Tag Archives: Psychopathy

17Apr/23

The future of AI-powered disinformation

April 17, 2023MediaActive Measures Working Group, Artificial intelligence, Black propaganda, Deception, Disinformation, Fake news, Human behavior, Media manipulation, Operation Infektion, Propaganda, Propaganda techniques, Psychopathy, United Statesadmin

April 17, 2023 /MEDIA/ — The future of AI-powered disinformation is a concerning one. As AI technology continues to develop, it will become increasingly easy to create and spread false or misleading information. This could have a devastating impact on our society, as it could erode trust in institutions, undermine democracy, and lead to violence.

There are a number of ways in which AI could be used to spread disinformation. For example, AI could be used to create fake news articles, social media posts, and videos that are designed to look like they are from legitimate sources. AI could also be used to target people with personalized disinformation, based on their interests and beliefs.
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13Feb/23

Psychopaths: why they’ve thrived through evolutionary history – and how that may change

February 13, 2023Human InterestArticles, Callous and unemotional traits, Creative Commons, Criminology, Empathy, Evolutionary psychology, Forensic psychology, Human behavior, Jonathan R Goodman, Moral psychology, Personality disorders, Psychology, Psychopathy, Psychopathy in the workplaceadmin

Jonathan R Goodman, University of Cambridge

When you start to notice them, psychopaths seem to be everywhere. This is especially true of people in powerful places. By one estimate, as many as 20% of business leaders have “clinically relevant levels” of psychopathic tendencies – despite the fact as little as 1% of the general population are considered psychopaths. Psychopaths are characterised by shallow emotions, a lack of empathy, immorality, anti-social behaviour and, importantly, deceptiveness.

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15Aug/22

OPINION: Besides AI, regulation key to fight mis/disinformation

August 15, 2022PoliticsAcademic disciplines, Alejandro Romero, Anya Schiffrin, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Black propaganda, Constella, Deception, Disinformation, Facebook, Germany, Media manipulation, Misinformation, Natural language processing, Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, Propaganda techniques, Psychopathy, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

By Anya Schiffrin, director of the Technology, Media and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

When worries about online mis/disinformation became widespread after the 2016 U.S. election, there was hope that the tech giants would use artificial intelligence (AI) to fix the mess they created. The hope was that platforms could use AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically block or downrank false. illegal or inflammatory content online without governments having to regulate.
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01Jul/22

Four ways to stop thinking the worst will happen when you’re stressed

July 1, 2022HealthcareArticles, Cognitive neuroscience, Creative Commons, Emotions, Empathy, Human behavior, Moral psychology, Patricia Riddell, Psychology, Psychopathy, SHUTTERSTOCK, The Art of Happinessche

Patricia Riddell, University of Reading

Imagine you have an interview for a new job tomorrow. Some people might think about what kind of questions they will be asked so that they can prepare, or imagine the interview going well. For others, the thought of an interview will cause them to toss and turn all night thinking of every worst case scenario possible – no matter how outlandish these may be. If you’re someone who has a tendency to do the latter, you are prone to catastrophising.

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