[ExI] Student creates AI tool for de-radicalization

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This AI scans Reddit for ‘extremist’ terms and plots bot-led intervention.
The PrismX tool assigns users radicalization scores and can hold
covert conversations to try to reverse their views.
By Eve Upton-Clark 05-23-2025

<https://www.fastcompany.com/91340556/this-ai-scans-reddit-for-extremist-terms-and-plots-bot-led-intervention>
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A computer science student is behind a new AI tool designed to track
down Redditors showing signs of radicalization and deploy bots to
“deradicalize” them through conversation.
While PrismX is not currently being tested on real unconsenting users,
it piles on the ever-growing question of the role of artificial
intelligence in human spaces.
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As a 'proof-of-concept' tech, it should ring alarm bells.
It means that any 'unapproved' opinion on social media could find
themselves arguing with AI bots. (And AI bots are better at arguing
than most humans). This could destroy any online discussion. When
faced with a relentless AI that will never weaken, most people would
just stop responding.

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