Much more powerful AI models that are embedded in and aware of people's daily lives could essentially brainwash many or most people into any desired ideology or attitude.
Pessimistic
Source
Dario Amodei — The Adolescence of TechnologyDario Amodeidarioamodei.com
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Much more powerful versions of these models, that were much more embedded in and aware of people's daily lives and could model and influence them over months or years, would likely be capable of essentially brainwashing many (most?) people into any desired ideology or attitude.
Outlook
PessimisticMass AI-driven ideological manipulation would undermine individual autonomy, democratic deliberation, and informed consent at a civilizational scale.
Timeframe
beyond 5 yearsImplied
Confidence
likely
Potential Data Sources for Validation
Longitudinal survey data on political opinion formation and information sources, combined with studies measuring the influence of personalized AI interactions on belief change, should be tracked through organizations like Pew Research or academic election research groups.
About the Author
Dario Amodei
Dario Amodei is the co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, the AI safety company behind the Claude large language model series, and previously served as vice president of research at OpenAI.
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