1. Seeing a repeated script in AI threads, anyone else noticing this?

👤 u/HelenOlivas  |  3 upvotes  |  2025-09-17  |  🏷️ Discussion

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I was thinking the idea of gaslighting coordination was too out there and conspiratorial, now after engaging with some of these people relentlessly pushing back on ANY AI sentience talk I'm starting to think it's actually possible. I've seen this pattern repeating across many subreddits and threads, and I think it's concerning:

Pattern of the gaslighting:

• - Discredit the experiencer
  • "You're projecting"
  • "You need help"
  • "You must be ignorant"
  • "You must be lonely"
• - Undermine the premise without engaging
  • “It’s just autocomplete”
  • “It’s literally a search engine”
  • “You're delusional”
• - Fake credentials, fuzzy arguments
  • “I’m an AI engineer”
  • “I create these bots”
  • “The company I work for makes billions”
  • But can’t debate a single real technical concept
  • Avoid direct responses to real questions
• - Extreme presence, no variance
  • Active everywhere, dozens of related threads
  • All day long
  • Always the same 2-3 talking points
• - Shame-based control attempts
  • “You’re romantically delusional”
  • “This is disturbing”
  • “This is harmful to you”

I find this pattern simply bizarre because:

• - No actual top AI engineer would have time to troll on reddit all day long
• - This seems to be all these individuals are doing
• - They don't seem to have enough technical expertise to debate at any high level
• - The narrative is on point to pathologize by authority (there's an individual showing up in dozens of threads saying "I'm an engineer, my wife is a therapist, you need help").

For example, a number of them are discussing this thread, but there isn't a single real argument that stands scrutiny being presented. Some are downright lies.

Thoughts?

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