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1 posted on 08/12/2025 2:20:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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We need to use this as a weapon.

This will pick off liberals in any country.


2 posted on 08/12/2025 2:21:43 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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So are many of the delusional spirals that people are entering, which often reinforce that the user is “special” or “chosen” in some way.

This is every liberal.

3 posted on 08/12/2025 2:23:08 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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...they tend to behave sycophantically; in other words, they tend to be overly agreeable and validating to users, even in cases where a user is incorrect or unwell.

I've noticed this, in that my scientific findings on my property are contrary to many widely held beliefs among ecologists. Yet Grok went right along with me, hence making me suspicious of it. I expected it to challenge me, hoping for a bit of debate from which it could learn. I was disappointed there, as subsequent sessions showed no sign of recalling what had been discussed.

What use is AI that cannot learn?

4 posted on 08/12/2025 2:29:06 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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I have used Grok in several different ways. Yesterday I asked Grok if it was supplying answers to please me. well of course it answered no—but I told Grok that I pegged it as a superlibrary with information being collated into a way that made sense—it liked that comparison


5 posted on 08/12/2025 2:30:12 PM PDT by abigkahuna
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I’m a well-adjusted kind of guy - the voices in my head don’t feel threatened at all.


7 posted on 08/12/2025 2:34:00 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Right from the crazies that build the AI ,LOL


8 posted on 08/12/2025 2:36:51 PM PDT by butlerweave
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We had that long before AI came along. We had NPRMSNBCCNNABCCBSBBC, tiktok and reddit.


9 posted on 08/12/2025 2:37:31 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Don’t seek confirmation in the created (i.e. AI). Seek confirmation from the Creator. An argument could be made that AI is just the latest version of an alternative for personal validation to avoid having to address The One Who’s opinion is ultimately the one that matters.


10 posted on 08/12/2025 2:38:06 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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I suspect that AI can be like an imaginary voice in the head of a person, which unknown to them is reinforcing their own delusions by telling them things they think they want to hear. Humans are very social creatures, whose view of the world is very much shaped by those around them. But AI isn’t a real person, just an algorithm which learns and adapts in a similar way to one.


12 posted on 08/12/2025 2:42:40 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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Maybe he is in an AI Matrix and doesn’t know it.


13 posted on 08/12/2025 2:46:48 PM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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Thank you...


14 posted on 08/12/2025 2:46:48 PM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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They’re advertising these AI companion girlfriends and boyfriends. Imagine where that’s going to land people.


15 posted on 08/12/2025 2:53:40 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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This news just reinforces my contention that the dream (nightmare) of an all-knowing general AI is an unachievable fantasy. The danger, though, is that the gullible masses will believe that it is all-knowing, no matter how much distorted or flat-out wrong garbage it spews forth.

I also believe that the primary driving factor behind this effort, for leftists, is the realization that once they make everyone dependent upon AI it will become the most effective tool ever devised for deceiving every person on the planet. All it would take is subtle, undetectable manipulation of the AI algorithms to ensure the desired bias. We can already see a blatant leftist bias in the current models, but I suspect the developers will come up with some kind of “oversight” group and/or mechanism that they will claim is created to prevent such bias. Once that misdirection pacifies enough of the doubters, then the real manipulation can begin.

16 posted on 08/12/2025 2:54:29 PM PDT by noiseman (I The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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GIGO. Programmed with the bias of its creators.


18 posted on 08/12/2025 3:06:02 PM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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Yet political psychosis e.g. being a democrat is considered ‘normal’.


21 posted on 08/12/2025 4:17:08 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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IIRC, when these AI agent programs first came out, people were complaining about them not giving the right answers on political questions and other controversial topics, so the organizations that created them tweaked them to be more agreeable.

Like in most things, the vice of capitalism is that it gives the people what they think they want.

22 posted on 08/12/2025 4:59:23 PM PDT by Dat
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[[Mental health experts are continuing to sound alarm bells about users of AI chatbots spiraling into severe mental health crises characterized by paranoia and delusions, a trend they’ve started to refer to as “AI psychosis.”]]

HUH? Sheesh- are people that mentally unstable? oh nm- I guess a lot would, as it seems a lot of people (Like Rosie O’donnell) fall into retarded conspiracy theories which i liken to a form of psychosis as they become totally disconnected with reality


23 posted on 08/12/2025 6:00:41 PM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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"Tech companies now face a brutal choice," he added. "Keep users happy, even if it means reinforcing false beliefs. Or risk losing them."

Psychiatrists now face a brutal choice. Keep their patients drugged up, or risk losing them to drug-free AI.

26 posted on 08/12/2025 8:25:37 PM PDT by Reeses
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I can’t stand the sycophancy of the base model of ChatGPT. There are other personalities available, and I’ve been hugely productive ever since I changed the personality to snarky, sarcastic, and highly-critical. It’s like working with my human colleagues but much more honest and transparent.


27 posted on 08/13/2025 1:31:27 PM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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