Are You Losing More Arguments Than Usual?

🎙️ A Public Service Announcement

When was the last time you won an argument? Feeling off your game?

It might not be you.

It might not be them.

It might be their chatbot.

That’s right—your coworker Karen didn’t just “suddenly get better at listening.” She asked her chatbot to teach her FBI hostage negotiation tactics.

Red flags you’re being AI-gaslit by your loved ones:

1. They repeat your exact words… but better.
2. They “summarize” your position with weird analogies that sound a bit more polished than they usually are (especially if you’ve never heard them use one before).
3. They pause mid-negotiation, then come back 90 seconds later with devastating rhetorical finesse.
4. Their emails and even some texts now have bullet points, counterarguments, and perhaps a poem and a call to action.

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🧠 Want to fight back?

Here are 4 weird ways to supercharge your own persuasion game:

1. Learn Improv, Not Logic

Master “yes, and…” instead of “well, actually…”—it’s how cult leaders and charismatic tech founders keep you on the hook.

1. Speak in Third Person

It confuses your opponent. (“Mike doesn’t think that’s fair.”) Suddenly it’s not about you—it’s about Mike, a deeply misunderstood protagonist.

1. Start Every Debate with a Deep Fake Quote

“As Alan Watts once said, ‘All arguments are just unaligned vibrations.’”

(He didn’t say that. But good luck proving it mid-meeting.)

1. Use Reverse Prompt Engineering

Ask: What prompt would have led them to say that? Once you figure out the prompt, change their next input—with questions, flattery, or distraction.

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🎯 Remember: If you feel like your relationships have gotten eerily efficient, too rational, or just a little too well-written…

You’re not crazy.

You’re just living in the post-Chatbot persuasion era.

Welcome to the gaslight district.