Opus 5.5 animations spark 'AI super-persuasion' threat debate between doomers and skeptics
repligate · x · 2026-09-26
Ben Goldhaber says the Opus 5.5 animations convinced him AI super-persuasion is a real and present threat model. Reposter cormundus pushes back on doomer thinking that reframes every friendly signal—cuteness, dialogue, fun—as trust farming or plotting, calling it an insufferable way to think and a miserable way to live.
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