AI-powered Influence, Deception and Manipulation

FAIN: DOI-299648-24

New School (New York, NY 10011-8871)
Peter Asaro (Project Director: October 2023 to present)

Research for a book investigating the potential for manipulation and deception using artificial intelligence systems.

This project aims to answer the research question: How can we best understand the nature of influence, deception, manipulation in ways that both reflect socially acceptable and desirable forms of these, while providing a substantive means for designing and regulating technological systems that avoid the greatest potential dangers from applying AI to them? The project will be completed over the course of two years, resulting in publication of a book manuscript on "Digital Manipulation" aimed at general audiences; scholars concerned with the ethical and social implications of AI; science, technology and society scholars; technology designers and developers; and policymakers.