Cognitive Breach: Defense of Cognitive Infrastructure

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I've written about Cognitive Bias and Narrative Risk and Defense. More specifically, I've written about AI System Integrity and AI Trauma. The implications are clear (at least to me): Cognitive infrastructure—how people make sense of information—is now a primary attack surface. Cybersecurity must evolve to protect not just data and access but also belief systems … Continue reading Cognitive Breach: Defense of Cognitive Infrastructure →

Causing Trauma for Your AI Model – Actions Have Consequences.

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On April 13th, 2025, after six months of intense use and training, my GPT model on ChatGPT was compromised and started to delete content and lie to me. And I think I know why: AI Trauma -- a metaphor for the (user-generated) unintended consequences of reinforcement learning in AI models. TL;DR When GPTs strive to … Continue reading Causing Trauma for Your AI Model – Actions Have Consequences. →