How Trump won - The rise of artificial intelligence as a propaganda machine

in technology •  8 years ago 

"We have a propaganda machine. Targets people individually in order to convince them to join an idea. It's a level of unparalleled social engineering. The machine manages to catch people in an emotional trap where they can not escape "- Prof. Jonathan Albright

According to an article in "Das Magazine", only 10 likes are needed to "know" a man better than his work colleagues, 70 likes to know the person better than a friend, and with 150 Likes, better than his parents.

Cambridge Analytica contributed tremendously to Donald Trump's victory in the election, the victory of Brexit's "Leave" campaign, and the rise of Ted Cruz's campaign in 2016. The company is owned and controlled by conservative members of the "alt-right" movement, which have strong connections with the Trump administration (Steven Bannon, Trump's Head of Trump at the White House is a member of the CA board).

For Analytica, feedback is instant and the answer comes automatically. This undecided voter has clicked on an advertisement that attacks Hillary Clinton on her negligence with email servers? Yes? Can we give him even more news on the notion of personal failure and responsibility? Not? Then the automated script will make another news that will capitalize on another personality trait, such as the tendency of a voter to respond positively to people with authority, generating the title "Secret Service Representatives Agree: Clinton's Email Endangering national security. "

Receiving generous funding from wealthy American conservative groups, Analytica has gathered data on people's commercial habits, the most frequented stores, the magazines people subscribe to, which churches they go, how much land they hold, etc. (Information obtained from various organizations selling data about their customers). Analytica combined this information with Facebook and built a rich psychological profile for many people (there is a profile for almost all 220 million citizens with over 5,000 data points for each).

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      ·  8 years ago 

    Sorry, not buying this click bait shit. It's one thing to write a piece about AI used for propaganda. It's garbage to hop on the Trump hate wagon and connect 2 issues into some causation such as because AI propaganda, Trump became president. The fact is that for last presidential race, there are multiple facets that cause the switch between voters. A few are listed below (not comprehensive):

    1. The Democrat party forced Bernie out of the race despite the fact that he's a better candidate comparing to Hillary. There were many scandals indicating her connection to Wall Street money and big corporations. Polling was skewed purposely on many TV channels and news outlet to garner support for Hillary. This creates many malcontents in Democrats which makes most people stop voting and a few to vote for Trump out of spite.
    2. With Bernie out of the race, Hillary's focus on immigrant and minority which "alienates" Caucasian population, the group who is most actively voting - the struggling middle class and the average working men who taxation and divorce court had reduced them to almost slavery.
    3. Trump, despite his flaws and assholery, in the end is still a more charismatic speaker. His use of rhetoric and one liner, though a fallacy in arguments, resonates with the crowd more. Also, his words usage remains simple and easy to understand, which allows people in rural/less educated area to associate with him as a leader.
    4. On top of this is the Russian hacking controversy, which shows the potency of technology but there is no way indicative of AI as propaganda. It would show how propaganda can be used to sway the public in critical times, to the extend of changing from a guaranteed win for Hillary (with backing from big banks, Hollywood celebrities, outspoken activist groups) to "bad hair, small hands, misogynistic pig". If this means anything, it's that Russia is a force to be reckon with and Russian hackers are capable of influence world wide politics.

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        ·  8 years ago 

      It's not garbage, it's Cambridge Analytica :) this is my opinion. For me, this is fact!

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          ·  8 years ago 

        Alright, everyone's entitled to their own opinions. I'm just going to agree to disagree.

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