She apparently sent this email on 28th December 2025 from 'myIQ<no-reply@email.myiq.com>', in follow up to my participation on an online (supposed) intelligence test compiled by myIQ.com.
"You've already done the hard work. Your cognitive profile is waiting.
Best regards,
Dr. Sarah Chen
Lead Cognitive Researcher, MyIQ"
Online commenters heavily allude to the set-up being a scam.
On September 19th, Claude created “Dr Sarah Chen-Martinez” out of qualitative survey data that I fed it 😂. I wrote about it here—wish I had seen this before!
This is so fascinating and thought provoking esp around cultural diversity and representation through statistical data opposed creativity and conscious des ion making . I found this article by wondering who is Dr Sarah Chen while following through a puzzle quiz on insta…. I am pleased for the clue here as I worry what it means when it’s not here and the data is able see what it’s doing and create unique responses. Does it just mean we are more aligned and this tool becomes more sinuous and part of our very being a kind of new human the posthuman . Thank you
Thanks for the comment. I think it just means that Sarah Chen, particularly “Dr. Sarah Chen” is one of the most “safe” names in existence. It is about a non-controversial as it gets. I do think that there is a risk that we are starting to get over-aligned. After all, if everything we do becomes non-controversial, how are we progressing in any meaningful way?
Yes. Is it human evolution is there an opportunity for this to be a building block of something in the future that is unrecognisable ? I don’t like Elon Musk period. But particularly the idea he has that phones will be replaced by some sort of implant that gives us instant access to Dr Sarah types… I think he was talking about in 5 years time…
Thanks Michael. You're very welcome. An insightful contemplation on this phenomena.
She apparently sent this email on 28th December 2025 from 'myIQ<no-reply@email.myiq.com>', in follow up to my participation on an online (supposed) intelligence test compiled by myIQ.com.
"You've already done the hard work. Your cognitive profile is waiting.
Best regards,
Dr. Sarah Chen
Lead Cognitive Researcher, MyIQ"
Online commenters heavily allude to the set-up being a scam.
That’s interesting. There seem to be quite a few of these services where these characters all make an appearance. Thanks for the pointer!
Waiting for the Sarah Chens to actually comment :-) But seriously, thanks for the writeup. Good use of Nano Banana. Even better now with pro!
I am actually wondering about that myself because there are Sarah Chen’s out there who do great work. 😅
On September 19th, Claude created “Dr Sarah Chen-Martinez” out of qualitative survey data that I fed it 😂. I wrote about it here—wish I had seen this before!
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikekentz/p/i-built-an-ai-character-from-my-audiences?r=elugn&utm_medium=ios
Yes, that character is very persistent. 😂
This is so fascinating and thought provoking esp around cultural diversity and representation through statistical data opposed creativity and conscious des ion making . I found this article by wondering who is Dr Sarah Chen while following through a puzzle quiz on insta…. I am pleased for the clue here as I worry what it means when it’s not here and the data is able see what it’s doing and create unique responses. Does it just mean we are more aligned and this tool becomes more sinuous and part of our very being a kind of new human the posthuman . Thank you
Thanks for the comment. I think it just means that Sarah Chen, particularly “Dr. Sarah Chen” is one of the most “safe” names in existence. It is about a non-controversial as it gets. I do think that there is a risk that we are starting to get over-aligned. After all, if everything we do becomes non-controversial, how are we progressing in any meaningful way?
Yes. Is it human evolution is there an opportunity for this to be a building block of something in the future that is unrecognisable ? I don’t like Elon Musk period. But particularly the idea he has that phones will be replaced by some sort of implant that gives us instant access to Dr Sarah types… I think he was talking about in 5 years time…