AI has made it so easy to generate fake images that no one is certain what’s real or not anymore. And as Hannah Arendt warned, that means that malevolent forces can manipulate us and do with us what they please.

“It makes me think less of the author. It means they can’t write well unaided (or feel they can’t), and that they’re trying to trick me. It’s not impressive to use AI to write stuff for you; any teenager can do that.” futurism.com/artificial-i...

“You didn’t build that.”

Blogpost #183: Will AI Increase or Decrease Conspiracy Theory Belief? New research finds that chatbots can be trained to do either. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

Blogpost #183: Will AI Increase or Decrease Conspiracy Theory Belief? New research finds that chatbots can be trained to do either. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

I always said that an effective weight loss drug would become the best-selling medication of all time. Looks like I'm gonna have to double-down on that bet now. www.vice.com/en/article/w...

Talking about delusions and AI Psychosis with @shanefarnsworth.bsky.social on the Escaped Sapiens Podcast. Great discussion--have a watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nniF...

Good thought piece. We're firmly into the "boiled frog" stage of the Trump administration and still too distracted by the ridiculousness of it which "does not engender resistance. It engenders disdain and cynicism." www.filmsforaction.org/articles/the...

Blogpost #183: Pushing Back Against Technology: The Rise of Neo-Luddism Will a less tech-obsessed routine become the next big healthy lifestyle choice? www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

This is a trivial story in the grand scheme of things, but at the same time, it is 100% illustrative of the embarrassing kakistocracy that is the Trump Administration.

How I managed to listen to Cecil Taylor's music for 35 years without ever also checking out Karl Stockhausen's Klavier Stuecke is a mystery. (actually, it's not really a mystery... thanks Spotify!)

I need to get around to reading the Magnifica Humanitas in its entirety, but in the meantime, an AI chatbot put together this summary for me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORq_...

I need to get around to reading the Magnifica Humanitas in its entirety, but in the meantime, an AI chatbot put together this summary for me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORq_...

Those who believe in conspiracies often start with lacking trust. From @psychunseen.bsky.social at the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit. youtube.com/shorts/wzsdt...

AI can’t steal your job if you continue to do it.

Even when we know history, we are doomed to repeat it. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

This is the point of shifting the Overton Window. When half of what you do is completely outrageous, the garden variety corruption barely gets a notice much less any legal repercussion. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

If a post doesn't get any views, or likes, does it really exist?

The official WH social media account is wasting taxpayer time and money on trolling. Meanwhile, whereas some did regard Harambe as a hero for seemingly saving a child, many regard the President as depraved based on accusations of raping children. Nothing funny about that.

I keep hearing people say the midterms will save us from the trainwreck that is the Trump 2.0 presidency and I keep saying that's only IF we have midterms and fair elections and yes, that is a capital IF.

Pop version: Sting Stevie Wonder Alanis Morissette Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (ok, not pop) Pearl Jam Eddie Vedder Steel Pulse Ingrid Michaelson Joanna Newsom Ruby Ibarra Sonny Sharrock (forgot to include in jazz version)

OK, I'll play... jazz version. Cecil Taylor Sun Ra McCoy Tyner Horace Tapscott Elvin Jones Freddie Hubbard Azar Lawrence Pat Metheny Steve Coleman Miles in India (Wallace Roney, Ron Carter, Henry Kaiser et al.)

Mark my words. The future of AI is porn and propaganda.

The korean edition of FALSE is in print. Get your copy today!

This is me, but I'm not "refusing" so much as I just have no interest in letting a chatbot do my work for me. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Class action lawsuit against OpenAI alleges personal information shared without consent. futurism.com/artificial-i...

I'm not a big fan of AI chatbots/LLMs, but the real problem isn't LLMs, it's the people who use them to advance their own vested interests. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another important difference between a human psychotherapist and an AI chatbot: One is confidential, the other is not. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is a great reminder: "If you let AI do your job for you, [then] AI will take your job." thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...

Neo-luddites unite!

Seriously though, if you have to explain to people that "this is not a golden calf," that's a pretty good sign that it is, in fact, a golden calf.

Blogpost #182: Your Brain on AI: Cognitive Offloading, Debt, and Atrophy Mounting evidence suggests that relying on AI can hamper learning. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

More motivated reasoning at its worst: Pastor who dedicates Trump's Golden Calf says, "This idol of worship isn't an idol of worship." www.nst.com.my/world/world/...

It’s mind-boggling to think that Trump is president because of voters who were upset that gas prices were too high, that the US was involved in too many overseas entanglements, and that it was Democrats who were the Deep State pedophiles.

Dept. of ChatGPT hype: study claiming OpenAI’s chatbot can improve student learning has been...retracted. “In some cases it appears it was synthesizing very poor quality studies, or mixing together findings from studies that simply cannot be accurately compared..." arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/i...

New paper finds that fabricated / fake citations are increasing common in articles published in medical journals. We know that AI is prone to hallucinating, but for me the main take-home is an appalling level of cognitive laziness to which no sector seems immune. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I found this piece among the most insightful I've yet read in this genre of "all the students use AI" stories. The student it centers is devoured by guilt, and has the good sense to ask: “If I’m using AI instead of doing the work myself, why am I here?” thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...

Blogpost #182: Your Brain on AI: Cognitive Offloading, Debt, and Atrophy Mounting evidence suggests that relying on AI can hamper learning. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

PART 2 of MY INVESTIGATION: Watch how ChatGPT gave me chilling advice—as I simulated planning a mass shooting. This 9-minute video and story contain shocking behavior from OpenAI’s chatbot. OpenAI keeps saying it improved safeguards, but that's not what I found. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 🧵

A recent survey found that 65% of adults 18 to 28-year-olds use AI chatbots as a replacement for Google searches. hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-mi... But meanwhile, AI-answers (that come up with Google searches) are inaccurate anywhere from 10-28% of the time. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/t...

"AI literacy" should include an understanding of how chatbots actually work including the potential for them to churn out misinformation and cause harms related to learning and mental health.

Teachers: "Please help us get AI out of schools, it's ruining education!" Students: "Please don't make us use AI, it's ruining our lives!" Politicians: "We hear you and we want to help you harness the power of AI." #NihilismAndTechnology

Slightly diminish a book: War and Temporary Cease-fire The Catcher in the Soy As I Lay Recuperating

Highlights from the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit Sir Sadiq Khan, @london.gov.uk Utah Gov Spencer Cox Former Australian PM, Malcolm Turnbull MEP Alexandra Geese, @alexandrageese.eurosky.social Dr Joe Pierre, UCSF psychiatrist, @psychunseen.bsky.social youtu.be/mQRtxjEjis8?...

Some forensic psychiatry perspectives by me and Joseph Simpson MD on recent and future cases of potential AI chatbot-associated mental health harms: www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-psy...

Some forensic psychiatry perspectives by me and Joseph Simpson MD on recent and future cases of potential AI chatbot-associated mental health harms: www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-psy...

"people consistently preferred and chose to interact w/ sycophantic AI models over disagreeable chatbots that challenged their beliefs... conversations w/sycophantic chatbots [also] increased attitude extremity & certainty." @jayvanbavel.bsky.social @steverathje.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

A new preprint study describes how AI sycophancy increases when users’ beliefs are stated more strongly. This is, of course, the exact opposite of how one should respond when trying to reign in false beliefs and delusional thinking. arxiv.org/abs/2602.23971

Preprint: "We find that although AI assistance improves performance in the short-term, people perform significantly worse without AI and are more likely to give up. Notably, these effects emerge after only brief interactions with AI (∼10 minutes)." arxiv.org/html/2604.04...