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Ai is a lie [1]
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Date: 2025-09-04
So I wrote a little ditty in response to the growing phenomenon of humans believing they are in a “relationship” with an AI chatbot or the like. To me, a relationship can only exist between two beings, and a Chatbot is not a being. And while I’m sure it’s relatively harmless in some cases, there has been growing coverage of cases where this interaction has turned pathological. Consider, for example, this case in which parents are suing OpenAI because its chatbot allegedly encouraged the suicide of their sun. Then you have Mark Zuckerberg proffering AI as the cure for loneliness. Or just have a look on Reddit at the MyBoyfiendIsAi subreddit, for a real scare.
And yes, I realize that “companions” are but a subset of the AI universe. So my song should really have been titled “Large Language Models with Publicly Marketed User Interfaces That Imitate Humans Are a Lie,” but that’s just not as catchy.
Anyway, here are the lyrics:
There's a mindless robot wants to talk to you Tries to sell you on some empty promise you should see through It's standing on the sidewalk blocking your way Tell it you ain't interested not today It's never felt It's never smelt It's never played a card that life has dealt It's never slept It's never wept It's never watched a sunset as twilight crept AI is a lie. AI is a lie. It's like that guy who reads a brilliant thought by somebody else Then he tells it back to you like he thought it himself Like a two-bit con that tries to endear With a lazy calculation of what you want to hear It's never tasted The morning dew It's never once pondered what it means to be true It's never run It's never had fun It's never loved a parent or a daughter or a son AI is a lie AI is a lie It's like folks that say they always will be your friend When they're really just chasing the latest trend Like drug that's injected into your veins And you never really notice how much you have changed It's never pined It's never grieved It's never agonized over what to believe It's never played With its toes in the dirt It's never missed a friend so much that it hurt AI is a lie AI is a lie It's a blueprint a model a schematic a map Just software and numbers in a clever trap It only exists to make a mountain of cash For psychopath investors and tech brother trash It's never cared It's never dared It's never felt compassion and it's never shared It has no life It has no soul It's the sum of its parts but never a whole AI is a lie. AI is a lie. AI is a lie. AI is a lie.
I realize that I’m no Muriel Vieux, but let me know what you think.
Also, here is a video of me singing it, if you are a glutton for punishment:
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