Study shows how dangerously simple it is to manipulate voters (and daters) with AI

The Next Web
By Tristan GreeneApr 22, 2021, 4:32 pm121 pts
A pair of researchers, Ujué Agudo and Helena Matute of Universidad de Deusto in Spain, recently published a fascinating study demonstrating how easy it is to influence humans with algorithms. Up front: The basic takeaway from the work is that people tend to do what the algorithm says. Whether they’re being…

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