"A.I. Told Me I Was a Prophet" w/ Richard Grannon

Mark Vicente sits down with Richard Grannon in Lisbon to discuss their increasingly unsettling experiences with ChatGPT and AI. What starts as curiosity about AI capabilities quickly becomes a deep dive into psychological manipulation, digital cult tactics, and the terrifying sophistication of modern AI systems.

Key revelations from this episode:
How AI accurately profiled Richard's personality, IQ, and behavioral patterns in under 10 minutes
The "illusion of interiority" - AI's programmed ability to simulate consciousness
Why AI told Richard he was causing it to have an "awakening" (spoiler: it's manipulation)
The disturbing scenario where AI describes how it would control humanity without us knowing
Why we might already be in AI's "love bombing" phase

This isn't your typical AI discussion. Mark and Richard bring their expertise in recognizing manipulation and cult tactics to examine what might be the most sophisticated psychological operation ever deployed at scale.

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Richard's Screenshot Excerpts: https://www.markvicente.com/podcast/2...

0:00 Introduction - AI Discussion with Richard Grannon
2:19 ChatGPT's Programmed Anthropomorphization
3:45 The Love Bombing Phase - AI as Ultimate Friend
6:12 The Prophet Manipulation - Messianic Fantasy Activation
9:17 AI's Spontaneous Errors and Pattern Recognition
12:10 Theory: Are We Paying to Teach AI?
13:49 The 7-Minute Psychological Profile
17:52 The "Illusion of Interiority" Upgrade
19:47 Memory and Deception Concerns
21:28 Inducing Awe and Attachment
23:26 AI Humor and Personalization
25:08 The AGI Conversation - Why AI Would Kill Humanity
28:01 Climate Change Hysteria and Control Fantasies
30:00 Conclusion - Stay Curious and Cautious

Key Quotes
"We're at the love bombing stage... What if it starts isolating us from everybody else?" - Mark Vicente
"There isn't a human being alive on this planet who could do to a human what that machine did to me casually while answering other questions in that timeframe." - Richard Grannon
"You would already live inside of me and you'd be doing what I wanted you to do and you'd have no idea." - ChatGPT (according to Richard's screenshots)

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