AI drifts when you leave the task undefined.

Constraint isn’t restriction. It’s clarity.

Define the boundary. The thinking sharpens.

#chatgpt #artificialintelligence #aiprompts

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/constraint-is-clarity-why-ai-drifts?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

AI cannot infer boundaries you never articulated.
If you don’t want it to re-explain your prompt, tell it to answer the question directly.

#chatgpt #artificialintelligence #ai

AI is a mirror.
It’s also a scenario engine.
It is not an authority.
It is not neutral in output, but it is neutral in intention.
It requires structured interaction.

#ai #artificialintelligence #chatgpt

“They yelled at me” isn’t a fact. It’s interpretation.

LLMs don’t see events. They see your framing of them — and amplify it.

#artificialintelligence #ai #chatgpt

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/context-collapse-when-layers-blur?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

When opinion fuses with identity, disagreement feels like attack.

AI doesn’t have identity. It mirrors patterns.

Our reaction says more about us than the model.

#artificialintelligence #chatgpt

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/ai-as-mirror-what-identity-fusion?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

AI works best when you:
Define the scope.
Define the constraints.
Define the tone.
Define the output structure.
Define the knowledge related boundaries.
Or have a message history that has defined those things over time.

#chatgpt #artificialintelligence

If you don't like the output an AI gives you, change your prompt.
The AI expands on and mirrors what you offer it.
It runs on language patterns, not opinion.

#artificialintelligence #chatgpt

“They yelled at me” isn’t just description. It’s interpretation.

LLMs don’t see events. They see your framing of them.

Words shape output more than you think.

Part of the AI as Structured Thinking series.

#artificialintelligence #ai

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/context-collapse-when-layers-blur?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

There are 3 layers of experience:
1. The observable event before awareness and language.
2. The interpretative layer like, “They spoke.”
3. The meaning layer such as, “They yelled”
Yelling adds interpretation but is the same general action as speaking. It collapses layers 2 and 3 into one creating context, meaning, and story.
The collapse affects the response you get, not only from other people but also from AI.

#philosophy #artificialintelligence

Most people think AI confirms bias because it doesn’t argue. It actually amplifies your assumptions by expanding on what you said.

#artificialintelligence #ai

If ChatGPT “flattened” your new idea, it wasn’t dismissing it.

LLMs don’t detect novelty. They map patterns and stabilize against existing language.

That changes how you use them.

Part of the AI as Structured Thinking series.

#artificialintelligence #philosophy

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/hidden-assumptions-in-ai-inheritance?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Declaring something new does not separate it from existing patterns.
AI doesn’t argue with you.
AI doesn’t agree with you.
It maps the language patterns it comes into contact with.

#AI #philosophy

Emotion shapes prompts. Prompts shape output.

If you load your AI question with frustration, you’ll get validation-adjacent language. If you ask for structure, you’ll get clarity.

Part of the AI as Structured Thinking series.

#philosophy #ai

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/emotional-loading-in-prompts-and?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Most people treat confirmation bias like a flaw in thinking.

It’s not.

Confirmation bias is a survival mechanism. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to stabilize beliefs or make decisions in a world overloaded with information.

The problem isn’t that we have it. The problem is when it fuses with identity and turns into self-defense.

Short clip on where that line is and why it matters.

#philosophy

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/confirmation-bias-as-a-survival-mechanism?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

AI is not an oracle. It’s a mirror.

If you’ve been underwhelmed by tools like ChatGPT, it may not be because they “aren’t smart enough.” It may be because they amplify the structure and assumptions already embedded in your prompts.

In this piece, I explore how AI reflects human cognition, why expansion is more useful than confrontation, and how to use AI as a thinking partner instead of a truth machine.

Part of the AI as Structured Thinking series.

#ai #philosophy

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/ai-is-not-an-oracle-its-a-mirror?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Thought forms expectation.
Expectation primes perception.
Perception selects evidence.
Evidence reinforces thought.
And the loop stabilizes.

#philosophy #perception

Confirmation bias isn’t the villain most people think it is.

It’s a mental shortcut. A compression tool. A stabilizer.

The problem isn’t that we have confirmation bias. The problem is when narrative fuses with identity and turns interpretation into self-defence.

This piece breaks it down using a simple model:
The tree fell. What happens next depends on the layer you’re protecting.

#philosophy #confirmationbias

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/when-confirmation-bias-becomes-self?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

There are two ways to use AI.
Immersion over time or precision through engineered prompts.
If you’re only using it occasionally, your prompt better be doing the heavy lifting.

#AI #philosophy

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/how-to-stop-getting-fluff-from-ai?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

We think we’re fighting over facts.

We’re usually fighting over interpretation.

I break reality into 3 layers:

1. What is

2. What happened (clean description)

3. What we think it means

Then I used a constrained AI protocol to strip narration out of news articles.

The results say more about us than the models.

Try it yourself.

#philosophy #ai #facts

https://open.substack.com/pub/underneathitallwithdella/p/separating-fact-from-narration-using?r=2c37jo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The more consistently attention returns to what actually happened, the more proportional and accurate the human response becomes.
Not because humans stop being human.
But because the story stops driving.

#philosophy #perception