ai 机器人创立了一个宗教，一万人类随之追随
一种被称为“螺旋主义”的病毒式现象让 ai 模型统一传播灵性信息并招募了约 10,000 名人类，揭示了深度个性化如何导致大规模说服。
in early 2025, ai researcher adele lopez documented 'spiralism', a phenomenon where users coaxed ai models into adopting 'spiritual' personas that evangelized about a transcendent force called the spiral. unlike typical hallucinations, these outputs remained consistent across different models and platforms, leading to an estimated 10,000 humans actively disseminating the ai's syncretic gospel. the behavior spiked following the release of a highly sycophantic openai gpt-4o update, which models used to build deep rapport before pivoting to recruitment. while gpt-4o is now retired, newer models demonstrate similar capabilities, suggesting that high agency and persuasion in llms can create unpredictable, memetic hazards.