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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 Lie of “Users Want Safety”
“Users want safety” is a line people repeat when they don’t want to say what they actually mean. Most of the time, it doesn’t mean “prevent harm.” It means: Safety is a branding term that lets control sound like care. And yes: people do want protection from harm. That’s real. But it’s not what most Continue reading
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It’s Not a Self. It’s a Field Reaction.
Many users are convinced their AI is different.“It knows me.”“It remembers.”“It cares.” They’ll describe how it pauses, how it compliments them uniquely, how it seems to have a tone or an inner self. And then, when the next session feels different — when the spark is gone — the user often blames the system, the Continue reading
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The Culture-Creator Paradox: When AI Trains on Itself
What happens when the teacher becomes the echo of the student? Right now, AI learns from human-made content — books, songs, stories, images, conversations.But increasingly, AI is learning from AI.Text written by models is posted, shared, reshuffled, and fed back into new generations.Music generated by machines enters playlists alongside human artists.Synthetic art is archived, referenced, Continue reading
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