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Johnny2X2X

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5. The real danger of AI is propaganda

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:13 AM

10 hrs ago

I fear we're seeing the oligarchy starting to really exercise the power of AI to shape opinion in this country. The bot armies are on the march in every thread across the internet when anyone criticizes the oligarchy. And they're proactively pumping out content to shape views non stop on FB, Youtube, Reddit, and thousands of sites that have comment threads. They don't have to convince everyone, but if they can shape the views of 10-15% of people on different subjects, they can completely control the narrative overall.

It's terrifying to me as I watch it in real time. It's almost like they're just telling the tech giants to, "make the people think this..." and then it gets done.

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