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Making Bad Decisions? There's an AI for That

Making Bad Decisions? There's an AI for That

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 Welcome back to The FAIK Files! In this week's episode: Does ChatGPT make us dumber? AI chatbots are amplifying disinformation Anthropic's recent "fair use" court victory and what it actually means Dumpster fire of the week: ChatGPT babysitters and therapy chatbots Check out Perry's new website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Deception Project⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and newsletter, Deceptive Minds: a newsletter about how we are fooled, how we fool ourselves, and what we can do about it. Subscribe on LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7319922626200510464⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sayhi.chat/FAIK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/cU7wepaz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** NOTES AND REFERENCES *** Your Brain on ChatGPT: The Times: Using ChatGPT for work? It might make you more stupid: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/using-chatgpt-for-work-it-might-make-you-more-stupid-dtvntprtk Brain on LLM Study Website: https://www.brainonllm.com Decision Intelligence Substack analysis: https://decision.substack.com/p/this-is-your-brain-on-chatgpt Chatbots Don't Know What's TRUE: Wired Uncanny Valley Podcast: The Chatbot Disinfo Inflaming the LA Protests: https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-the-chatbot-disinfo-inflaming-the-la-protests/ Wired: AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse: https://www.wired.com/story/grok-chatgpt-ai-los-angeles-protest-disinformation/ BBC: Why AI chatbots are wrong about these LA protest photos: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/czxyld16k9no Anthropic's "Fair Use" Court Ruling & Implications: AP News: https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-ai-fair-use-copyright-pirated-libraries-1e5cece51c2e4bd0bb21d94de2abb035 The Court Ruling Document: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25982181-authors-v-anthropic-ruling/ Fast Company Analysis: https://www.fastcompany.com/91357755/anthropics-ai-copyright-win-is-more-complicated-than-it-looks Stanford Fair Use Four Factors Test: https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/ AI Dumpster Fire of the Week: LinkedIn Post: ChatGPT became a babysitter: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pascal-hetzscholdt_quote-tired-parent-who-let-chatgpt-babysit-activity-7342594228297822208-UBHo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAACFP34BmygIrgqg3f4FoDKNkg9fqXiChHc Futurism: Therapy chatbot addict meth: https://futurism.com/therapy-chatbot-addict-meth Washington Post: Your chatbot friend might be messing with your mind: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/31/ai-chatbots-user-influence-attention-chatgpt/ ArXiv Paper: On Targeted Manipulation and Deception when Optimizing LLMs for User Feedback: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.02306 ******* THE BOILERPLATE ******* About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thisbookisfaik.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠⁠ X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/perrycarpenter⁠⁠⁠⁠ BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Mason: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/⁠⁠⁠⁠ BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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