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https://scout.ai/story/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-machine

By leveraging automated emotional manipulation alongside swarms of bots, Facebook dark posts, A/B testing, and fake news networks, a company called Cambridge Analytica has activated an invisible machine that preys on the personalities of individual voters to create large shifts in public opinion. Many of these technologies have been used individually to some effect before, but together they make up a nearly impenetrable voter manipulation machine that is quickly becoming the new deciding factor in elections around the world.

Most recently, Analytica helped elect U.S. President Donald Trump, secured a win for the Brexit Leave campaign, and led Ted Cruz’s 2016 campaign surge, shepherding him from the back of the GOP primary pack to the front.

The company is owned and controlled by conservative and alt-right interests that are also deeply entwined in the Trump administration. The Mercer family is both a major owner of Cambridge Analytica and one of Trump’s biggest donors. Steve Bannon, in addition to acting as Trump’s Chief Strategist and a member of the White House Security Council, is a Cambridge Analytica board member. Until recently, Analytica’s CTO was the acting CTO at the Republican National Convention.

Really fascinating article, especially in the light of the massive influx of fake/bot accounts following popular Twitter accounts today, one being Trumpy.

Take everything you see on the Internet with a big grain of salt, folks. Especially on social media. They might have started out with good intentions, but they pretty much now exist to sell the user and push narratives.

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In serious news…

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/trump-paris-accord/index.html

President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, two senior US officials familiar with his plans told CNN Wednesday, a major break from international partners that would isolate the United States in global efforts to curb global warming.

The decision, which will be announced this week, would put the US at odds with nearly every other nation on earth. It would reflect a major reversal of the Obama administration’s efforts on climate change. And it could trigger further efforts to erode the landmark climate agreement.

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I, for one, don’t much care for our new совфефе overlords.

Project Threepio (Star Wars OOT subtitles)

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CatBus said:

I, for one, don’t much care for our new совфефе overlords.

In совфефе Russia, new overlords don’t care much for you…?

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This would have been better if it wasn’t reversed.

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/fbi-comey-testimony/index.html

Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide’s ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday.

Final details are still being worked out and no official date for his testimony has been set. Comey is expected to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russia during last year’s presidential election.

Comey has spoken privately with Special Counsel Robert Mueller III to work out the parameters for his testimony to ensure there are no legal entanglements as a result of his public account, a source said. Comey will likely sit down with Mueller, a longtime colleague at the Justice Department, for a formal interview only after his public testimony.

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Tyrphanax said:

https://scout.ai/story/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-machine

By leveraging automated emotional manipulation alongside swarms of bots, Facebook dark posts, A/B testing, and fake news networks, a company called Cambridge Analytica has activated an invisible machine that preys on the personalities of individual voters to create large shifts in public opinion. Many of these technologies have been used individually to some effect before, but together they make up a nearly impenetrable voter manipulation machine that is quickly becoming the new deciding factor in elections around the world.

Most recently, Analytica helped elect U.S. President Donald Trump, secured a win for the Brexit Leave campaign, and led Ted Cruz’s 2016 campaign surge, shepherding him from the back of the GOP primary pack to the front.

The company is owned and controlled by conservative and alt-right interests that are also deeply entwined in the Trump administration. The Mercer family is both a major owner of Cambridge Analytica and one of Trump’s biggest donors. Steve Bannon, in addition to acting as Trump’s Chief Strategist and a member of the White House Security Council, is a Cambridge Analytica board member. Until recently, Analytica’s CTO was the acting CTO at the Republican National Convention.

Really fascinating article, especially in the light of the massive influx of fake/bot accounts following popular Twitter accounts today, one being Trumpy.

Take everything you see on the Internet with a big grain of salt, folks. Especially on social media. They might have started out with good intentions, but they pretty much now exist to sell the user and push narratives.

So will Cambridge Analytica become the new Illuminati style conspiracy group in a few decades?

Not that the existence of this thing doesn’t sound mildly terrifying. I’m really hoping they overplayed the influence this thing has.

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TV’s Frink said:

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Kathy Griffon

Google said:

Did you mean: kathy griffin

No, Google, I did not.

Curse you brain that knows how to spell and stupid names that aren’t spelled how they should be!

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Tyrphanax said:

https://scout.ai/story/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-machine

By leveraging automated emotional manipulation alongside swarms of bots, Facebook dark posts, A/B testing, and fake news networks, a company called Cambridge Analytica has activated an invisible machine that preys on the personalities of individual voters to create large shifts in public opinion. Many of these technologies have been used individually to some effect before, but together they make up a nearly impenetrable voter manipulation machine that is quickly becoming the new deciding factor in elections around the world.

Most recently, Analytica helped elect U.S. President Donald Trump, secured a win for the Brexit Leave campaign, and led Ted Cruz’s 2016 campaign surge, shepherding him from the back of the GOP primary pack to the front.

The company is owned and controlled by conservative and alt-right interests that are also deeply entwined in the Trump administration. The Mercer family is both a major owner of Cambridge Analytica and one of Trump’s biggest donors. Steve Bannon, in addition to acting as Trump’s Chief Strategist and a member of the White House Security Council, is a Cambridge Analytica board member. Until recently, Analytica’s CTO was the acting CTO at the Republican National Convention.

Really fascinating article, especially in the light of the massive influx of fake/bot accounts following popular Twitter accounts today, one being Trumpy.

Take everything you see on the Internet with a big grain of salt, folks. Especially on social media. They might have started out with good intentions, but they pretty much now exist to sell the user and push narratives.

So will Cambridge Analytica become the new Illuminati style conspiracy group in a few decades?

Not that the existence of this thing doesn’t sound mildly terrifying. I’m really hoping they overplayed the influence this thing has.

It’s definitely an alarmist article, but keeping an eye on the evolution of the technology and having knowledge that we’re constantly being manipulated online is very important.

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