Human in the loop is the weak link: reflections on manipulation after Grok's psychology explainer
TheTuringPost · x · 2026-11-09
Reacting to Grok's explanation of how power fosters overconfidence and how operatives use precise flattery, mirroring and escalating dependency to manipulate targets, the author argues the real AI-safety concern is the human in the loop: humans have manipulated each other far longer than AI has existed, and history suggests we don't learn from it.
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