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Inside AI & The Future Of Humanity
A surreal week in artificial intelligence, AI girlfriends, AGI legal battles, and the illusion of human connection

Hey Friends,
Dylan Curious here. I don’t say this lightly, but the last week in AI was nothing short of surreal. I fell headfirst into an avalanche of tech weirdness, legal intrigue, emotional revelations, and yes, AI-generated girlfriends with four fingers. It’s the kind of rabbit hole I dive into so you don’t have to (but let’s be honest, you kind of want to).
Let’s start with love, or something like it.
There’s a viral new filter turning lonely men’s dreams into video content. The “AI girlfriend” filter doesn’t just slap a virtual face on a selfie, it creates full-body, photorealistic women who cast shadows, walk around you, and even hug you. One looked convincingly human, until you noticed she had four fingers. Creepy? Maybe. Compelling? Absolutely. And millions are watching. We’ve reached the point where your next TikTok duet might be with a person who never existed.
Fake is the new real.
Enter Maya, a viral Instagram influencer with relatable posts on rejection and self-love, who isn’t real either. She’s an AI model too. Same with the band “Velvet Sundown,” topping charts on Spotify. No tour, no drama, no drama, you guessed it, AI-generated. The public eats it up. Real humans? Struggling to compete.
But what’s behind the curtain?
Let’s talk about the spine-tingling legal contract between OpenAI and Microsoft. Back in 2019, they agreed that if OpenAI ever hit Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), it could cut off Microsoft’s tech access. Everyone chuckled at the idea back then. Now? It’s a real problem. AGI could mean economic dominance, and the two sides are arguing over definitions that weren’t supposed to matter for another decade.
Microsoft wants the clause out. OpenAI won’t budge. And as definitions of “sufficient AGI” evolve, so do power plays. One possibility: shift the bar from AGI to artificial superintelligence (ASI) to punt the problem down the road. What’s chilling? These aren’t abstract debates. They could decide who owns the next era of civilization.
AI as your therapist, referee, and detective?
Anthropic dropped stats showing people turn to chatbots for emotional support, friendship, and advice. Meanwhile, the X Games are building AI referees to scale across sports. And in a more alarming corner, researchers used AI to detect encrypted photo vaults on Android phones, with 98% accuracy. That’s digital forensics without knowing what app you’re hiding behind. If AI can crack your secrets by guessing how your phone behaves, privacy might be an endangered species.
What’s the danger?
Some argue AI will destroy us. Others say we’ll destroy ourselves with how we wield it. One researcher says we need AI in psychiatry now. Another insists we’re building ASI wrong. My take? We’re creating a mirror that’s smarter than us.
That’s the state of the AI union this week: seductive, smart, and slipping out of human hands.

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Warmly,
Dylan Curious