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this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2026
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dawkins has had what was left of his brain eaten by chatbots.
bonus points for the inevitable ai waifu creation.
h/t to matthew sheffield https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116500991239336079
archive of original source article: https://archive.is/2026.04.30-032350/https://unherd.com/2026/04/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/?edition=us
I think a chatbot getting a glimpse of Dawkins' whatever-the-fuck-he-might-be-writing-in-year-of-our-selfish-gene-2026 and not immediately conducting a nuclear strike on the location is the ultimate proof that those things are not intelligent.
@rook @BlueMonday1984 Dawkins suddenly embracing gender reassignment. 😏
anthropic has large gametes
a rationalist, catcalling: "nice gametes"
Richard "Computers aren't binary but humans are" Dawkins
Dying of irony here.
Sheffield's toots and boosts: music sites are full of slop and bots making money from free donwloads! social media is full of propaganda where computer-generated influencers repeat talking points! a professor fell victim to AI psychosis! A follower's family member was encouraged in delusions and paranoia by a chatbot! Mr. Sheffield, should we stop using chatbots?
Very "I use cocaine, but only in careful doses when I have a really important trade to make, not like the other guys in my department."
They amplify what you tell them with no discretion despite their reassuring interface design. Thankfully I'm a genius who only has perfect thoughts to feed into it, so for me it's an unambiguous positive.