Interview with Berit Anderson
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Claims that weaponized AI already shapes elections and public life with targeted propaganda driven by fake bot networks and advertising incentives. Notes Facebook style business models reward monthly active users, making moderation costly, and says Silicon Valley optimizes for addiction. Contrasts China’s surveillance approach via Sesame Credit, tied to purchases and private chats, predicts mandatory rollout by 2020 and cites a two year jail sentence for a WeChat insult. Mentions an unconfirmed allegation that Twitter pitched RT for election ads and internal warnings that went unheeded.
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