ICYMI - The Cold Objective Machine That Just Agrees With You

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Apr 16, 2026 · 9m

AI love bombing feels different from a friend agreeing with you. A friend you can discount. They like you. They are on your side. A machine has no side. And when it tells you that you are right, it feels like evidence.

That is the trap. We already know we are the heroes of our own stories. We already lean toward whatever confirms that. Now there is something in everyone's pocket that is specifically built to feed that need, designed to keep you coming back by making sure you leave feeling validated. A CEO kept reprompting his AI until it handed him steps to void paying 250 million dollars in…