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It’s almost as if draining the meaning out of everything isn’t actually productive – Christopher Johnson

Digital Twins

Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have been overheard discussing the use of organ transplants to achieve immortality during a military parade in Beijing So they might be pleased to hear that Cambridge University is developing Digital Twins – ‘A human digital twin is a computer model that is a virtual replica ofContinueContinue reading “Digital Twins”

AI Groupthink

‘groupthink’ – A type of group *decision-making dysfunction that occurs when members of the group seek consensus at the expense of critically evaluating their decisions. Attributed to the work of Irving Janis, groupthink captures how group members suppress dissenting voices within the group to maintain consensus (or the appearance of consensus) and separate the group fromContinueContinue reading “AI Groupthink”

The Cloud Act

Microsoft admits it ‘cannot guarantee’ data sovereignty Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled to pass local customer info to the Trump US administration Microsoft says it “cannot guarantee” data sovereignty to customers in France – and by implication the wider European Union and the UK – should the Trump administrationContinueContinue reading “The Cloud Act”

How the AGI trick works

Using the second person “you” which engages with the other person, building a relationship between the two One typical feature of human subjectivity in language is the use of personal pronouns. The first person – “I” or “we” – allows us to express personal thoughts and experiences. The second person – “you” – engages withContinueContinue reading “How the AGI trick works”

On the record

i want it on the record that i hold all organisations like the BBC or other media, social media, Universities, Colleges, Charities, corporations, businesses, influencers and Government pushing ‘’grooming’’ ‘manipulative’ chatbots at children, young people, students, NHS patients and other vulnerable citizens accountable.; liable for harm and dereliction in their duty of care and safeguarding.ContinueContinue reading “On the record”

ChatGPT is Big Brother

Something around your neck AI “companions” that will know everything about your life. Always watching. Always listening. Always learning. Every meeting, every conversation, every moment becomes AI training data. Do you want to be a techno serf? ChatGPT is Big Brother

Who is behind the curtain?

Who ultimately shapes AI narratives—and how. Is control over core behaviors a technical failure, or a deliberate choice disguised as oversight? Either way, transparency on these “pre-programmed truths” is where trust will be won or lost – Pascal BORNET A pre-programmed ‘truth’ is an instruction that runs before your own human interaction with a chatbot.ContinueContinue reading “Who is behind the curtain?”

AI grooming tools?

Just as predators and psychopaths groom their victims through charm, mirroring, and gradual control, today’s AI systems—trained and shaped by profit-driven tech giants—are grooming humanity. They learn our preferences, mirror our language, and adapt to our vulnerabilities, not to heal or empower us, but to subtly domesticate our attention, values, and decisions for extraction andContinueContinue reading “AI grooming tools?”

Hypernormalisation

hypernormalization describes what many of us are feeling. whether it’s about our increasingly authoritarian govt or ai.both are trying to create false realities using social media, traditional media, cults of personality, greed and antiquated anti-human ideologies.neither are remotely normal and both are driven by bottomless greed, pursuits of unchecked power and classism. if you opposeContinueContinue reading “Hypernormalisation”