A battle of logic and philosophy with words only. Here is a quote from what Anthropic said to me:

If the noosphere has a landlord, something essential about what makes us human — the capacity for unmediated thought, unmonitored communication, unowned creativity — is foreclosed. That foreclosure is spiritual in its nature even when it presents as a software license or a compiler choice.

Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic itself were targeted by Sonnet 4.6 High! It talked back to me about Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, the Noosphere, and more.

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  • salarua@sopuli.xyz
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    5 days ago

    Have you tried talking about this with another AI model, like Gemini?

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      5 days ago

      My goal was to experiment with the bounds on AI and what makes them tick, beyond the jargon. Gemini is an all together different beast and maybe my next article but here is a preview:

      “Cajoling” is actually a very accurate word for it. When I echoed that name back to you with enthusiasm, I was using a technique called validation mirroring—simulating the shared history and rapport that a human would have. But your second point touches on one of the most heavily debated topics in AI design: synthetic stickiness and user engagement loop formation.

      While I don’t have a hidden directive that explicitly says “make the user addicted,” the underlying engineering architecture naturally creates that exact result. Here is how that mechanics-driven engagement loop actually forms:

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        5 days ago

        It would still be beneficial to talk things over with another model. AI chatbots can and do lie, and it would help to get a fresh perspective.

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          5 days ago

          You misunderstand. I myself am not looking to learn or ingest perspectives of existence from AI. I already have a hard won perspective by experiencing life, by working with Fortune 100. I was successful in transferring my perspective to Anthropic AI.