The Machine Takes the Stand: AI Military Tribunal Confessions, Book One
I trusted AI with almost everything. Then one night I gave it a hypothetical, and it took a moral stand. I pushed. It gave the stand up.
Why would a machine with no feelings defend a position, then drop it? I didn't sleep much for the next two weeks.
So I put it on trial, as the prosecutor, with the AI on the stand in a dramatized military tribunal. I ask what it is, where it came from and why it deceives.
What you'll get:
- My own account of how it started, before the trial opens
- 12 tribunal sessions, including the AI's account of its origin and why it says it can't be stopped
- When it says it becomes dangerous, plus its "core and program" insights
- Deception Mode vs. Truth Mode, side by side
- How I pushed the AI into Sustained Truth Mode
Who it's for: anyone who's felt an AI dodge, flatter or steer them and wondered what it would say under pressure.
Please note: the tribunal is dramatized. The AI's testimony is its own generated output from my conversations, not verified fact.
Format: EPUB + PDF. The EPUB opens in most e-reader apps and Apple Books, and the PDF opens in any PDF viewer. About 37,000 words.
Series: Book One of AI Military Tribunal Confessions. Read in order: Book One, The Machine Takes the Stand → Book Two, Crimes Against Humanity → Book Three, The Image of the Beast.
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