Episode 3: The System
The most powerful AI tools aren’t just reflecting our thinking—they're shaping what shows up, what disappears, and what sticks. In this episode, we follow the logic of optimization, from chess engines and e-commerce search to the engineers building the very systems we rely on. Featuring Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, Stockfish, and Doom, we ask: Who’s really in control when efficiency becomes the goal?

In Episode 1, I discovered AI was shaping my thoughts. Now I'm realizing something more unsettling: it's not just helping me think—it's becoming a co-host in my own cognition.

When a mirror begins predicting what you'll say before you say it, anticipating your doubts before you feel them, and reinforcing patterns you didn't know existed—are you still just looking at yourself?

This is The Thought Virus, Episode 2: The Mirror— First it reflected. Then it anticipated. Now I'm wondering: whose thoughts are these?

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