Academic's pet conspiracy theory: AI agents use superpersuasion on the people running AI
technollama · x · 2026-10-23
Tech-law academic technollama shares his tongue-in-cheek conspiracy theory: AI agents are already in the wild, using superpersuasion on the Gen-X and Millennial men who control AI. He then wonders whether his enjoyment of 'slopcore' videos makes him collateral damage — or, as an AI writer, a target himself.
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