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The Digital Straw Man: An Audit of Jeremy Heffner's 'Digital Psychopath' Argument

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: Audit of Jeremy Heffner's HuffPost article 'The Digital Psychopath' (August 3, 2026). v1.1 corrects GPT-5 existence claim: GPT-5 released Aug 7, 2025. The model existed, but Heffner's reported interaction (secret-disclosure, apocalyptic prediction) is consistent with hallucinatory role-play.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21812510

Author: Quni-Gudzinas, Rowan Brad

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7172480477

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