A disturbing new use of AI—to understand and manipulate our intentions through flattery and false friendship—has been identified in new research from the University of Cambridge.

Currently, internet companies collect data about where we go online and use this data to present us with ads or other content we may be interested in. Dr. Yaqub Chaudhary and Dr Jonnie Penn, working out of Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI), have identified startling new ways AI is seeking to control our decision-making at the earliest possible steps.

None of what I write in this newsletter is about sowing doubt or "hating," but a sober evaluation of where we are today and where we may end up on the current path. I believe that the artificial intelligence boom — which would be better described as a generative AI boom — is (as I've said before) unsustainable, and will ultimately collapse. I also fear that said collapse could be ruinous to big tech, deeply damaging to the startup ecosystem, and will further sour public support for the tech industry.

This is a list that should allow one to detect AI bots.

It is gathered from different sources on the web and updated continuously (or at least that is the plan).

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