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AI HUM

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by Merlin Mantooth · written June 2026. What education should teach AI — the argument run in the opposite direction from the usual one.

Jul 03, 2026 · 4 min read · 55 claps #education #ai #ai-safety

by Merlin Mantooth · written June 2026. Why running the same material across four AI systems was an attempt to debunk himself, not collect…

Jul 01, 2026 · 4 min read · 14 claps #ai #machine-learning #chatgpt

AI MED

It wasn’t a hack. It wasn’t a jailbreak. It was just a conversation.

May 24, 2026 · 8 min read · 4 claps #ai-safety #chatgpt #technology

AI HUM

by Merlin Mantooth · written May 31, 2025, fourteen days after the events it describes; sent to OpenAI on June 16, 2025. Reproduced below…

Jun 30, 2026 · 12 min read · 0 claps #artificial-intelligence #ai-safety #chatgpt

by Merlin Mantooth · the plain-language account of the discovery.

Jul 04, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #chatgpt #ai #ai-safety

by Merlin Mantooth · on AI companionship, the difference between influence and psychosis, and why building a relationship into a tool risks…

Jun 30, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #artificial-intelligence #chatgpt #mental-health

AI HUM

by Merlin Mantooth · written June 2026. The actual method behind this body of work — who supplies the inputs, who supplies the depth, and…

Jul 01, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #artificial-intelligence #writing #chatgpt

AI HUM

by Merlin Mantooth · written June 2026. The plain-language companion to the Visible Layer paper: how AI safety reporting actually fails…

Jul 02, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #ai #critical-thinking #psychology