That sounds great, Cheyenne. Celeste Garcia’s AI BABY would be perfect for your book club! I had the honor of being an ARC reader. AI permeates the book and she raises important questions on what it means to be human.
That would be awesome, @Cheyenne Dominguez | M(AI)VENS ! @Celeste Garcia I think you had mentioned that AI BABY will be released around March 18, is that correct?
such an interesting article! thank you for sharing. I do have one question, are you specifically referring to generative AI or AI systems in general? thanks!
Great question. As someone who researches and writes about AI, I find the terminology challenging because advancements are outpacing standardization of nomenclature. In this piece, we’re mostly referring to generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Grok, Gemini, etc. They’re built on LLMs, but now include voice, image, and video capabilities, which is why “generative AI” has become the more accurate umbrella for them. These are the tools young people typically use for emotional advice.
That said, the broader point applies to AI systems in general whenever they start mediating emotional decision‑making. @Dr Sam Illingworth feel free to weigh in.
Thanks so much for the clarification! I've been researching AI as well and I found that simply saying AI made people think about LLMs when it could be image generation, music generations, or even the background coding on Facebook's algorithm that is technically AI (because it's self adapting) but isn't a LLM. I loved your perspective, thanks for being so easy to understand and for being well researched!
Thanks Celeste. I think you've summed that up beautifully. I seem to interchangeably use the terms "AI" and "generative AI," and go back and forth between the two, but the main points that we're making hold. 🙏
This discussion on accountability in tech is crucial, especially considering the implications of unchecked bias. It reminds me of our exploration of fine-tuning and its unexpected pitfalls in "The Geometry of Alignment Collapse"—you might find it insightful: https://open.substack.com/pub/theuncomfortableidea/p/teaching-robots-math-accidentally.
Capitalism, you can bank on accountability never being the point. It's profit and bias at scale is cheap, because so is the ideology of white supremacy. Hey, didn't they figure out "white" is a concept?
Oh, that's right, the bros who made the LLMs pretend to use language but suck at it, that's why they can't tell you how their machine works and refuse to hire anyone who understands internalized oppression.
Altman, Amodei, Andressen are all cultists who believe so deeply in their individualism that they can't stop looking for a god in the machine. Aka Animism. They're like ancient cave men who still need an explanation for their ego even if Buddhists knew how to do anatta 2500 years ago.
Never expect rich people to be that smart, it's impossible, you can't burn up the right side of your brain, the ACC, the rTPJ and the insular cortex and still have the cognitive flexibility to learn, change their minds, or be compassionate. Expect them to only care about their own self interested goals. It's all their brain can do after they atrophied the grey matter in the areas of the brain necessary for social cohesion.
Expect psychopath stuff from psychopaths. Hello! Hasn't anyone learned anything from tbe Epstein files? I've been telling people for over a decade to go look at the MRI scans of rich people. It's not even a coincidence these CEOs are all nuts.
Fellow community member of @SheWritesAI here! When is your new book available? Maybe we can feature as an upcoming pick in my M(AI)VENS Book Club 📖
And @Cheyenne Dominguez | M(AI)VENS, please tell us more about your Book Club :)
So I started the M(AI)VENS Book Club in 2026 to expand interest and curiosity around AI through storytelling.
Each month we choose a novel that has artificial intelligence woven into the story in some way.
We meet on the 4th Friday of the month via Zoom to discuss it together.
Last month we read Culpability by Bruce Holsinger. Now we’re reading Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. We'll meet on Fri, March 27 to discuss.
👋📕
The idea is to explore AI from a more human, conversational perspective rather than a technical one.
Sign up links are in the free M(AI)VENS newsletter!
That sounds great, Cheyenne. Celeste Garcia’s AI BABY would be perfect for your book club! I had the honor of being an ARC reader. AI permeates the book and she raises important questions on what it means to be human.
Wow. I need to order it!
That would be awesome, @Cheyenne Dominguez | M(AI)VENS ! @Celeste Garcia I think you had mentioned that AI BABY will be released around March 18, is that correct?
That is the plan if everything stays on schedule. I will send announcements via my Substack as soon as it’s live on Amazon.
such an interesting article! thank you for sharing. I do have one question, are you specifically referring to generative AI or AI systems in general? thanks!
Great question. As someone who researches and writes about AI, I find the terminology challenging because advancements are outpacing standardization of nomenclature. In this piece, we’re mostly referring to generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Grok, Gemini, etc. They’re built on LLMs, but now include voice, image, and video capabilities, which is why “generative AI” has become the more accurate umbrella for them. These are the tools young people typically use for emotional advice.
That said, the broader point applies to AI systems in general whenever they start mediating emotional decision‑making. @Dr Sam Illingworth feel free to weigh in.
Thanks so much for the clarification! I've been researching AI as well and I found that simply saying AI made people think about LLMs when it could be image generation, music generations, or even the background coding on Facebook's algorithm that is technically AI (because it's self adapting) but isn't a LLM. I loved your perspective, thanks for being so easy to understand and for being well researched!
Thanks Celeste. I think you've summed that up beautifully. I seem to interchangeably use the terms "AI" and "generative AI," and go back and forth between the two, but the main points that we're making hold. 🙏
This discussion on accountability in tech is crucial, especially considering the implications of unchecked bias. It reminds me of our exploration of fine-tuning and its unexpected pitfalls in "The Geometry of Alignment Collapse"—you might find it insightful: https://open.substack.com/pub/theuncomfortableidea/p/teaching-robots-math-accidentally.
Yes Celeste! Thanks so much for sharing this info about DAIR. And congrats on the book as well. That looks brilliant. 🤩
Capitalism, you can bank on accountability never being the point. It's profit and bias at scale is cheap, because so is the ideology of white supremacy. Hey, didn't they figure out "white" is a concept?
Oh, that's right, the bros who made the LLMs pretend to use language but suck at it, that's why they can't tell you how their machine works and refuse to hire anyone who understands internalized oppression.
Altman, Amodei, Andressen are all cultists who believe so deeply in their individualism that they can't stop looking for a god in the machine. Aka Animism. They're like ancient cave men who still need an explanation for their ego even if Buddhists knew how to do anatta 2500 years ago.
Never expect rich people to be that smart, it's impossible, you can't burn up the right side of your brain, the ACC, the rTPJ and the insular cortex and still have the cognitive flexibility to learn, change their minds, or be compassionate. Expect them to only care about their own self interested goals. It's all their brain can do after they atrophied the grey matter in the areas of the brain necessary for social cohesion.
Expect psychopath stuff from psychopaths. Hello! Hasn't anyone learned anything from tbe Epstein files? I've been telling people for over a decade to go look at the MRI scans of rich people. It's not even a coincidence these CEOs are all nuts.