Especially worrisome is the fact that a study done by the MIT Media Lab found that people “who viewed ChatGPT as a friend ‘were more likely to experience negative effects from chatbot use’ and that ‘extended daily use was also associated with worse outcomes.’” Unfortunately, this is unlikely to cause Meta to rethink its new strategy of creating AI chatbots and encouraging people to include them in their friend’s network as a way to boost time spent on Facebook and generate new data for future trainings. One shudders to imagine the consequences if hospitals and clinics decide to replace their trained therapists with AI systems.
Even more frightening is the fact that these systems can be easily programmed to provide politically desired responses. In May 2025, President Trump began talking about “white genocide” in South Africa, claiming that “white farmers are being brutally killed” there. He eventually fast-tracked asylum for 54 white South Africans. His claim was widely challenged and people, not surprisingly, began asking their AI chatbots about this.
Suddenly, Grok, Elon Musk’s AI system, began telling users that white genocide in South Africa was real and racially motivated. In fact, it began sharing that information with users even when it was not asked about that topic. When Guardian reporters, among others, pressed Grok to provide evidence, it answered that it had been instructed to accept while genocide in South Africa as real. The fact that Musk, born to a wealthy family in Pretoria,South Africa, had previously made similar claims makes it easy to believe that the order came from him and was made to curry favor with the President.
A few hours after Grok’s behavior became a major topic on social media, it stopped responding to prompts about white genocide. As the Guardian noted, “It’s unclear exactly how Grok’s AI is trained; the company says it uses data from ‘publicly available sources,’ It also says Grok is designed to have a ‘rebellious streak and an outside perspective on humanity.’”
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THE ARTICLE IS ABOUT A.I.....I. WILL NOT DISCUSS TRUMP.....we r becoming dumbed down and don't even notice.
You don't want to talk about Trump because you've been 100% wrong about the consequences of his presidency... too many wins for you to handle. Easy to walk away with your fingers in your ears but it's very transparent.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
