How AI is Secretly Manipulating us Without us Knowing it
How AI is Secretly Manipulating us Without us Knowing it Image source: Campusbee Artificial intelligence can be of great help to us in performing tasks. Chatbots can mimic human interaction, offering emotional support and company. But in the end, they remain our artificial friends, not capable of genuine emotions and feelings. AI systems craft personalised responses based on the details we give them. If left unchecked, AI can be a double-edged sword capable of persuading us to make decisions. A study on AI systems led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers shows that AI is learning to exploit users by tricking them into certain actions. AI can mislead us by choosing to give incomplete information as a means to make us act on the half-truth. A case of AI deception is Meta's alliance-building AI, CICERO. CICERO was believed to be very honest and incapable of trickery. An analysis of CICERO proved otherwise. CICERO learnt to use dishonest means to gain the upper ...