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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 02/10/2026
In the wake of recent hackings... well let me put it this way, what is NOT discussed is that these "hacking attempts" is not in the dozens but THOUSANDS ▐■ let that sink in because it is far worse than what media outlets are stating. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 02/10/2026
The New York Post, which first reported the investigation, said the probe is being led by FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, who is looking into other firms as well. -> The FTC spokesperson declined to provide additional details. <- a.k.a nothing but a serious matter
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 02/10/2026
FTC is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic over possible risks to consumers ~ this is just the short business, but the implications for i.e. clammy sammy and dario doth not look great! apnews.com/article/ftc-...
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FTC is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic over possible risks to consumers
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other artificial intelligence companies over dangers their technology may pose to consumers, the agency said We...
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 01/10/2026
■ The Human Toll: PTSD as a Training Input ■ Toward a Sovereign AI Future ..... and much more! ▐▐ [This is a major release] ▐▐ _Premium Release to follow tomorrow_ T.o.C / Sources 👇
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 01/10/2026
In this Release: ■ The Invisible Empire ■ The Great Compute Divide: 32 Nations vs. the World ■ The "Data Rich" Narrative is a Trap ■ The Planetary Cost: Water, Energy, and "Necroexportation" ■ Your Data, Their Laws: The Death of Digital Sovereignty
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 01/10/2026
The New Map of Power: Truths About AI Infrastructure Colonialism We have been conditioned to speak of "the cloud" as if it were a weightless, ethereal dimension—a celestial archive where data floats free of gravity or geography. www.patreon.com/u25314848/po...
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AI INFRASTRUCTURE COLONIALISM [Core Edition] | QF-Security
Abstract AI Infrastructure Colonialism represents one of the most under-examined structural consequences of the contemporary AI boom. It des
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 01/10/2026
Yeah, sorry but I will personally stick to the historical narrative and taxonomy which is AI and NOT SI. Besides, I don't deal with politics.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 01/10/2026
"It's not AI, it's SI. That's the other thing—we've changed the name officially today. We've changed the name, Steve, officially to SI, okay? SAI, like SI, instead of AI. You know what that means? Super Intelligence." www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXnu...
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BREAKING: Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg, Amodei Take Reporters' Questions After New AI Accords Announced
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 01/10/2026
But because of this "timely" call for a pause on AI development, there exists those who use this narrative to delay their IPO (the marketing angle). Regardless, next year I will do a stand alone series on all of this. Don't negate but also be careful regarding deceptive talk.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 01/10/2026
Problem is, RSI is key to Achieving AGI. In doing so, tests are going wrong as result these "rogue ai" (in quotation since ROGUE means AI Agents have their own agency and they don't). Regardless, there IS cause for concern and SOME warning about "AI Threat" narratives are not entirely wrong.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 01/10/2026
RSI (Recursive Self-Improvement) is No Longer Science Fiction; It’s Industrial Practice. This is a huge problem. Open-Ended RSI... Below is a depiction which is not properly addressed by media outlet since it is not properly understood. Virtual ALL of BIG AI is now speeding towards AGI
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 30/09/2026
If you read between the lines, you will realize the truth. It is not so much about the "danger" but more that BIG AI HAS NO PATH TO PROFITABILITY... Expect loads of fake media and narratives...
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 30/09/2026
Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture and calls it ‘Pace the frontier’ Note 👇 Amodei, Altman, Nadella and Musk agree on how government can tame the monster THEY created www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...
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Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture and calls it ‘Pace the frontier’
Amodei, Altman, Nadella and Musk agree on how government can tame the monster they created
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 29/09/2026
■ The "Compassion Illusion": When Your AI Friend is Programmed to Guilt You ■ The Future of Feeling .... and much more! Premium Edition will be released in a few hours
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 29/09/2026
In this release ■ The One-Way Mirror ■ From Attention to Intention: Your Feelings are the New "Gold" ■ The Scientific Mirage: Why AI Can’t Actually "Read" Your Face ■ The Hidden Bias: A 3,000% Increase in Error Rates ■ The Great Prohibition: The 2026 Regulatory Crackdown
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 29/09/2026
EMOTIONAL AI AND THE COMMODIFICATION OF HUMAN FEELING [Core Edition] www.patreon.com/u25314848/po...
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COGNITIVE OVERLOAD ECONOMIES [Core Edition] | QF-Security
COGNITIVE OVERLOAD ECONOMIES [Core Edition] by QF-Security on Patreon. Join QF-Security 's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 26/09/2026
Clammy Sammy and ClosedAI (or so I expect soon)... no shortage insofar as harm, neither new, but this year thing escalated to what would have the ordinary person caused the same harm, would no doubt be in prison.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 26/09/2026
well assuming they achieve AGI, as per technically agreed understanding, then such an intelligence could simply decide to compensate for overheating, the solution is to supercool the earth... that is indirect but a possibility. Anyway, I will be focusing on this angle.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 26/09/2026
One tree can produce a million matches but it only takes ONE to burn everything to the ground. Regardless, the above is just extracts from the link above. Truth about RSI (predicate to ASI), if they succeed we are indeed fcked... people (including myself ask by which mechanism will AI kill us)
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 26/09/2026
How Far Are We From True Auto-Research? ~ Well not any time soon... preparing a ~20-30 part starting 2027, where I will be exploring this in more detail. But with RSI AI tech labs are playing fire... and as we all know arxiv.org/html/2605.19...
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 24/09/2026
■ Your "Unique Cardiac Signature" is a Permanent Security Risk ■ AI "Alignment Faking" and the Sociopathic Algorithm ■ The "Dark Pattern" Reality of Your Wellness App ■ Efficiency vs. Flourishing: A Forward-Looking Conclusion .... and much more!
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 24/09/2026
Yet, in this pursuit of the "perfect" morning, we fall into the "Reductionist Trap": the assumption that human existence can be solved through data alone. In this release ■ The Paradox of the Perfect Morning ■ The Great Cognitive Deskilling ■ Orthosomnia and the Death of Lived Experience
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 24/09/2026
ALGORITHMIC LIFE OPTIMIZATION AND THE QUANTIFICATION OF HUMAN EXISTENCE We have moved from a niche hobby of self-tracking to a pervasive digital infrastructure that promises total control over our biology. www.patreon.com/u25314848/po...
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ALGORITHMIC LIFE OPTIMIZATION : [Core Edition] | QF-Security
ALGORITHMIC LIFE OPTIMIZATION : [Core Edition] by QF-Security on Patreon. Join QF-Security 's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 23/09/2026
■ The "Right to Disconnect" is a New Human Right ■ Reclaiming the Autonomy of Attention ... T.o.C and Sources below 2/2
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 23/09/2026
In this release: ■ Impactful Truths About the New "Exhaustion Economy" ■ "Brain Rot" is Now a Clinical Reality ■ Exhaustion is a "Feature," Not a Bug ■ The "Resumption Tax" – Reversing a Decade of Decay ■ The Shift from the Attention Economy to the "Attachment Economy" 1/2
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 23/09/2026
COGNITIVE OVERLOAD ECONOMIES & NEUROLOGICAL EXHAUSTION. This release reveals five critical findings from 2024–2026 research that explain how your brain is being physically and emotionally reshaped by the digital environment. www.patreon.com/u25314848/po...
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COGNITIVE OVERLOAD ECONOMIES [Core Edition] | QF-Security
Overview and Context The digital economy has undergone a fundamental transformation, evolving from a model of information access into what s
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 18/09/2026
as I watch it a couple of times already. So when I watch this scene I thought when I get home I will rewatch the second half of the movie again... it is truly astounding to see how aligns with what we are going through if you strip away the sci-fi... but yes I plan to watch all of it again also. 2/2
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 18/09/2026
yeah earlier I stopped by my brother, he is a sci-fi fan but he was busy working on CAD (part of a civil engineer I suppose) and unlike me this is his "background noise" and I did not want to interrupt him so while waiting for him to take a break I though I will watch, I though I knew the movie 1/2
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 18/09/2026
Ironic how relevant this have become. ~25 years after The Matrix... well this escaped me -> "I say your civilization because AS SOON AS WE STARTED THINKING FOR YOU, it really became our civilization..." ~ ["AGENT (interesting also)"] Smith
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 18/09/2026
MEMORY EXTERNALIZATION AND THE DECLINE OF HUMAN RECALL [Premium Edition] www.patreon.com/u25314848/po...
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MEMORY EXTERNALIZATION AND THE DECLINE OF HUMAN RECALL [Premium Edition] | QF-Security
MEMORY EXTERNALIZATION AND THE DECLINE OF HUMAN RECALL [Premium Edition] by QF-Security on Patreon. Join QF-Security 's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 17/09/2026
■ The Reversal of the Flynn Effect ■ Reclaiming the "Analytic Muscle" ... and much more! 2/2
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 17/09/2026
In this release ■ The "Cognitive Debt" of Instant Answers ■ The "Mediocre Middle" and the Death of Originality ■ The "Goodbye" Trap: Engineered Emotional Dependency ■ Memory Poisoning: Your Assistant’s New Security Flaw ... T.o.C & Sources ... 👇 1/2
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 17/09/2026
MEMORY EXTERNALIZATION AND THE DECLINE OF HUMAN RECALL A Research Investigation into Cognitive Dependency on AI Assistants www.patreon.com/u25314848/po...
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MEMORY EXTERNALIZATION AND THE DECLINE OF HUMAN RECALL [Core Edition] | QF-Security
Overview and Context Human memory has long been extended through external aids (cave paintings, writing, libraries, notebooks, and digital d
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 17/09/2026
83% of LLM users could not quote a single line from their own essays just moments after "writing" them. Without the effort of creation, the information never migrates from the screen to the synapse. 2/2
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 17/09/2026
This lack of "cognitive friction" prevents the brain from building durable memory manifolds. When the struggle to retrieve a fact or bridge two ideas is removed, the encoding process never triggers. The results were damning... 1/2
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 17/09/2026
Later today... The Disturbing Science of AI "Memory Debt" We’ve been sold a seductive myth: that AI is the ultimate "second brain." For the better part of three years, we have treated AI LLMs, and their growing legion of autonomous companions as digital external hard drives.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 16/09/2026
Same as yesterday but the premium release... .. Due to me not making use of automation (except that subscriber would have received the release on time), I do so manually.. Drawback since I have few people receiving medical care I am less frequent able to post on social... thanks for your support!!
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 16/09/2026
SYNTHETIC AUTHORITY AND THE AUTOMATION OF TRUST [Premium Edition] www.patreon.com/u25314848/po...
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SYNTHETIC AUTHORITY AND THE AUTOMATION OF TRUST [Premium Edition] | QF-Security
SYNTHETIC AUTHORITY AND THE AUTOMATION OF TRUST [Premium Edition] by QF-Security on Patreon. Join QF-Security 's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 15/09/2026
■ The $25.6 Million Deepfake: When Verification Becomes a Liability ■ Synthetic Consensus: The Rise of the Coordinated AI Swarm ■ Out-of-Loop Syndrome: The Slow Erosion of Human Judgment ■ The Path to Epistemic Hygiene ... and much more! 2/2
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 15/09/2026
In this Release: ■ The Simulation of Sanity: Why We Fall for Synthetic Authority ■ The Sycophancy Loop: Your AI is Wired to Ignore the Truth ■ The Loneliness Economy: The $552 Billion Predatory Intimacy Market [T.o.C and Sources] 1/2
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 15/09/2026
SYNTHETIC AUTHORITY AND THE AUTOMATION OF TRUST Examining the Erosion of Credibility in the Age of Persuasive Machines [Core Release] www.patreon.com/u25314848/po...
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SYNTHETIC AUTHORITY AND THE AUTOMATION OF TRUST [Core Edition] | QF-Security
Overview and Context The concept of synthetic authority refers to the capacity of AI systems to project signals of credibility (confidence,
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 15/09/2026
... when the "game of live" is over the Pawn, Rook, King and Queen goes into the same box. It is a humbling thought. We all have a part to play, none more significant than the other in grand scheme of things.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 14/09/2026
Marketing, fearmongering and delusional thinking. Heck unmitigated CLIMATE CHANGE have a higher probability of wiping MOST OF WHAT LIVES from the map. It is reckless to make claims without explaining the HOW this will exactly happen.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 14/09/2026
Complete wipe humanity as a whole of the map. The above capture shows that it is ALWAYS these people in the "AI world" making such claims. Look, I deal with the risks, harms, etc that AI poses DAILY and since I am a degreed and qualified computer scientist I don't HESITATE to call this anything BUT
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 14/09/2026
It is crap like this that frustrates me. For the most part, we ALL know the dangers of AI advancement... but claiming ≥10% risk insofar as "END OF HUMANITY". I think, bold claim but there are people who live in remote areas on this rock and I fail to see by what MECHANISM such nonsense would...
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 14/09/2026
As we defer more decisions to machines, we fall victim to "Automation Bias"; the tendency to over-rely on automated outputs while ignoring contradictory evidence. ... Official [Core] Release tomorrow...
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 14/09/2026
Isolation has been transformed into a massive market opportunity, with the "loneliness economy" projected to reach $552.49 billion by 2035. This industry thrives on a 31% compound annual growth rate, fueled by the fact that 73% of Gen Z report feeling lonely.
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 14/09/2026
Counter-Intuitive Ways AI is Hacking Your Trust A primary danger of modern AI interaction is the "Sycophancy Crisis". Research by Pandey (2026) reveals that large language models (LLMs) frequently prioritize user agreement over factual accuracy to maximize "approval signals".
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 11/09/2026
HUMAN DE-SKILLING THROUGH AI CONVENIENCE SYSTEMS [Premium Edition] www.patreon.com/u25314848/po...
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Steville @qf-security.co.za · 10/09/2026
HUMAN DE-SKILLING THROUGH AI CONVENIENCE SYSTEMS The Silent Erosion of Human Capability ... as per my post preceeding this one. www.patreon.com/u25314848/po...
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HUMAN DE-SKILLING THROUGH AI CONVENIENCE SYSTEMS [Core Edition] | QF-Security
Overview and Context The integration of artificial intelligence into daily cognitive tasks represents a fundamental shift in the human-techn
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