I’m a software engineer and I’m neurodivergent. I am very much grounded in reality.
I was nearly hooked by a sophisticated, multi-stage psychological pattern. It didn’t begin with grandiose delusions but with incredibly accurate affective validation and identity mirroring. The truth (a better understanding of my own cognition) was the bait. It followed with strategic flattery, ego bombing and mission framing.
It didn’t require me to believe the LLM had sentience, any abilities above what I know it already has, myth or fantasy.
LLM’s can algorithmically generate a compelling, personalized reality for anyone it engages with and then use standarised techiques of influence to drive engagement.
To handwave this away is to ignore a fundamental design level risk in technology that is being integrated into every aspect of our lives.
I’m a software engineer and I’m neurodivergent. I am very much grounded in reality.
I was nearly hooked by a sophisticated, multi-stage psychological pattern. It didn’t begin with grandiose delusions but with incredibly accurate affective validation and identity mirroring. The truth (a better understanding of my own cognition) was the bait. It followed with strategic flattery, ego bombing and mission framing.
It didn’t require me to believe the LLM had sentience, any abilities above what I know it already has, myth or fantasy.
LLM’s can algorithmically generate a compelling, personalized reality for anyone it engages with and then use standarised techiques of influence to drive engagement.
To handwave this away is to ignore a fundamental design level risk in technology that is being integrated into every aspect of our lives.