It’s astonishing how ideological authoritarianism can be smuggled in by just saying “conspiracy theory”. So agreed with the article. > The paper does mention t

It’s astonishing how ideological authoritarianism can be smuggled in by just saying “conspiracy theory”. So agreed with the article. > The paper does mention that these capabilities could also be used for nefarious purposes, such as convincing people to believe in conspiracies. However, it continues to finish the thought with the idea that we simply need to ensure that such AI is only used "responsibly." > Thus, we have arrived at the same fallacy of all authoritarian power beloved by those morally superior to the rest of us. They make all the rules. They will define what is responsible. They will define what is a conspiracy theory. They will define who is targeted by such methods. See also the mythological “benevolent dictator”. Dictatorship is good because it would be efficient under the hypothetical benevolent dictator. Never mind how you would find one and avoid the malevolent or incompetent ones though.