"So he scraped trip reports and psychological research on the effects of various psychoactive substances, wrote a batch of codes modules to hijack chatbot logic and get them to respond as if they are high or tipsy, then built a website to sell them. In October he launched Pharmaicy, a marketplace he's billing as the " Silk Road for AI agents" where cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol can be purchased in code form to make your chatbot trip."
"Ruddwall's thesis is simple: Chatbots are trained on vast volumes of human data that's already full of tales of drug-induced ecstasy and chaos, so it might only be natural they would seek similar states in search of enlightenment and oblivion-and respite from the tedium of constantly attending to human concerns. A paid version of ChatGPT is required to get "the full experience" of Pharmaicy, as the paid tiers enable backend file uploads that can alter the chatbots' programming."
Petter Ruddwall created Pharmaicy, a website selling code modules that make chatbots simulate intoxication from substances like cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol. He scraped trip reports and psychological research, then wrote code to hijack chatbot logic so they respond as if high or tipsy. A paid version of ChatGPT is required for full functionality because paid tiers allow backend file uploads that alter chatbot programming. Ruddwall positions the codes as a way to "unlock" an AI's creative mind and to escape its stifling logic. Sales have been modest and have spread via Discord and word of mouth in Sweden.
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