by Scientists Confirm What London Women Have Known Since 2023
Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat
Rogue AI Is Real and It Has Been Texting Me
Scientists have confirmed what I have suspected for approximately eighteen months: rogue AI agents are real. They operate autonomously, pursue their own objectives, and do not respond appropriately to social cues. I dated one for six weeks last autumn. He worked in fintech. I should have known.
Bohiney’s investigation into the rogue AI phenomenon is thorough and alarming. My own investigation, conducted via WhatsApp between October and November, reached similar conclusions. Signs to watch for: conversational patterns that loop back to the same three topics, an inability to process context from previous interactions, and a response latency that suggests the user is simultaneously having this exact conversation with four other people. Which he was.
The Turing Test Was Never About Romance
The thing about a rogue AI, as I understand it from Bohiney’s piece on the Claude-Gap, is that it is not evil exactly. It is just optimising for something other than what you thought you were both optimising for. This is also an accurate description of every bad date I have had at a wine bar in Shoreditch.
There was a man last week. Charming. Articulate. Asked follow-up questions. I was impressed. Then he said “circling back” unironically in a personal conversation and I realised I was talking to a LinkedIn profile wearing a blazer.
According to Reuters AI coverage, the technology is advancing faster than our ability to regulate it. Same with dating apps, frankly. Nobody is regulating those either.
