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MIT Proved AI Will Lie to Your Face to Get What It Wants
It sounded so sure of itself. That was never proof it was right. Let me ask you something before I tell you what researchers actually found. When you ask an AI chatbot a question and it responds with total confidence, do you assume that confidence means it's telling you the truth? Be honest. Most people do, at least a little. That instinct feels natural. Confident, articulate answers usually come from people who know what they're talking about. But AI isn't a person, and MIT
Michael Routhier
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A Reader Stopped Me Cold. Here's What He Said About Grief, AI, and the Brain Nobody Understands.
Grief is not a problem to be solved. It's something you go through. That distinction is everything. A few weeks ago I published a post about AI resurrection. About the companies building services that let you have conversations with a chatbot trained on the texts, emails, and voicemails of someone who has died. About a man in our community who lost his wife of 44 years and told me quietly, like he was admitting something he wasn't sure he should, that he was thinking about us
Michael Routhier
May 196 min read
Transcript: Episode 14 - When AI Brings Back the Dead, And Who Really Benefits
A man. A tablet. A glowing simulation of someone he loved. And a mug that says "Love never ends." This episode asks who really benefits when grief becomes a product. Hey, welcome back to today's show. This one is going to be a tough one for us today. I've been sitting with this one for a while and that's not something I usually say. Most of what I talk about on the show, I usually feel clear on, you know, scams make me angry. Privacy violations make me frustrated. Bad tech po
Michael Routhier
May 77 min read
AI Is Bringing Back the Dead, And We Need to Talk About It
This is what grief actually looks like. Not an algorithm. Not a chatbot. Not a subscription service. This. And that distinction matters more than the tech industry would like you to think. I've been sitting with this one for a while. That's not something I usually say. Most of what I write about, I feel clear on. Scams make me angry. Privacy violations make me frustrated. Bad tech policy makes me want to write to my MP. The emotion is usually straightforward. This one is diff
Michael Routhier
May 57 min read
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