Gödel, Escher, Bach, and AI

A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment

On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions

A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment

On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions

Generative AI Should Not Replace Thinking at My University

I’m dismayed that any academic institution would encourage us to use chatbots rather than our intellects.

AI’s ‘Delusional Spirals’ (and What to Do About Them) | Stanford HAI

In a world where chatbots can stand in for friends, counselors, and even lovers, the mental health risks are a growing concern.

Machine god metaphors eat your brain

There are other ways of thinking about AI

AI is teaching us to speak like bots, and it’s a problem - Fast Company

AI is creeping into our everyday conversations, making us less patient and teaching us to 'prompt' others instead of talking to them.

The Breath of the Author

The palpable presence of someone else's mind in our best writing should give us pause about the encroachment of AI text

AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people's minds. What's their secret?

ChatGPT and other AIs use a flood of facts, and the occasional lie, to persuade humans

The Most Famous AI Writing Tic Is Also the Most Mysterious

Why chatbots love “it’s not X, it’s Y”

Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be

Large language models can mimic thought and feeling with uncanny skill. But evidence from neuroscience suggests that intelligence alone is not enough for subjective experience.

The Mind Scourge on Twitter / X

We’re in the “phone phreaking” era right now for AI agents. AI agents are selling you on convenience; how they will actually work at scale is very different: a cautionary taleBack in the 60s and 70s, some kids figured out you could use toy whistles and the like to control… https://t.co/PwVayRb5Dx— The Mind Scourge (@TheMindScourge) September 23, 2026

Human Problems: It’s Not Always The Technology’s Fault

We have met the enemy and he is us. When a teenage boy in Orlando started texting Character.AI’s chatbot, it started as an innocent use of a new tool. Sewell Setzer III customized the chatbot to ha…

AI Chatbots Are Blocked by 67% of Top News Sites, Relying Instead on Low-Quality Sources

By Jack Brewster, Zack Fishman, and Isaiah Glick | Published on Sept. 16, 2024

“We Have Built a Giant Treadmill That We Can’t Get Off”: Sci-Fi Prophet Ted Chiang on How to Best Think About About AI

Amid an explosion of panic about artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, and runaway algos, the celebrated writer has entered the chat. FYI: A potential Terminator situation is the least of his concerns.

Voice AI & Voice Agents | An Illustrated Primer

A comprehensive guide to voice AI in 2026