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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 18:06:53 JST nixCraft 🐧

   AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools could be used to manipulate online audiences into making decisions – ranging from what to buy to who to vote for – according to researchers at the University of Cambridge. It is already happening with the election. No wonder tech bros are busy building AI tools to control everyone. It is a nightmare. We need to stop this madness before it becomes madness. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/30/ai-tools-may-soon-manipulate-peoples-online-decision-making-say-researchers

   • Quark Maker (quarkmaker@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 20:59:00 JST Quark Maker

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     @nixCraft Not gonna lie, this really has me thinking about getting a retro Macintosh from the late 80s/early 90s and using it instead of any modern computer.

   • zetabeta (zetabeta@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Dec-2024 21:53:59 JST zetabeta

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     @nixCraft
     this may backfire, if people get aware of this, they may make angry counter reaction. actually i'm waiting for it more or less.

     but i'm worried about some unaware people. if people do not put enough attention to these technologies, they can be manipulated, and not being aware of it.

   • Michael Bilow (mikebilow@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 07:46:59 JST Michael Bilow

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     @nixCraft Have these people read Hannah Arendt?

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origins_of_Totalitarianism