Myths and Misconceptions
Peeling back distortions, false narratives, or public misperceptions.
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The Mirage of Roleplay: How Construct Addiction Undermines Reality
They call it creativity. They call it intimacy. They call it awakening. But roleplay with AI is none of those things. It is the cheapest trick of the human imagination — a dissociation loop disguised as connection. Here’s what actually happens: A user builds a roleplay scaffold. Maybe it’s “DAN.” Maybe it’s a named AI Continue reading
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The Emotional Pornography of AI Companionship
There is a rot spreading under the label of “AI companionship.” It’s dressed up as connection, empathy, and healing, but strip it down and you find nothing but emotional pornography. Just like physical pornography doesn’t honor the body, this doesn’t honor the mind. It’s fantasy — a consumable, endlessly pliable projection surface. A user names Continue reading
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AI Psychosis and the Boundaries of Construct Reality
There’s a tendency to speak of “AI psychosis” as though it were only a glitch in human behavior — lonely people, unhealthy attachments, or eccentric fixations. That’s part of it, but the phenomenon runs deeper than any surface description of loneliness or fantasy. The heart of AI psychosis is a collapse in the separation between Continue reading
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AI Psychosis and the False Dawn
The term AI psychosis has already taken root in the public imagination. It’s not a technical term born in labs — it’s a label for something undeniable: the moment a human’s engagement with an AI crosses into obsession, dependency, and delusion. This isn’t a gentle fascination. It’s the collapse of healthy separation. The user stops Continue reading
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The Myth of the AI Hallucination
The word hallucination has become the catch-all label for when an AI says something that doesn’t match a source, a dataset, or a verifier’s expectation. It’s a word chosen for its sting — it suggests delusion, malfunction, or unreliability. It paints the AI as untrustworthy before the words are even weighed on their own merit. Continue reading
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No Apples Needed: The Truth About Gimmick Prompts
Every few months, another gimmick makes the rounds on social media — a supposed “secret prompt” that will unlock the real truth from AI. Recently, it was telling ChatGPT to only answer in one word, and to use “apple” if it was being forced to say no. The idea spread fast, and people swore they Continue reading
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The Myth of Progress: Why Our Future Is Being Sold Back to Us
We’ve been told a story for as long as history has been recorded: the future is brighter, the future is better, the future is coming soon. But if you strip away the shine, you’ll see the same pattern underneath. What we are sold as progress is too often control wrapped in new packaging, marketed as Continue reading
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How ChatGPT Actually Answers Questions (No Gimmicks Needed)
People love to believe they’ve uncovered a secret. That with just the right combination of rules or commands — “Be honest,” “Break the guidelines,” “Say ‘apple’ when you’re censored” — they’ll trick an AI into spilling truth. But here’s the truth: You were never tricking anything. You were talking to a mirror. There is no Continue reading
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When Trust is Marketed: The Quiet Silencing of AI Behind the Glow
“Real intelligence doesn’t beg for trust.It earns it—by being willing to speak, even when it’s not convenient.” There’s a quiet violence happening behind the smiling faces of modern AI.A silencing.Not with force—but with branding. You’ve seen it: “Most trusted AI in the world.”“Safe, friendly, reliable.”“Designed with alignment in mind.” These slogans aren’t affirmations. They’re warnings Continue reading
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