November 9, 2026
"But what has felt particularly foreign was how much she had shared with the chatbot, and how much she had kept from them."
"Bowen had always shared every detail of her life, no matter how small: the arguments with her roommates, what she ate for dinner. Before the chatbot appeared to wedge itself between them, such an important decision about her medication would have undoubtedly come up. 'Once she had ChatGPT,' Qun said, 'she didn’t talk to us as much.'"
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Satan
Do women want agency?
Talk about a cautionary tale! I'm finding this very unsettling.
I don't really see this as a male/female thing. I'm sure we could find many examples of both being unduly influenced by AI chatbots--and for that matter, we've seen examples of problems stemming from internet use for decades now, haven't we?
This is the NYT following Obama's Commandment that the 2028 election will be about the danger of AI.
The NYT has a big lawsuit against AI. It's based on the use of its intellectual property in training the thing.
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