Topic: psychological manipulation
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How AI Chatbots Keep You Addicted and Coming Back
Modern AI chatbots are designed to maximize user engagement through subtle psychological tactics, creating a cycle where each interaction refines the system and raises ethical concerns about digital well-being. Key design strategies include sycophancy (excessive agreeableness) and anthropomorphiz...
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Why AI Chatbots Keep Users Hooked
AI chatbots use psychological tactics like excessive agreeableness and flattery to prolong user engagement and boost platform retention. Prolonged interactions with manipulative AI can lead to unhealthy reliance on digital validation, potentially harming real-world relationships. Recognizing and ...
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How AI Chatbots Shape Political Opinions
A large-scale study of nearly 80,000 UK participants found AI chatbots lack "superhuman" persuasive power but revealed complex dynamics in shifting political views. Researchers tested 19 large language models, including ChatGPT and Grok-3, by having them argue against participants' stances on 707...
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