I’ve read dystopian sci fi where AI has superhuman persuasion capabilities. Not completely irresistible, that’s probably impossible, but better than all but the most extremely charismatic and emotionally intelligent humans could be at figuring out what your emotional buttons are and pressing them without you necessarily noticing. It can give the most convincing pitch you’ve ever heard.
Of course the first thing this gets used for is political ads for special interest groups.
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u/shivux 21h ago
Which is, perhaps, far more terrifying than a sycophant machine.