Who Might Be Buying
I came across this article during my postprandial surfing and I'd love y'all's opinion. I'm not familiar with the website but other aspects of the story, in the limited time I've spent on looking into them, seem legit. I read it with a spine shudder every paragraph or so.
"By leveraging automated emotional manipulation alongside swarms of bots, Facebook dark posts, A/B testing, and fake news networks, a company called Cambridge Analytica has activated an invisible machine that preys on the personalities of individual voters to create large shifts in public opinion. Many of these technologies have been used individually to some effect before, but together they make up a nearly impenetrable voter manipulation machine that is quickly becoming the new deciding factor in elections around the world."
https://scout.ai/story/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-machine
My skepticism kicks in with language like this. But..... ?