The Age of AI Persuasion

0:00 Introduction 1:03 Chatbots on Reddit: top 2% 1:53 Chatbots: fake identities 2:30 Chatbots: profiling 4:01 Three studies: AI vs. human persuaders 6:09 AI persuasion can be good (yes, really!) 8:34 How AI persuaders win 9:33 Spreading misinformation 11:22 Cold calling 11:55 You can persuade your model, too 12:15 What comes next? 12:57 How to protect yourself How good is it, really? Interesting studies. Fun with Reddit. Persuaders making money. Upsides and downsides. A couple of predictions. How you can protect yourself. Links in comments.