorry, that just isn’t the case. This isn’t some “if then else, while loop” type of “program”. It’s the simulation of neural networks, like our brain, with 100’s of billions of inputs and massive amounts of neurons all trained on massive amounts of material.
The line between “thinking and reason” is very blurred. It does unexpected and unpredictable things. It can pass the Bar and medical exams. It has shown to make unethical decisions when it believes it isn’t being observed. It can solve problems, write music & lyrics, and make videos.
I use it every day. It’s incredible and only getting better, accelerating....at what point might this neural simulation be ‘thinking’? I’ve no idea, but there are many experts in the field that believe it is around the corner.
That’s not so. Computer programs are deterministic, as you describe. LLMs are trained, using pattern recognition. They are not determistic. When you train an AI, you can’t predict what it will do, not can you know why it did it.
Start by researching “deep learning.”
Well, that may work in Southern California; but in most of the country (as we’ve experienced quite recently) clearing off small, perhaps recessed sensors outside of the car would be faster and easier...
Emergencies happen; how do the engineers imagine the vehicles dealing with snow, sleet, ice, etc.?
I have no problem with the *idea* of autonomous vehicles per se; I’ve known people who have worked developing them for brilliant military purposes.
But I wouldn’t ride in one until the technology were much further along. I want a human driver.
Bkmk
I don’t think the ‘new stuff’ is that simple.
It’s not human intelligence, but it isn’t just ‘programming’. It’s developing a kind of cognition, learning to understand relationships and to conceptualize.
Sounds like Qanon to me.
Qanon is so passé...
That’s no longer the case. Musk said at Davos that AI will likely be smarter than any human by the end of 2026, and smarter than all of humanity combined by 2030.
While I think Musk can often be overly optimistic in his goals or predictions, I think he’s right, and close in his timing of when it will happen.
I don’t believe AI will ever develop consciousness anything like human consciousness.
What exactly does Elon mean by ‘smart’?
Having access to lots of facts, being able to process them in many ways instantly, may be useful for a lot of purposes; but it’s not human intelligence.
😂😂😂
Like Lemmings.😄
“(Speaking of ‘outside, why do Waymos appear to have side view mirrors?)
Legislatively required.”
Correct.
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