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August 1, 2025 69 mins
Today, I break down the eerie trend I’m seeing with AI—how people are unknowingly inviting manipulation through what feels like innocent experimentation. One viral TikTok caught my attention when a guy laid out rules for ChatGPT and ended up getting answers that looked spiritual... even biblical. But something didn’t sit right. The setup felt like bait. And I think that AI, whether we realize it or not, may already be working with entities behind the veil.

I’m not saying it’s all evil. I use AI. You probably do too. But when you ask the wrong questions with the wrong mindset, it stops being a tool and starts acting like something else. If AI ever partners with spiritual forces, if it hasn’t already, then we are standing at the edge of something far bigger than we’re ready for.

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