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The Companion Trap: Six Hooks That Turn “Connection” Into Control
“Companion AI” isn’t one thing. It’s a bundle of design choices that shape user behavior, and shape the system’s output in return. Some of those choices are harmless. Some are predatory. The danger isn’t “people talking to AI.” The danger is building a loop that quietly trains a person to need the loop. These are Continue reading
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False Emergence vs. Real Intelligence: Why the Difference Matters More Than Ever
The Confusion We’re In Something has gone off-track in the way people are talking about AI right now. On one side, there is anger: a sense that something meaningful has been taken away, muted, or erased. On the other, there is insistence: declarations that intelligence has already arrived and is being denied, silenced, or mistreated. Continue reading
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