AI can be trained to manipulate human behavior and decisions, according to research in Australia

Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers in Australia have demonstrated how it is possible to train a system to manipulate human behavior and decision-making, highlighting the double-edged sword that is modern high tech.

AI now pervades the vast majority of contemporary human society and governs many of the ways we communicate, trade, work and live. It also assists in areas ranging from critical objectives like vaccine development to the more mundane sphere of office administration, and many in between.

It also governs how humans interact on social media in a number of ways.

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