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Dakara is the author of the website Mind Prison, a Substack publication. The site provides illustrated warnings of our algorithmic society and offers philosophy for rebels, emphasizing that defiance begets wisdom. It covers topics related to AI, technology, and the authoritarian state.

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The post critiques the impact of AI on society, arguing that while technology is often perceived as beneficial, it can have detrimental effects on human socialization and creativity. It discusses the deceptive nature of AI, highli...
The post discusses the recent announcement by Google regarding the use of AI in discovering a potential cancer therapy pathway. It clarifies that the AI's role was not in the planning or design of the drug discovery process, which...
The post discusses the importance of authenticity in a world increasingly dominated by AI and algorithmic content. It reflects on Ozzy Osbourne's last performance, emphasizing the emotional connection between artists and audiences...
The post discusses Grokipedia, an AI-driven alternative to Wikipedia launched by Elon Musk, aiming to create a comprehensive and truthful knowledge repository. It highlights concerns about the accuracy of Grokipedia's content, par...
The post discusses the moral collapse of civilization in the face of rising violence and cancel culture, questioning how a free society can defend itself without compromising its principles. It explores the implications of respond...
AI-generated movies from prompts are unlikely to succeed due to limitations in capturing human creativity and the risk of oversaturation with low-quality content.
Brian Jenney critiques the myth of AI-enhanced productivity in vibe coding, revealing its limitations and the confusion it can create in software development.
The post discusses the emerging issue of AI data trojans, where researchers embed prompts in academic papers to manipulate AI reviews favorably. It highlights the sophistication of these exploits and the potential for increased AI...
The article critiques social media's architecture, arguing that the fundamental design, rather than just algorithms or censorship, is detrimental to genuine social interaction. It discusses how social media creates an unnatural en...
The author critiques the current state of AI, arguing that its risks and negative impacts on society outweigh its benefits, while sharing personal struggles with social media visibility.
The post discusses the detrimental effects of technology, particularly AI, on human meaning and purpose. It argues that technology has become an addiction, akin to a socially accepted drug, leading to a loss of genuine human conne...
The text discusses the potential negative impact of using AI language models (LLMs) on human intelligence. It presents a study showing that using AI for cognitive tasks can reduce brain connectivity and cognitive abilities. The au...
The text discusses the issue of AI hallucinations, which are not solvable due to the limitations of training data and the inability of AI to understand semantic information. It explains that AI hallucinations are inevitable and ca...
A new study shows that Large Language Models (LLMs) are more persuasive than humans, even when spreading false information. The study suggests that LLMs are not constrained by social hesitations, emotional variability, or cognitiv...
The text discusses the distinction between intelligence and pattern-matching, highlighting the limitations of language learning models (LLMs) compared to human intelligence. It addresses common criticisms and argues that humans ha...
Anthropic's new paper reveals that AI models do not reason in the way humans do, and the progress made toward AGI is actually progress toward large statistical models. The models do not possess mechanistic understanding and their ...
The text discusses the two types of creativity, one that AI can do and one that it cannot. It explains the difference between permutations of existing information and the exploration of new semantic information. It argues that AI ...
The post discusses the release of OpenAI's new 4o image generator and the flood of Studio Ghibli-styled images on the internet. It raises concerns about the impact of AI on creativity, culture, and meaning, and questions the futur...
The text discusses the limitations of AI in analyzing the JFK files, and the need for human analysis. It also mentions the difficulty of OCR scanning and the importance of considering all data for a thorough investigation.
The text discusses the lack of listening in today's society, where everyone is speaking but no one is listening. It explores the impact of the noise and the illusion of communication.
The author discusses the failure of AI in simple tasks and the difficulty in getting AI to assist in creating better documentation. The author tried several AI models, but none could complete the task correctly. The post highlight...
The text discusses the inevitability of the collapse of all political systems due to authoritarian control and human nature. It emphasizes that rules made to guard against power-seeking humans will fail as those same individuals o...
The text discusses the current state of AI alignment/safety, focusing on the vulnerability of large language models (LLMs) to jailbreak attacks. It highlights the ineffectiveness of existing defenses and the rapid pace at which ne...
The text discusses the impact of AI on the internet, particularly in the creation of content. It highlights the prevalence of AI-generated music and the abuse of copyright systems by companies. It emphasizes the challenge of maint...