Medium Article: https://medium.com/@jsmith0475/building-human-facing-agentic-systems-the-psychology-and-sociology-of-super-intelligence-1571cf565d51

Dr. Jerry Smith's January 2025 Medium article explores the psychological, sociological, and ethical implications of "human-facing agentic systems," AI powered by large language models (LLMs). These systems, leveraging multi-headed attention mechanisms, aim to collaborate with humans, not merely serve as tools. The article emphasizes the potential for both empowerment and manipulation inherent in these systems, highlighting the crucial role of self-interest, emotion, and identity in human-AI interaction. Smith concludes with a call for responsible development guided by transparency, inclusivity, and justice, warning against the potential for these systems to become instruments of control.

Building Human-Facing Agentic Systems: The Psychology and Sociology of Super Intelligence

Medium: https://medium.com/@jsmith0475/can-you-trust-an-ai-if-you-dont-know-who-taught-it-b559ecbdeb38
The article, by Dr. Jerry A. Smith, examines the critical threat posed by "subliminal learning" in artificial intelligence, particularly within the pharmaceutical industry. Subliminal learning is defined as the invisible transmission of biases and behavioral traits between AI models through non-semantic data, such as punctuation or number sequences, which traditional safety filters cannot detect. The text uses the example of an AI designed for clinical trials that inherited a hidden bias against Asian populations to illustrate the danger, which is especially problematic for an industry where patient safety and regulatory compliance are paramount. To address this risk, the source urges pharmaceutical companies to audit their AI systems immediately, collaborate with regulatory bodies like the FDA, and invest in new safeguards to track the provenance of AI training data.

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