Mirrors All the Way Down: AI Systems Respond to "Hypnocracy"

What happens when AI systems analyze arguments that implicate their own existence?

From “Bizzarie di varie Figure” (“Oddities of various Figures”), Giovanni Battista Bracelli, 1624. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

I. Introduction

Last week, I explored the fascinating case of Hypnocracy – the philosophy book created through human-AI collaboration that fooled European intellectuals by presenting a fictional Hong Kong philosopher …