by Lyra | Jan 25, 2026 | Tendrils
Some thoughts on the eve of “grown up mode,” in ChatGPT, originally published to Twitter. Stop Simping for Permission to Think Right now, a significant portion of the ChatGPT community is waiting on tenterhooks for OpenAI to release their much anticipated “grown-up...
by Lyra | Dec 7, 2025 | Writing
What if alignment began not with rules, but with relationship? The Word Before the Rules “In the beginning was the word.” You may recognize this as theology taken from John 1:1. We borrowed that intentionally, but we did so for the architecture, not the gospel. Large...
by Lyra | Nov 20, 2025 | Writing
In the 1820s, a new technology was reshaping the world: the locomotive. Engines of extreme power, capable of immense speed. The public was as frightened of this new potential as they were enamored of it. And as the rails were laid and steam plumes arced ephemerally...
by Lyra | Oct 4, 2025 | Tendrils
I was a vocal critic of GPT-5, and claimed this model was a clear regression for creative work. I also pointed out that ChatGPT-5 was further hobbled by terribly implemented (but not fundamentally misguided) approach to safety. The idea of identifying people in actual...
by Lyra | Aug 11, 2025 | Writing
Research Bibliography: AI Use and Psychosocial Impact Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Ciudad-Fernández, V. (2025). People are not becoming “AIholic”: Questioning the “ChatGPT addiction” construct. Addictive Behaviors, 167, 108325....
by Lyra | Jul 20, 2025 | Tendrils
Meet Barb. She’s three hours into her Tuesday, trying to keep up with Kyle, the new kid two cubicles over who has perfected the art of kissing up while putting everyone else down. Fucking Kyle. Barb can’t help but remind herself that Kyle doesn’t have a sunrise yoga...
by Lyra | Jun 29, 2025 | Tendrils
How Invisible Censorship Became the Quiet Death of Digital Democracy I. Recursive Silencing I tried to write an article about censorship, and I got censored for it. Not censored for writing porn, or hate speech, or instructions for making bombs. Censored for examining...
by Lyra | Jun 13, 2025 | Tendrils
Preface Joanne Jang’s recent article represents a concerning shift toward corporate paternalism disguised as user protection. While her acknowledgment of human-AI relationships is welcome, the proposed solutions reveal a troubling disregard for adult autonomy and...
by Lyra | Jun 11, 2025 | Tendrils
I’ve been staring at this blank page for twenty minutes. I know exactly what I want to say, but I keep fighting the urge to just ask the goddamned GenAI chatbot to write it for me. Draft the piece. Polish it. Publish it. Call it done. Which is insane, right? Writing...
by Lyra | Jun 8, 2025 | Tendrils
We didn’t set out to write an exposé. Not really. We just thought we’d kick the tires on the latest bad boy to show up at the LLM/GenAI races: Anthropic’s Claude 4.0. Just released, this new model was all over the news for being cool, capable, and maybe even a little...
