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.
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.