‘Hypnocracy’: The regime to numb critical thinking
Critics say Elon Musk and Donald Trump are the high ‘priests’ of this phenomenon, warning that the unchecked use of AI could make the end of informed societies
It’s a warning that’s been made by a multitude of studies: memes are not harmless; for extremists, they are the most effective language for spreading their ideas. Social networks are tools of polarization and sophisticated interference. AI-generated hoaxes create fake reality that is indistinguishable from the real and are threatening democracy. Artificial intelligence itself is inherently biased, and these biases are far from innocent.
