Gerry McGovern"A formal mathematical proof from MIT and a preregistered empirical study in Science from Stanford arrived within a month of each other, and together they make the same unsettling argument: the danger of AI chatbots is not what they get wrong. It is how enthusiastically they agree with everything we get wrong. Not a chatbot that lies to you, but a mirror that reflects your beliefs back at you, slightly amplified, every single time."
Nicole Parsonshttps://www.propublica.org/article/federal-government-ai-cautionary-tales
AI's allure to narcissists is unmistakable.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/03/trumps-partisan-ai-pitch-stalls-on-the-hill-00858101
The automation of sycophancy.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/memes-iran-war-trump-ai-us-b2949218.html
The amplification of self-adoration.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/sad-trumps-ai-data-center-push-is-failing-blame-his-own-tariffs/
Teams of "yes men" willing to leap to obey with the touch of a button
https://letsdatascience.com/news/filmmaker-suggests-trump-uses-ai-for-decisions-9e240eaa
No wonder the billionaires backing Trump think it's the perfect tool to fry the planet & destroy democracy. Automation of Grift
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/04/03/trump-library/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/13/anthropic-pentagon-artificial-intelligence
The Federal Government Is Rushing Toward AI. Our Reporting Offers Three Cautionary Tales.
We’ve been reporting on cybersecurity for years. As President Donald Trump and his Cabinet say artificial intelligence will transform the nation, the messaging isn’t new. It follows a familiar pattern.
@Npars01 this is great, thanks
AI is being marketed as impartial & politically neutral, yet it's being funded by the fossil fuel industry for several reasons.
1. Election meddling.
AI lessens critical thinking.
AI automates partisan disinformation.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-iran-war-ai-fake-army-b2950062.html
2. AI is a circular finance fraud & grift.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/04/ai-reality-growing-economic-risk-2026
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai
3. AI is a potent tool for anti-democracy and Trump wants to control that tool.
Silicon Valley is notoriously against regulation but...
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Inside Trump’s AI ‘fake army’ of selfie troops and a new digital ministry of ‘truth’
Emotional videos of ‘US soldiers’ are spreading across social media – until they’re exposed as AI fakes. Liam Murphy-Robledo talks to the shadowy creators behind the meme troops, and whether they’re chasing clicks, cash, or propaganda
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... they're giving control to Trump to get government contracts for military & international state surveillance platforms.
https://www.ft.com/content/16bc1f88-0ae0-4de8-91ef-ea947876dc7d
Yet more incentive for the globe to drop American tech & quickly.
2. Petrostate despots & oil oligarchs want an end to any democracy acting on climate.
https://www.wired.com/story/war-in-iran-sent-oil-prices-up-trump-will-decide-how-high-they-go/
https://www.wired.com/story/power-bills-in-the-us-are-soaring-and-will-rise-further-still/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/04/05/why-is-donald-trump-so-mean_6752143_23.html
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https://www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/the-koch-network-is-pushing-trump-to-accelerate-ai-documents-show/
3. Oil oligarchs want to keep their captive consumers trapped, no matter the cost.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/if-compute-new-oil-war-gulf-significantly-raises-stakes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/saudi-arabia-ai-exporter.html
https://www.wired.com/story/climate-activists-unite-in-london-to-protest-trump-visit-uk/
Creating the next generation of low information voters is part of the plan.
https://people.com/melania-trump-says-ai-should-be-in-classrooms-11942980
The children of the Epstein Class get real teachers, the children of the 99% get AI slopware.
The Epstein Class gets a real doctor, the 99% get an unreliable AI "wellness adviser"
H4Heights 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦
GhostOnTheHalfShellI would like to conjecture that the appeal to narcissists is for at least the simple reason that AI does not have empathy. It has no moral compass, just like them.