The oracle of chatbot phenomenon is not benign.

Notes, references, & transcript: https://chloehumbert.substack.com/p/oracle-of-chatbot

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References:

Garfield cartoon cat head with the caption you are not immune to propaganda.

Hallucinating chatbot healthcare tech tools hopped up on medical conference hype. What could possibly go wrong?

Lying AI should not be doing the people's business or science.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-04-03/chatgpt-bing-and-bard-don-t-hallucinate-they-fabricate

https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/artificial-intelligence

https://virginia-eubanks.com/automating-inequality/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/17/1005396/predictive-policing-algorithms-racist-dismantled-machine-learning-bias-criminal-justice/

https://www.medpagetoday.com/practicemanagement/informationtechnology/112610

https://wat3rm370n.tumblr.com/post/727008820102070272/ive-been-seeing-advertisements-for-vloggers-on

AI Is Coming For Your Children

Children's Books To Really Avoid

Cats in Wonderland - the Uncanny Valley of lying AIs

As TV Writers Strike, US Media Uncritically Echoes Film Studio Execs’ Bogus “AI Writer” Hype

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/29/generative-ai-no-significant-impact-on-earnings-or-recorded-hours-in-any-occupation/

https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo2/comments/14c2avu/could_anyone_dumb_down_rollingrerolling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_8_Ball

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching

https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/social-engineering

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamification

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/26/facebook-angry-emoji-algorithm/

https://www.vox.com/technology/2018/2/19/17020310/tristan-harris-facebook-twitter-humane-tech-time

https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/sean-parker-unloads-on-facebook-god-only-knows-what-its-doing-to-our-childrens-brains-1513306792

https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misinformation-desk/202112/giving-informational-learned-helplessness

https://bsky.app/profile/decassette.bsky.social/post/3lnzl5b7eos23

Linnea Sterte: “this feels like an incredible new urban legend taking shape on reddit otoh I’ve lowkey seen this…”

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1kalae8/comment/mprougp/

https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1bbyj8s/sam_altmans_tweet/

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-better-offline-150284547/episode/the-bs-bubble-273756380/

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/15517978-episode-37-chatbots-aren-t-nurses-feat-michelle-mahon-july-22-2024

https://www.wvia.org/news/local/2024-12-16/reducing-pajama-time-artificial-intelligence-supplements-work-of-nepa-clinicians

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These were brought to my attention after recording this:

https://futurism.com/chatgpt-users-delusions

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/

https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/05/0234215/after-reddit-thread-on-chatgpt-induced-psychosis-openai-rolls-back-gpt4o-update

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Added references later:

2025-0509: https://old.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1ki5akm/i_asked_chatgpt_to_tell_the_biggest_lie_ever_sold/

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