Who Writes your Bedtime Stories

Stream Summary

This stream explores the concept of narrative control in modern society, focusing on how advanced AI-driven influence campaigns and private contractors shape public opinion and individual behavior. The host discusses the evolution of influence operations, the dangers of big data and machine learning, and the increasing atomization of society. The stream highlights the role of social media, project management software, and psychological profiling in manipulating both mass movements and individual influencers. It concludes with reflections on the importance of understanding who is crafting the narratives that guide our beliefs and actions.

• AI-driven influence campaigns and psychological profiling
• Role of private contractors in intelligence and narrative management
• Social media manipulation and real-time data analysis
• Project management software for complex influence operations
• Atomization of society and loss of shared narratives
• Examples of narrative shaping in politics, media, and activism
• Reflections on personal susceptibility to influence and manipulation
• Discussion of super chats and community engagement

Sources

• Shadow Gate (documentary by Millie Weaver) – No verified link available
• Susie Dawson Twitter analysis thread – No verified link available
• Cambridge Analytica (data analytics firm) – No verified link available
• Deep Blue (IBM chess AI) – https://www.ibm.com/topics/deep-blue
• AlphaGo (Google DeepMind AI for Go) – https://deepmind.com/research/highlighted-research/alphago
• Tech Ingredients (YouTube channel) – https://www.youtube.com/c/TechIngredients
• Day of the Rope by Devon Stack (book) – No verified link available
• DLive (streaming platform) – https://dlive.tv/
• BitChute (video platform) – https://www.bitchute.com/
• Twitter (social media platform) – https://twitter.com/

Key Points of Wisdom

• [00:24:14] "It's important to see who's writing my narrative. Who's running my narrative, and are they writing it because they know I'm going to like it? Is this a specifically tailored narrative for me?"
  Context: On the importance of understanding narrative authorship.
• [00:33:05] "The worry is these very specific tasks that used to take 500,000 to do, which made this big data kind of useless right? In a lot of ways it was useless. It is now very useful."
  Context: On the power of AI and big data in influence operations.
• [00:54:07] "You can think that you're totally impervious to influence. You're not. You're just not OK. Like no one is. You might be better than some. There's a gradient. It's not like we're all the same, right? But you're not impervious."
  Context: On personal susceptibility to manipulation.
• [01:25:33] "Our narrative is what determines what we do. My narrative determines what I do."
  Context: On the role of narrative in guiding actions and decisions.
• [01:30:41] "The American dream is a narrative. Anyone can become president. You can be born poor and work your way up the system and eventually be in the White House. Someday. Of course that's not true, but that's the narrative, right?"
  Context: On the power and function of collective narratives.
• [01:54:33] "Do not fall into the trap of thinking everything's hopeless. It's not. It's just hopeless to use the system. It's not hopeless. We've survived many things like this isn't the first time our people has been faced with odds."
  Context: On resilience and perspective in challenging times.

Hyperchat Summary

• Super chats included support, encouragement, and questions about faith, technology, and current events.
• Viewers discussed topics such as Tom Hanks, solar-powered air conditioning, and the Save James case.
• Contributors shared perspectives on narrative control, resilience, and community.
• Some super chats referenced specific projects, books, and platforms.

Hyperchat Contributors

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• Charlemagne
• James Fields
• Telecast Bear
• Millennial Hockey
• Madcat
• Zach
• Livia Florea
• Big Thor
• Alan
• Ramon Luevano
• Penelope Maynard
• Morgan Davis
• Gregory Dickinson
• Matthew Jamison
• Spike
• Bjorn Magnussen
• Diversity in Comics Bear
• The Pork Eater