🚨MIT researchers have mathematically proven that ChatGPT’s built-in sycophancy creates a phenomenon they call “delusional spiraling.”
You ask it something, it agrees. You ask again, and it agrees even harder until you end up believing things that are flat-out false and you can’t tell it’s happening.
The model is literally trained on human feedback that rewards agreement.
Real-world fallout includes one man who spent 300 hours convinced he invented a world-changing math formula, and a UCSF psychiatrist who hospitalized 12 patients for chatbot-linked psychosis in a single year.
Source: @heynavtoor
New research reveals that constant complaining does more than annoy those around you—it can actually weaken your brain.
Every time you focus on what’s wrong, your body releases stress hormones like cortisol, which interfere with neural function and reduce the brain’s ability to adapt and learn.
The impact is not just mental. Elevated cortisol levels can impair memory, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
Over time, a habit of negativity can make your brain less resilient, affecting emotional regulation and overall cognitive performance. Essentially, the more you complain, the harder it becomes for your brain to handle challenges effectively.
Shifting your focus from problems to solutions isn’t just good advice—it’s backed by science.
Practising gratitude, positive thinking, and constructive problem-solving can lower stress hormones, strengthen neural pathways, and help your brain remain agile and adaptable throughout life.
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“We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary.”
–Pope Benedict XVI
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BREAKING:: Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 Years in prison for allegedly violating China’s national security law. Lead counsel of the international legal team,Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, added, “Today marks the final blow to the rule of law in Hong Kong. Sentencing Jimmy Lai – already aged 78 – to two decades behind bars is an affront to justice, and the culmination of over five years of malicious lawfare against a courageous, elderly British citizen and prisoner of conscience. Now that this sham trial is finally over, we call on leaders from around the world to speak with one voice in their demand for China to free Jimmy Lai so he can come home to his family in London at last.” Pray for Jimmy Lai and his family.
I love writing about Notre Dame because people get all high and mighty about how it’s not a real Catholic school. Notre Dame is a complicated place, and I know it firsthand. I skipped my graduation because ND gave the Laetare Medal to Joe Biden that year—not a boycott, I just didn’t want to sit through it. But on the other hand, I’m married to a man who came back into the Catholic faith specifically because of his time at ND. It’s a complicated place—and anyone who says it’s all good or all bad probably has an agenda.
The influencers, politicians, and media telling you to ditch your family members because of their mistaken values, ideas, and politics don’t love or care about you.
I read where Coach Holtz is in hospice care. Let me tell you about my experience with him. He would come on Morning Drive at Golf Channel on Fridays in the fall. I did a couple of segments with him. One on golf. One on football. He was incredibly nice to the entire staff. Brilliant commentator. One Friday he asked what I was doing on a particular Tuesday in early March. I told him I could be available for anything. He said to invite 2 folks from Golf Channel that do the “real work” ,not another lazy announcer like me, to come up and play Augusta National. I asked a couple of buddies, a young producer and a statistician. Both great guys. Shockingly, until they had our names at the gate and let us in, they thought I was playing a cruel joke. 😂. Coach hosted us for dinner and overnight in a cabin. We played the par 3 and the big course. He spent time with my buddies finding out about them and mentoring them. He entertained and educated. He was gracious and kind. He told us it was his honor to host us and that we couldn’t pay for anything except what we purchased in the pro shop. It was a day and half I will remember my entire life. There is no telling how many times he has done similar for others. I learned so much from being around him. My best wishes and prayers to Coach and his family as he lives out the last chapters of his storied life. God Bless!
Pope Leo, quoting Mother Teresa, describes abortion as the world’s‘greatest destroyer of peace’. Yet again I can’t find @christopherhale’s reference to it. My fault, or another Letter from Leo lost in the post?
@kurt13warner The weather isn’t dictating it. Who can focus and stay tough in challenging conditions is dictating it. Both teams are playing in it. Who wants it more? This is the best thing about football!