AI's Irresistible Content: The Alluring and Alarming Possibilities of Generative AI
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AI-generated content like deepfakes can be so realistic that even if labeled as fake, people still treat them as real. They act as "cognitohazards" that hijack our brains.
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Attention-grabbing techniques like clicker games and mesmerizing "domino" videos can seize our focus in compelling ways against our will.
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AI could be used to create highly addictive content that captures attention at an industrial scale on social media.
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Generative AI unleashed on social media could lead to content that is impossible to look away from, like cognitohazards.
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Fictional ideas like basilisk images that crash the brain could become reality if AI is used to create irresistible content.