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ISSUE 44 | APRIL 18, 2025If real love and artificial intelligence had a baby… Hello Love,I’ve wrangled our perspectives on AI—the gloom and the glory, the aversion and the Hope. My post, “AI IS NOT YOUR BEST LIFE COACH” had a lot of cheers and a few jeers. Mostly, people were grateful that we're putting a voice to concerns. Some people missed the point.A lot of us are worried that using ChatGPT for mental health might not be so good for our mental health. One person told me I was archaic. (That’s okay. I was on Marketplace last week and the telephone[...]

ISSUE 43 | APRIL 11, 2025The (significant) downside of fawningHello Loves,In the last issue, I made a point that, like, AI IS NOT YOUR BEST LIFE COACH (Issue 42). It was one of the most shared + saved posts I have ever written.My focus was on the emotional manipulation that can come from artificial intelligence. Essentially, the algorithm is being trained—by our behavior and inputs—to kiss ass. It’s called fawning.It’s a form of emotional manipulation. In humans, fawning is a survival mechanism.Fight, flight, freeze, fawn, are behaviours of a dysregulated[...]

I’ve never used ChatGPT. Couldn’t tell you how to do it. My team uses it for worky things. We have a team policy to ONLY use it for research—NEVER to take the place of communicating with humans. And no way ever, neverrr will any form of AI be used to “write as Danielle.” Because I am Danielle. Hi. It’s really me. Always has been, always will be. So, not surprisingly…I’ve never used AI for life guidance. For the same reasons that I no longer consult with psychics, mediums, or oracle readers. Those external sources, as talented as s[...]