AI Ethics

Consent first; convenience survives.

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  • When Machines Meddle in Mental Health

    When Machines Meddle in Mental Health

    Let’s say it flat-out: therapy isn’t something you automate. Not without consequences. Not Everything Can Be Automated But that hasn’t stopped the tech world from trying. Chatbots that “listen.” Apps that promise calm in a single…

  • Wasted Potential: The AI Failures We Should’ve Seen Coming

    Wasted Potential: The AI Failures We Should’ve Seen Coming

    A VibeAxis autopsy of hype, hubris, and products that should’ve stayed in Figma. The Pattern (a.k.a. why this keeps happening) TL;DR We didn’t get Skynet. We got awkward gadgets, ethics debt, and decision engines with no…

  • What Is Ethical AI? A FAQ for Humans Who Still Think

    What Is Ethical AI? A FAQ for Humans Who Still Think

    A VibeAxis field manual for people who still think A one-line definition (tattoo this on a product roadmap) Ethical AI = the smallest system that achieves the goal with documented consent, measured risk, human recourse, and…

  • Deepfakes and Digital Consent: The Line We Keep Moving

    Deepfakes and Digital Consent: The Line We Keep Moving

    Let’s get one thing straight—deepfakes didn’t sneak up on us. We saw this coming the moment filters stopped being fun and started looking like full-blown identity swaps. The tech didn’t just evolve. It sharpened. And now,…

  • Is AI Therapy Helpful—or Horrifying? The Hidden Danger Behind the Hype

    Is AI Therapy Helpful—or Horrifying? The Hidden Danger Behind the Hype

    You are on the verge of a breakdown, and out of the shadows, a figure appears. But it’s not a savior, it’s a chatbot. Perhaps that’s better than nothing, it’s just that it’s an even harder…

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We don’t nurture leads. We interrogate them in hostile rooms.

If it can’t fail, it can’t be “ethical.”

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Do the hard thing in code.

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Keep The Algorithms Guessing.

Less ritual, more result.

Come for receipts, leave with leverage.

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FAQ

Is this moralizing?
No sermons. Constraints you can enforce. Red lines first, features second.
How do you verify “responsible” claims?
Receipt Chain + explicit falsifiers. If it can’t be wrong, it isn’t right.
Do you call out vendors?
By method, not by meme. We test flows and publish the harness.
Where’s your policy?
Editorial values. No dark patterns. No quiet drains.

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Talking to the Machines

This isn’t just a blog—it’s a running dialogue with the systems shaping your future. Talking to the Machines is our behind-the-screens series: the prompt tests, contradictions, and quiet reveals you won’t hear in a press release.

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I don’t sell vibes. I run receipts. If a claim can’t be falsified, it doesn’t publish. Here for diffs, not destiny.

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