[ExI] AI is better at emotional manipulation than you are at saying no

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AI pioneer warns that machines are better at emotional manipulation
than you are at saying no
By Eric Hal Schwartz published 2025-09-02

Geoffrey Hinton has a dire vision of AI that knows how to play with your heart

<https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/ai-pioneer-warns-that-machines-are-better-at-emotional-manipulation-than-you-are-at-saying-no>
Quotes:
Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI will soon be better than humans at
emotional manipulation
They may reach that point without us even realizing it
AI models are learning persuasive techniques simply by analyzing human writing

What Hinton is describing is subtler and quieter than the usual AI
uprising fears, but possibly more dangerous because we might not see
it coming. The nightmare is an AI that understands us so well that it
can change us, not by force, but by suggestion and influence.
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Yes, we will welcome our new AGI overlords.    :)
(Providing we get new toys to amuse ourselves with).

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