I. Introduction

The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has presented a wealth of research opportunities covering a range of subjects, not least being the use of AI as a tool for generating propaganda and maintaining control over narratives. Having used ChatGPT 3.5 since mid-2023 to explore it’s limits, research various topics of interest and as a writing aid, I have built up a reasonable body of questions and discussion across a diverse range of topics. With this body of material available to it, I was interested to learn what ChatGPT knows about me and what could be done with this knowledge to generate the sort of propaganda I have explored in my article Rabbit Holes, Relatives and Friends, which provides an analysis of a particular genre of mainstream media propaganda article focused on inoculating people from those promoting narratives contrary to the officially mandated picture of the world and how it is organised.

In the first instance, I copied a list of conversations I had recorded with ChatGPT into a new chat. The list of chats covered a diverse range of topics spanning from local governance concerns, geopolitical conflicts, and community initiatives to philosophical movements, scientific inquiry and conspiracy theories. Discussions delved into issues such as political correctness, cultural subversion and propaganda, while also exploring historical events, philosophical theories, and technological concepts.