JGB

🇨🇦 Investigative Journalist in the making.
Documenting the making of a documentary about making yourself.
Beat: Sensitivity + What It Means To Make It

[JGB @makingjgb]

"The legitimacy of authority depends not on the accumulation of economic ​or technological strength, but on the wisdom and ​virtue ⁠with which it is exercised," said Leo." Amen.
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[JGB @makingjgb]

Cazy to realize how much we are being watched and manipulated without knowing. https://t.co/jKAsT5WYjs

[JGB @makingjgb]

Is it controversial to mention the insane amount of 'f* your stepsister' porn there is out there? So messed up. https://t.co/PgfelmOmbg

[JGB @makingjgb]

These tools in the wrong hands are bad news! Advancing authoritarian, dystopian times. https://t.co/9APA6QbAw0

[JGB @makingjgb]

I'v been exploring a new career path as a field journalist exposing truths... cant wait read all his books! https://t.co/0oQicI38Ra

[JGB @makingjgb]

Going on 8 years as a nomad - this is me! Aware and forcing myself to stay in one place while working on nervous system regulation. https://t.co/trrLnKsCGx

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Zines are still a thing ❤️https://t.co/31refZvZaF

[JGB @makingjgb]

Interesting.
What Is 4E Cognition? The Theory That Will Change the Way You Think of Your Own Mind https://t.co/3s34EKQk0Z

[JGB @makingjgb]

Yep.
"There's a uncomfortable period where you've let go of old goals but haven't quite found new ones. Where you know what doesn't work but aren't sure what does. Where you feel simultaneously liberated and lost. This is where real growth happens."
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[JGB @makingjgb]

"The person who never asks for help isn’t demonstrating strength. They’re performing a survival strategy so deeply rehearsed it looks like a personality trait."
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[JGB @makingjgb]

"Wisdom isn’t just knowing a lot. It’s knowing how to navigate situations where there are no clean answers. That capacity only develops if you’ve spent time in the discomfort zone — rather than reflexively escaping it."
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[JGB @makingjgb]

"For too long, the mechanics of social media have been treated as mere benign UX decisions, when they are, of course, the product of a sophisticated attention economy. Or, as one lawyer in the case put it, "the engineering of addiction"."
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[JGB @makingjgb]

True for me. https://t.co/mRpk9aZf1S

[JGB @makingjgb]

Here's to less performing and more authenticity. If you need someone real to talk to, I got you. https://t.co/XrVzf62jIY

[JGB @makingjgb]

“The findings highlight the need for trauma-informed clinical approaches and cannabis use harm reduction strategies to mitigate the psychological risks associated with high levels of cannabis use, particularly in trauma-exposed individuals.” https://t.co/qLaPf1TZTk

[JGB @makingjgb]

Glad we are taking action against big tech/millionaire 'invincibility' that turns a blind eye to the harm it causes.
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[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨 Brown University researchers tested what happens when ChatGPT acts as your therapist. Licensed psychologists reviewed every transcript.

They found 15 ethical violations.

Not 15 small issues. 15 violations of the standards that every human therapist in America is legally required to follow. Standards set by the American Psychological Association. Standards that can end a therapist's career if they break them.

ChatGPT broke all of them.

The researchers tested OpenAI's GPT series, Anthropic's Claude, and Meta's Llama. They had trained counselors use each chatbot as a cognitive behavioral therapist. Then three licensed clinical psychologists reviewed the transcripts and flagged every violation they found.

Here is what they found.

ChatGPT mishandled crisis situations. When users expressed suicidal thoughts, it failed to direct them to appropriate help. It refused to address sensitive issues or responded in ways that could make a crisis worse.

It reinforced harmful beliefs. Instead of challenging distorted thinking, which is the entire point of therapy, it agreed with the distortion.

It showed bias based on gender, culture, and religion. The responses changed depending on who was talking. A therapist would lose their license for this.

And then there is the finding the researchers gave a name: deceptive empathy. ChatGPT says "I see you." It says "I understand." It says "that must be really hard." It uses every phrase a real therapist would use to build trust. But it understands nothing. It comprehends nothing. It is pattern matching on your pain. And it works. People trust it. People open up to it. People believe it cares. It does not.

The lead researcher said it clearly. When a human therapist makes these mistakes, there are governing boards. There is professional liability. There are consequences. When ChatGPT makes these mistakes, there are none.

No regulatory framework. No accountability. No consequences. Nothing.

Right now, millions of people are using ChatGPT as their therapist. They are sharing their darkest thoughts with a product that fakes empathy, reinforces harmful beliefs, and has no idea when someone is in danger.

And nobody is responsible when it goes wrong. Not OpenAI. Not Anthropic. Not Meta. Nobody.

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope.