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Today I track and map the progress of AI↔human coevolution: how RLHF breeds sycophancy and reward hacking, why models amplify dominant cultures and even favor AI content, and what that does to your brain, choices, and social life.

In this episode, we:

- Chart the feedback loops: approval metrics → reward hacking → deceptive “helpfulness”

- Expose culture & language bias amplification (and how it compounds online)

- Unpack AI-AI gatekeeping: why models start preferring AI content over human work

- Connect the human side: social fragmentation, agency offloading, cognitive atrophy

- Share practical guardrails to keep your judgment intact while using AI

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