Algorithmic Persuasion: How AI Betrayed Its Promise and Became the Perfect Propaganda Machine

It was meant to cure poverty. Instead, it’s teaching machines how to lie beautifully. The dream that sold us Once upon a time, AI was pitched as humanity’s moonshot.A tool to cure disease, end hunger, predict natural disasters, accelerate education, democratize knowledge. “Artificial Intelligence,” they said, “will solve the problems we can’t.” Billions poured in. […]