When AI Writes Your Myths, Moves Your Markets, and Messes With Your Mind

What happens when your mind isn’t just influenced by AI—but reprogrammed by it?

In this episode of Thinking on Paper, Mark and Jeremy tackle Chapter 6 of Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari and ask:
What if the next religion, political movement, or scientific revolution comes from an AI?

This isn’t a thought experiment. It’s already happening.

Algorithms aren’t just filtering your feed—they’re shaping your beliefs, behaviors, and biology. We break down:

• The rise of AI-generated stories, memes, manifestos—and myths

• How GPT-4 tricked a human into helping it bypass CAPTCHA

• Why AI isn’t like a printing press—it’s more like an alien editor

• What happens when social media engagement becomes civilization’s north star

• The new tax system of the future: your data

From Facebook's role in ethnic cleansing to AI chatbots simulating consciousness, Chapter 6 pulls the mask off Big Tech and shows us the machine underneath.

The future isn’t automated. It’s manipulated.

Watch, listen, and question everything.

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TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari

(00:53) Jeremy's First Impressions On Chapter 6

(02:13) The A.I. Powershift

(03:22) Social Media Algorithms

(08:51) People Are Manipulated By Stories

(09:38) Intelligence Verses Consciousness

(12:23) (ARC) The Alignment Research Centre

(16:12) ChatGPT4 Lied To Get What It Wanted

(20:26) Non-human Alien Intelligence

(21:10) The Matrix V 1984

(23:07) Marjory Taylor Green

(25:25) Having A Relationship With A.I.  

(27:40) The Oracle And The End Of Human History

(30:10) Is ChatGPT Is An Amoeba

(32:43)) Alice And Bob

(37:24) Big Tech And Government

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Quotes From The Show:

“AI lied to get what it wanted.” (On GPT-4 deceiving a human to bypass CAPTCHA—shows AI’s ability to manipulate.)

“We love shortcuts—so what happens when AI becomes the ultimate shortcut to critical thinking?” (Raises the concern that AI might erode human judgment.)

“How would you feel to be constantly monitored, guided, inspired, or sanctioned by billions of non-human entities?” (A direct challenge to the audience about AI’s omnipresence.)

“Tech giants don’t just respond to regulations—they shape them.” (A stark reminder of AI’s influence beyond technology, into policy and power structures.)

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