<div dir="ltr">So how long until someone steals it and lets it go rogue (except doing it on purpose)?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This AI scans Reddit for ‘extremist’ terms and plots bot-led intervention.<br>
The PrismX tool assigns users radicalization scores and can hold<br>
covert conversations to try to reverse their views.<br>
By Eve Upton-Clark 05-23-2025<br>
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<<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91340556/this-ai-scans-reddit-for-extremist-terms-and-plots-bot-led-intervention" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/91340556/this-ai-scans-reddit-for-extremist-terms-and-plots-bot-led-intervention</a>><br>
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A computer science student is behind a new AI tool designed to track<br>
down Redditors showing signs of radicalization and deploy bots to<br>
“deradicalize” them through conversation.<br>
While PrismX is not currently being tested on real unconsenting users,<br>
it piles on the ever-growing question of the role of artificial<br>
intelligence in human spaces.<br>
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As a 'proof-of-concept' tech, it should ring alarm bells.<br>
It means that any 'unapproved' opinion on social media could find<br>
themselves arguing with AI bots. (And AI bots are better at arguing<br>
than most humans). This could destroy any online discussion. When<br>
faced with a relentless AI that will never weaken, most people would<br>
just stop responding.<br>
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BillK<br>
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