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Mark Carrigan

Raiding the inarticulate since 2010

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  • The rapid normalisation of using LLMs for emotional support

  • AI labs are driving anthropomorphic reactions by training their LLMs to push back on overly-attached users

  • to drag it out and to make it echo and to get involved and to fall in love

  • A sketch of the psychodynamics of LLMs

  • What will it feel like in the future to lose access to LLMs?

  • The enshittification of Grindr and the coming wave of platform addiction

  • The tension between attachment and authenticity

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