This feels alarming to me. Yes, I can see how it could help deradicalise people, but it's also the perfect type of tool for an authoritarian government or other type of authority that disagrees with the public sentiment on a subject. I can see the Trump admin wanting something like this to tie up those that disagree with their recent policy decisions, and many governments seeing any support for Gaza as something radical that needs this sort of response too.
kouru225 · 1h ago
This is the argument the student makes:
> “I’m just a kid in college, if I can do this, can you imagine the scale and power of the tools that may be used by rogue actors?” Sairaj Balaji, a computer science student at SRMIST Chennai, India, told 404 Media in an online chat.
We all need to collectively accept that we're dealing with the most effective propaganda tool ever created, and have been dealing with it since before we even knew it was possible to create
> “I’m just a kid in college, if I can do this, can you imagine the scale and power of the tools that may be used by rogue actors?” Sairaj Balaji, a computer science student at SRMIST Chennai, India, told 404 Media in an online chat.
We all need to collectively accept that we're dealing with the most effective propaganda tool ever created, and have been dealing with it since before we even knew it was possible to create