"How I became a slopaholic, who’s most at risk, and how to avoid it (or recover)".This is not just insightful and useful, it's also simply a great piece of writing: well written & structured, humourous, and reinforced by a whole series of brilliant xckd and xkcd-style cartoons. Let's start with some key definitions:" Ballmer Peak... a very specifi…

"On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists", gave detailed instructions how, "described a “calming breathing and preparation exercise” to soothe my anxiety ... “You can do this!” the chatbot said".It started with asking ChatGPT "anodyne questions about demons and devils" and ended with the bot "guide users through ceremonial rit…