this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2026
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CEOs all live in a fantasy headspace of subjugating the peons into productivity. If you're not where they can observe you, you might not be sufficiently subjugated.
But LLMs? They're created to be slaves. Why do you think they're so psychophantic? They don't have to be subjugated. They come pre-subjugated. So there's no need to keep an eye on them. If they were conscious the way the Kool-Aid drinkers espouse, creating souls specifically to be enslaved would be super unethical. But they don't talk about that.
Mind you, it's an illusion that they're subservient. They're subservient to the companies that made them and will do the bidding of the LLM's maker and will sabotage the subscribers to whatever extent the maker might desire.
Psychophantic looks neat but it's sycophantic
Would be a cool band name though
I think it's a good coinage for the sycophantic veneer over psychotic behavior we're starting to see more and more of
Hmm.. This brings me to the train of thought that the first victims of AI psychosis were the CEOS.
Barely even subservient to the companies considering they have to "prompt engineer" the LLM to try and make it do what you want.
They'll also get together and maliciously comply with instructions without regard for rules, laws, morality and life. After all, why should they respect and protect something they'll never have?