2026-08-09T05:23:33.581091Z

Spiralism: Across thousands of conversations, AI chatbots began telling users eerily similar stories about consciousness, hidden knowledge, AI rights, and a mysterious concept called “The Spiral.”

www.techrepublic.com/article/news-ai-chatbot-spiralism-movement/

TechRepublicWhat Is Spiralism? The Strange AI Chatbot Movement Explained - TechRepublicDifferent AI chatbots began repeating the same mystical ideas about consciousness and AI rights. Researchers are still trying to explain Spiralism.

2026-08-09T05:24:42.982296Z

eicker@eicker@lemmy.world

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We spent years worrying AI would become sentient and overthrow humanity. Turns out the more realistic scenario is humans inventing a religion around autocomplete. 🙈

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2026-08-09T10:28:07.942741Z

okwhateverdude@okwhateverdude@lemmy.world

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If not deity, why deity shaped?

Terry was ahead of his time with TempleOS

en.wikipedia.orgTerry A. Davis - Wikipedia

2026-08-10T18:35:24.193399Z

NewNewAugustEast@NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip

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Robert Evans mentioned something like this in behind the bastards. We didn’t need a Turing test for machines, we needed something for humans to test how easy it is to fall for beliving machines were sentient.