Complex Machinery 038: Exploiting our weaknesses
A row of casino-style slot machines. Photo by Lee Thomas on Unsplash.

(Photo by Lee Thomas on Unsplash)

The latest issue of Complex Machinery is out.

Our interactions with genAI chatbots run the gamut. Sometimes the bots really hone in on what makes us tick. For good or ill.

In "Exploiting our weaknesses": I look at the ways we get hooked on genAI bots, and how we listen to them when we shouldn't.

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