AI is already dystopic.

I asked o3 how it would manipulate me. It’s got really good answers. Anyone that has access to my writing can now get deep insights into not just my work but my heart and habits.

For all the talk of AI take off scenarios and killer robots,

On its face, this is already dystopic technology. (Even if it’s current configuration at these companies is somewhat harmless.)

If anyone turns it into a 3rd party funded business model, (ads, political influence, information pedaling) or a propaganda / spy technology society it could obviously play a key role in destabilizing societies. In this way it’s a massive leap in the same sort of destructive social media algorithms, not a break.

The world and my country are not in a place politically to do this responsibly at all. I don’t care if there’s great upside, the downsides of this being controlled at all by anyone from an kniving businessman to a dictator (ahem) are on their face catastrophic.

Imagine hypothetically this tech was available in a country with a fascist dictator.