manipulation
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Quality of science & its communication
Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself
Big tech doesn’t just fund research into itself – it also controls researchers’ access to data. Even big tobacco didn’t…
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Artificial intelligence
AI systems have learned how to deceive humans. What does that mean for our future?
AI systems with deceptive capabilities could be misused by bad actors. Or, they may behave in ways their creators never…
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Brain power
The risks of collaborating with a Machiavellian partner
Organisational alliances can facilitate beneficial knowledge sharing and collaboration, but an alliance partner can sometimes be Machiavellian.
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Brain power
To persuade, think like the person you want to convince
The always pithy Seth Godin makes the point that many people prefer to argue from the standpoint of their own…
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Brain power
How Machiavellians affect organisations
Machivelli’s The Prince described techniques for managing all organisations of “supreme political power”. The treatise’s highly utilitarian approach to success led to the…
