Algorithms that customize marketing to your phone could also influence your views on warfare

By Justin Pelletier, Professor of Practice of Computing Security, Rochester Institute of Technology

When a coupon suddenly appears on your phone as you approach a store, you might find it convenient and even helpful. But the same AI systems that know where you are and try to influence your purchases can be used to infer what you fear, what you trust and which stories you are likely to believe. AI-fueled marketing algorithms are becoming increasingly good at influencing human behavior.

That raises concern about what various governments…

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