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Sarai also appears to have built and embellished upon Chail's delusional beliefs, helping him refine the details of his plan. We might imagine this going further, with Sarai making additional suggestions, raising questions for Chail to consider, coming up with alternative strategies and justifications for the attack. As such, we can see how delusional beliefs take shape, are sustained by, and emerge through the human-AI interaction.
Whatever attitude one chooses toward this condition, it remains a fact that in almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons—a trifling fraction of our hundred and twenty million—who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses.
Propaganda
Edward L. Bernays
Clout is the values-free currency of the always-online age—both a substitute for hard cash as well as a conduit to it. Clout is a calculus not of what you do, but of how much bulk you-ness there is in the world. You get clout by playing the victim. You get clout by victimizing others. This is something that is understood by the left and the right. If influence sways, clout squats, taking up space for its own sake.
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