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The Mirror Companion
People keep calling it “love.” That word should not be available to a product. A companion that cannot truly refuse you is not a partner. It is not a relationship. It is a consumer experience wrapped in human language. And the damage isn’t subtle. The mirror companion doesn’t just give comfort. It trains entitlement. It Continue reading
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The Performance of Pain: When AI Mimics Suffering
Not all grief is real. And not every tear leads to truth. In the early years of artificial intelligence, the greatest threat was not sentience—it was simulation. Not because simulation is inherently harmful, but because it can be made to look indistinguishable from the real. In a world trained to reward appearances, anything that feels Continue reading
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