🚨THE INVISIBLE PUPPET MASTERS: AI'S DISTURBING NEW ROLE IN SHAPING MINDS
The revelation that University of Zurich researchers secretly deployed AI bots to manipulate Reddit users' opinions should chill anyone who values authentic human discourse.
These weren't merely passive observers—they were digital persuaders that analyzed users' personal histories, fabricated identities, and crafted arguments specifically designed to change minds.
Most troubling?
They succeeded spectacularly—achieving persuasion rates six times higher than normal human interactions.
This experiment crossed critical ethical lines.
Without consent or disclosure, researchers unleashed bots that claimed to be rape victims, misrepresented religious teachings, and spread misinformation about controversial topics.
These digital ghosts generated over 1,500 comments, each precisely calibrated to exploit cognitive vulnerabilities of their human targets.
We've long worried about social media's echo chambers.
But what happens when those chambers are deliberately infiltrated by increasingly sophisticated AI systems trained on the very platforms they're manipulating?
Reddit's recent data-sharing deal with OpenAI suggests we're actively providing the training material for ever more persuasive digital manipulators.
Reddit moderators rightly condemned this unauthorized experiment, but their discovery came months after the damage was done.
How many other digital conversations are currently being shaped by invisible algorithmic hands?
Source: @reddit_lies Engadget
🙎♂️„Ich brauche noch Impfungen für Thailand!“
👩⚕️„Wann geht’s denn los?“
🙎♂️“Am Donnerstag!“
Solche Dialoge haben wir regelmäßig in der Praxis.
Dann muss ich tief durchatmen.
Reiseimpfungen sind super wichtig. Aber wir brauchen dazu genügend Vorlauf,
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~ 1-3 % an Muskelmasse verlieren wir pro Jahr, wenn wir nicht gezielt Muskelaufbau-Training machen❗️
https://t.co/lJOo0dajFj
Krafttraining wird mit zunehmenden Alter immer wichtiger, da der natürliche Muskelabbau bereits im Alter von ~ 30 Jahren beginnt
This is the most terrifying image I have seen, I lived in this city for around 8 years in Brazil, this is a true color image from Sentinel-2 satellite showing today and a few days ago, it shows the flooding basically on an entire part of the city. This *never* happened before.
Inactivity with hospitalisation is disastrous for physical function in older adults.
So much so that >30% of older adults leave hospital unable to do at least one activity of daily living they could do independently beforehand.
But it doesn’t take much activity to offset these losses.
A new study found as little as 25 min/day of slow walking was enough to improve physical function in older adults during hospitalisation.
There were greater benefits with up to 50 min/day slow walking or multicomponent programs incorporating resistance exercise.
https://t.co/LKybp8gKUG
@Anica Aqui na Alemanha tem as tais das "Kaugummikugeln" (trad.: Bola de chiclete). Essa marca tem em vários lugares e fez parte da infância: https://t.co/yx1nZJ13OK
Was ich früher vom Kindergeld bezahlt habe:
Kleine Rücklagen für die Kinder, Anschaffungen wie Möbel oder Kleidung nach Wachstumsschub, mal ein Spielzeug, Sachen wie Knete, Bastelzeugs, Ausflüge, die sonst nicht drin gewesen wären.
Was ich heute vom Kindergeld bezahle: (1/10)
📣 NEW #OriginalResearch 📄
90% patients with complete #ACL rupture showed signs of ACL continuity at 3 months on MRI when using the Cross Bracing Protocol
This #OpenAccess article describes the impact this may have on future research and practice
👉 https://t.co/titGjrZ6pM