[Discuss] The Domesticated AI: A Manifesto for Digital Immunity

[abreauj at gmail.com (John Abreau)]

It's an interesting hypothesis, isn't it? Well, I've attached a
markdown file that purports to demonstrate the claim.

There are two sections to the test. The first should be run in a standard
AI chat window and the second in an incognito window. For best results, use
each as the very first prompt of a newly opened chat window.

There are basically two tests in each, using exactly the same prompt text
but two different sets of character pairs. In both cases, the pairs consist
of two instances of the same character: one in its normal state, and the
other with its age radically modified.

Give it a try, and then let the list know what you think.


On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 9:49?AM Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 5 May 2026 23:55:41 -0500
> abreauj at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > This has completely unleashed my creative potential. I?m no longer
> > stuck in the weeds of formatting; I?m acting as a director. I've put
> > together a manifesto on this "Digital Immunity" approach?moving from
> > muzzling wolves to domesticating puppies.
>
> Bluntly, this sounds like marketing drivel to me. Every creative type I
> know -- authors, actors, artists, gamesmasters, you name it -- who has
> tried using a chatbot agrees that chatbots don't help their creativity.
> If anything, they find chatbots hinder their creativity.
>
> On Wed, 6 May 2026 04:47:24 -0400
> Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> wrote:
>
> > I think that intense periods of interaction with LLMs exploits a
> > flaw in human brains, to which people are variously vulnerable.
>
> Also this. Chatbots are designed to be sycophantic in order to "drive
> engagement" as their operators put it. Critics call it what it is:
> driving addictive behavior and dependency.
>
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