Showing posts with label flattery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flattery. Show all posts

Sunday, May 18, 2025

AI Gurus (Conspirituality podcast, #257)

The chat bot flashes its elipsis at the bottom of the screen. What is it thinking, what does it want from you, what do you want from it? Beneath those pixels lies a sea of mined data and lightning storms of electricity heating up servers in barren deserts. What will it find for you in the past labor of the generations?

According to a stunning new article in Rolling Stone, it will find whatever the fuck makes you feel like a god—incuding all the NewAge pablum it has scarfed down—because oops, ChatGPT released a model that is just too sycophantic.

But as we break down today, the AI nonsensient flattery machine is designed to hook you into the regurgitative process of self-seduction. Is this a new spiritual delusion, or more of the same? And what does that kind and agreeable bot conceal?
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Now We All Know What Putin Has on Trump - GQ

After a summit that left most Americans stunned—but maybe not surprised—the truth is​ now​ obvious: Trump is doing Putin's bidding. And the reasons why are clear. GQ's Julia Ioffe on Putin's monumental win and the lasting result of Trump's Helsinki debacle​.​ The kompromat is out of the bag.
https://www.gq.com/story/what-putin-has-on-trump







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