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things right now 035—week of 05.05.25

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Sean Monahan
May 06, 2025
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God in the Machine or AI-fueled spiritual fantasies

Last week, I said:

AI isn’t immiserating us. It’s giving us delusions of grandeur.

Just in time, Miles Klee from Rolling Stone published a piece corroborating my hypothesis. ChatGPT is convincing people they are prophets. See below:

Titled “Chatgpt induced psychosis,” the original post came from a 27-year-…

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