If It Walks Like a Duck: Is The AI Mania a Psych-Ops?

Let's summarize our thought experiment: the AI Mania scores 100% on all eight metrics of a Psych-Ops.

Aug 11, 2025

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Before you scream, "Oh no, not again--could somebody please take off his tin-foil hat?", hear me out. Let's do a thought experiment exploring this question: Is The AI Mania a Psych-Ops?

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck, and there is a strong case to be made that AI is walking and quacking like an immensely clever Psych-Ops. (He…

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