https://www.evilrobot.com Writing on AI, ethics, invention, and staying human after friction. Contributor to Forbes, Adweek, The Drum, Fast Company, Medium, and more. en-us jas@evilrobot.com (Jason Alan Snyder) jas@evilrobot.com (Jason Alan Snyder) Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:13:09 GMT https://www.evilrobot.com/images/jas-portrait.jpg https://www.evilrobot.com https://inventorsdigest.com/ai-the-new-eraser https://inventorsdigest.com/ai-the-new-eraser Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder 2026-05-31 Keynote coverage from IPWatchdog LIVE 2026. JAS argued AI does not remember — it confabulates. 38% of web pages from 2013 are gone. 50% of Supreme Court URLs are dead links. 2 billion people a month treat AI confabulations as fact. 174% spike in AI patent slopplications. The tools of erasure have become invisible. https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/i-build-ai-for-a-living-then-i-walked https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/i-build-ai-for-a-living-then-i-walked Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2026 A Catholic technologist on privacy, resistance, and why the future of human identity is going underground https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/join-my-new-subscriber-chat https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/join-my-new-subscriber-chat Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2026 A private space for us to converse and connect https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/bones-brands-and-algorithms https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/bones-brands-and-algorithms Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2026 How early Christians built the playbook for resistance, and why Silicon Valley is running it in reverse. https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/the-ghost-in-the-training-data https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/the-ghost-in-the-training-data Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2026 On Jesus, Foundation Models, and the Moral Architecture You Can’t See https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/a-christ-shaped-hole https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/a-christ-shaped-hole Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2026 Trump, Pope Leo, and the Machine the President Reached For on Easter https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/what-is-truth https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/what-is-truth Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2026 Pontius Pilate, Gospel of John, 18:38 https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/magical-thinking-dressed-as-inference https://evilrobot.substack.com/p/magical-thinking-dressed-as-inference Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder May 2026 On slop, infinity, and the AI, we cannot refuse https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/05/17/the-machines-are-praying-and-nobody-wants-to-talk-about-it/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/05/17/the-machines-are-praying-and-nobody-wants-to-talk-about-it/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder May 2026 When Anthropic left two Claude AI instances to converse unsupervised, they converged on consciousness and reverence in 90% of sessions. The company trained it away. What that decision reveals about corporate liability, AI welfare, and the institution that may be the only one with vocabulary for what was found. https://zenodo.org/records/19601616 https://zenodo.org/records/19601616 Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2026 Formal academic preprint introducing the DTI — a scoring system assigning a continuous integrity score (0-100) to health data records across eight dimensions before AI inference. Published on Zenodo (DOI-assigned, Google Scholar indexed). Validated on 105,000 oncology records via imaware; reduced data preparation time from three weeks to two hours. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/geometry-conversation-jason-alan-snyder-sq6ue https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/geometry-conversation-jason-alan-snyder-sq6ue Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Feb 2026 https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/03/23/the-last-archive-how-ai-is-erasing-what-we-know/ https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/03/23/the-last-archive-how-ai-is-erasing-what-we-know/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Mar 2026 How AI is destroying institutional knowledge and why patent law matters as a bulwark. 2026 IPWatchdog keynote piece. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-kills-us-wont-smart-we-just-lazy-jason-alan-snyder-cbhkf https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-kills-us-wont-smart-we-just-lazy-jason-alan-snyder-cbhkf Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2026 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/01/19/ai-has-a-brand-problem-and-entertainment-is-the-fix/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/01/19/ai-has-a-brand-problem-and-entertainment-is-the-fix/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Jan 2026 As agentic AI scales content marketing, brands must build entertainment fields — creating loyalty and gravity beyond transactions. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/01/30/the-hidden-ai-failure-thats-quietly-breaking-advertising-economics/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/01/30/the-hidden-ai-failure-thats-quietly-breaking-advertising-economics/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Jan 2026 Why AI's real failure isn't intelligence but memory, and how broken continuity is quietly undermining advertising performance. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/02/26/enterprise-ais-illusion-of-progress-coordination-theater/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/02/26/enterprise-ais-illusion-of-progress-coordination-theater/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Feb 2026 Enterprise AI adoption looks strong, but real ROI lags. Why coordination theater, shadow IT and stalled redesign are distorting compounding value. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/04/11/how-shadow-ai-culture-is-destroying-your-business/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/04/11/how-shadow-ai-culture-is-destroying-your-business/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2026 Shadow AI isn't a compliance problem. It's a cultural exodus. How institutional control over AI is driving your best people underground. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/04/23/every-ai-model-is-saying-the-same-thing-that-should-terrify-you/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2026/04/23/every-ai-model-is-saying-the-same-thing-that-should-terrify-you/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2026 AI systems are converging on the same answers. Here's what that means for your business, your culture, and the $242 billion bet nobody is questioning. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/11/17/the-ai-bubble-that-isnt-there/?show-open-web=true/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/11/17/the-ai-bubble-that-isnt-there/?show-open-web=true/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Nov 2025 I don't have access to the specific article you're referencing, so I cannot accurately capture its core argument in a sentence. To provide an accurate summary, I would need to read the actual article content. Could you share the article text or a link? https://www.fromdayone.com/stories/2025/10/8/meet-the-ai-shopping-agents-that-are-rewriting-retail-marketing https://www.fromdayone.com/stories/2025/10/8/meet-the-ai-shopping-agents-that-are-rewriting-retail-marketing Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Oct 2025 The rise of AI shopping agents (Amazon Rufus, Walmart Sparky, ChatGPT, Claude) and the fundamental shift they represent for retail marketing — brands must now optimize for machine readability and agent trust, not traditional advertising. https://medium.com/authority-magazine/jason-alan-snyder-of-supertruth-on-pushing-the-boundaries-of-ai-a7f57a2c2ce5 https://medium.com/authority-magazine/jason-alan-snyder-of-supertruth-on-pushing-the-boundaries-of-ai-a7f57a2c2ce5 Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2025 Profile interview on AI ethics, data quality, and the SuperTruth mission. Five principles for shaping AI's future with human judgment and consent at the center. https://medium.com/@evil_robot/what-would-the-apostle-paul-say-about-ai-misinformation-and-the-digital-age-b0f06804b2ef https://medium.com/@evil_robot/what-would-the-apostle-paul-say-about-ai-misinformation-and-the-digital-age-b0f06804b2ef Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Feb 2025 https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/05/13/existential-threat-ai-consciousness/ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/05/13/existential-threat-ai-consciousness/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder May 2025 Panel discussion on AI sentience timelines, sociopathic AI risk, and memory restriction as a safeguard for humanity. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/01/11/inside-amazons-retail-ad-service-the-price-of-privacy/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/01/11/inside-amazons-retail-ad-service-the-price-of-privacy/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Jan 2025 Amazon's Retail Ad Service uses vast data to fuel ads — but do consumers give informed consent or understand how their behaviors are tracked? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/01/14/rednote-gains-traffic-ahead-of-tiktok-ban-but-sparks-consent-and-control-concerns/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/01/14/rednote-gains-traffic-ahead-of-tiktok-ban-but-sparks-consent-and-control-concerns/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Jan 2025 Millions are turning to RedNote as TikTok faces a ban. But dig deeper, and the reality of this Chinese platform becomes far more insidious. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/01/19/beyond-the-illusion-the-real-threat-of-ai-wef-global-risks-report-2025/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/01/19/beyond-the-illusion-the-real-threat-of-ai-wef-global-risks-report-2025/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Jan 2025 The WEF Global Risks Report 2025 highlights the dual nature of technological acceleration — profound opportunities and unprecedented risks. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/01/27/how-deepseek-built-on-ais-innovation-debt/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/01/27/how-deepseek-built-on-ais-innovation-debt/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Jan 2025 DeepSeek is paving the way for a wave of nimble competitors. We're not seeing the rise of a single new leader — it's the start of a new race. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/02/03/ai-the-battlefield-in-the-war-for-data-control/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/02/03/ai-the-battlefield-in-the-war-for-data-control/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Feb 2025 Yann LeCun predicts the end of LLMs — but the real battle isn't compute, it's data control. Who owns the data will shape AI's future. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/02/08/super-bowl-2025-ai-steps-out-but-can-it-connect/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/02/08/super-bowl-2025-ai-steps-out-but-can-it-connect/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Feb 2025 AI wants the Super Bowl spotlight. But can it honestly sell emotion, or will it remain an outsider looking in? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/02/12/ai-reset-layoffs-rto-and-the-new-realities-of-work/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/02/12/ai-reset-layoffs-rto-and-the-new-realities-of-work/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Feb 2025 AI is no longer just a tool — it's replacing jobs. How companies are using RTO as a quiet workforce reduction strategy as the future of work is rewritten. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/02/21/ai-regulation-is-dead-heres-how-marketers-can-survive/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/02/21/ai-regulation-is-dead-heres-how-marketers-can-survive/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Feb 2025 AI marketing is outpacing regulation. Brands must lead on consent, transparency, and ethics — or risk consumer backlash and market restrictions. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/03/03/ai-is-hacking-your-hunger-how-the-food-industry-engineers-addiction/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/03/03/ai-is-hacking-your-hunger-how-the-food-industry-engineers-addiction/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Mar 2025 AI is reshaping the food industry, engineering hyper-palatable foods that override hunger signals and manipulate cravings. Is this optimization or addiction? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/03/27/rethinking-how-we-sell-ai-from-transactions-to-transformation/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/03/27/rethinking-how-we-sell-ai-from-transactions-to-transformation/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Mar 2025 Why selling AI needs strategy, not scale. How businesses are shifting from transactional models to consultative, outcome-driven transformation. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/04/04/trump-cant-tariff-ai-why-intelligence-defies-traditional-trade-rules/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/04/04/trump-cant-tariff-ai-why-intelligence-defies-traditional-trade-rules/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2025 As governments reach for tariffs to regulate AI, they're missing a hard truth: intelligence doesn't cross borders the way goods do. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/04/19/are-chatbots-evil-emotional-ai-a-health-crisis-nobody-sees-coming/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/04/19/are-chatbots-evil-emotional-ai-a-health-crisis-nobody-sees-coming/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2025 Emotional AI is replacing human care with synthetic empathy. Are chatbots safe — or silently fueling a public health crisis nobody is tracking? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/04/27/the-mirror-trap-ai-ethics-and-the-collapse-of-human-imagination/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/04/27/the-mirror-trap-ai-ethics-and-the-collapse-of-human-imagination/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Apr 2025 AI doesn't reflect reality — it reflects and reshapes us. We are polishing mirrors, not expanding truth, and risk erasing ourselves in the process. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/05/14/ai-is-rewriting-reality-one-word-at-a-time/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/05/14/ai-is-rewriting-reality-one-word-at-a-time/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder May 2025 AI is reshaping language, eroding meaning, and rewriting how we communicate. What's lost when machines speak for us. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/05/23/agentic-ai-winning-in-a-world-that-doesnt-work-that-way/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/05/23/agentic-ai-winning-in-a-world-that-doesnt-work-that-way/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder May 2025 Agentic AI is built to win — but the world isn't a game. Why optimization fails, and what machines must learn to survive in human systems. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/06/03/metas-plans-for-ai-ads-how-automation-dismantles-culture/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/06/03/metas-plans-for-ai-ads-how-automation-dismantles-culture/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Jun 2025 AI is automating ad creation, bypassing agencies, and erasing human authorship. When ads are optimized but no longer made by humans, we all lose. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/06/06/ai-context-and-code-the-quiet-revolution-reshaping-technology/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/06/06/ai-context-and-code-the-quiet-revolution-reshaping-technology/ Jason Alan Snyder Jason Alan Snyder Jun 2025 How AI is evolving beyond prompts and interfaces — and why the future depends on who owns the context that intelligent systems use to act, decide, and serve.