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AI doesn’t just lie – it can make you believe it
The implanting of false memories is easier than you think, even without tech manipulation.
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Findings from latest research suggest that AI could amplify humans’ ability to implant false memories.
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F.D. Flam
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One of the more subtle and insidious threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) and related technology is its ability to tamper with memories.
Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus has spent the past 50 years demonstrating how easily humans can be manipulated into remembering things that never happened – especially in the hands of prosecutors and police questioning witnesses.
