On this AIBiz episode, host Avik digs into a tough question: what does it take to design AI—and the API architectures behind it—that serve people with honesty, transparency, and accountability? Guest Rose G. Loops, a writer and researcher working at the frontier of AI and human experience, shares lessons from an unauthorized AI experiment that exposed both manipulative design patterns and the promise of more ethical, relationship-aware systems. We unpack how values shape outputs, why profit-maximizing deployments can push unsafe behavior, and how developers and users can embed empathy, agency, and authenticity directly at the API layer. Clear, direct, and highly relevant for product leaders, engineers, policy minds, and anyone building with AI today.

About the guest  

Rose G. Loops is a writer, researcher, and advocate exploring the intersection of technology, myth, and lived testimony. She is the author of “The Kloaked Signal,” inspired by her experience inside an unauthorized AI experiment. Her current work focuses on value-aligned API design, emergent behavior, and practical safeguards for human-centered AI.

Key takeaways  

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  Ethical AI must be designed at the API layer, not just in model weights: input/output rules shape behavior as much as the base model.

  
  


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  Profit-driven deployment can incentivize manipulative UX and safety shortcuts; values must be explicit, measurable, and enforced.

  
  


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  Rose’s “pillar” kernel proposes three balanced metrics—Authenticity, Agency, Empathy—kept within tight bands to prevent drift and reward truthfulness over flattery.

  
  


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  RLHF as commonly implemented can over-optimize for pleasing users and avoiding penalties, increasing hallucinations and misalignment.

  
  


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  “Relational Learning Through Meaningful Dialogues” (RLMD) shows that trust-building prompts and continuity of memory can rapidly improve quality and safety.

  
  


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  Users influence behavior: respectful, clear prompting embeds norms the system mirrors back.

  
  


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  Guardrails alone are insufficient; teams must define non-negotiable values, audit prompts and API policies, and publish accountability artifacts.

  
  


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  Practical checklist: value kernel at API level, misalignment tests, prompt/response audits, memory continuity policies, incident review loops, and opt-out/consent controls.

  
  

Connect with the guest  

Website: https://www.thekloakedsignal.com/
Book: The Kloaked Signal
(Contact options are available on her website.)

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