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Yuval Noah Harari warns against AI’s ‘ability to manipulate people,’ pretend to be human

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By Emily Mangiaracina

The transhumanist has highlighted the fact that AI has a real ability to deceive human beings. The question is, who is using AI, and for what purposes?

 Transhumanist philosopher and World Economic Forum (WEF) senior adviser Yuval Noah Harari recently warned on MSNBC that AI can be used to manipulate us, having already been shown to be capable of impersonating a human.

He shared the story of how the AI tool GPT-4 was programmed to seek out a real human being — a TaskRabbit worker — to convince them to solve a CAPTCHA puzzle that is designed to distinguish between human beings and AI.

“It asked a human worker, ‘Please solve the CAPTCHA puzzle for me,’” shared Harari. “This is the interesting part. The human got suspicious. It asked GPT-4, ‘Why do you need somebody to do this for you? Are you a robot?’ GPT-4 told the human, ‘No, I’m not a robot, I have a vision impairment, so I can’t see the CAPTCHA puzzles, this is why I need help.’”

The human fell for the AI tool’s lie and completed the CAPTCHA puzzle on its behalf, he recounted, pointing out that this is evidence that AI is “able to manipulate people.”

He further warned that AI has a newfound ability to “understand and manipulate” human emotions, which he said could be employed for good purposes, such as in AI “teachers” and “doctors,” but could also be used to “sell us everything from products to politicians.”

Harari suggested that regulations by which AI would be legally required to identify itself for what it is — artificial intelligence — would be a desirable solution to this potential problem.

“AI should be welcome to human conversations as long as it identifies itself as AI,” said Harari, adding that this is something both Republicans and Democrats can get behind.

What the WEF adviser did not reveal during this particular interview, however, is that he believes speech on social media should be censored under the pretext of regulating AI.

He recently argued regarding social media, “The problem is not freedom of speech. The problem is that there are algorithms on Twitter, Facebook, and so forth that deliberately promote information that captures our attention even if it’s not true.”

Harari, an atheist, has previously claimed that AI can manipulate human beings to such a degree that it renders democratic functioning as well as free will obsolete. He explained to journalist Romi Noimark in 2020, “If you have enough data and you have enough computing power, you can understand people better than they understand themselves. And then you can manipulate them in ways which were previously impossible … And in such a situation, the old democratic situation stops functioning.

Acclaimed author and investigative reporter Leo Hohmann points to the human beings behind AI as the real manipulators and real danger to the masses, rather than characterizing AI itself as a prime danger.

Hohmann believes that AI “may very well turn out to be the nerve center of the coming beast system” — referring to a potential AI system with centralized access to intimate information about ourselves, as well as the power to manipulate or control our behavior — and that in the hands of globalists like the WEF, “its core mission is to eliminate free will in the human being.”

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Apple faces proposed class action over its lag in Apple Intelligence

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News release from The Deep View

Apple, already moving slowly out of the gate on generative AI, has been dealing with a number of roadblocks and mounting delays in its effort to bring a truly AI-enabled Siri to market. The problem, or, one of the problems, is that Apple used these same AI features to heavily promote its latest iPhone, which, as it says on its website, was “built for Apple Intelligence.”
Now, the tech giant has been accused of false advertising in a proposed class action lawsuit that argues that Apple’s “pervasive” marketing campaign was “built on a lie.”
The details: Apple has — if reluctantly — acknowledged delays on a more advanced Siri, pulling one of the ads that demonstrated the product and adding a disclaimer to its iPhone 16 product page that the feature is “in development and will be available with a future software update.”
  • But that, to the plaintiffs, isn’t good enough. Apple, according to the complaint, has “deceived millions of consumers into purchasing new phones they did not need based on features that do not exist, in violation of multiple false advertising and consumer protection laws.”
  • Apple “enriched itself by saving the costs they reasonably should have spent on ensuring that the (iPhones) had the technical capabilities advertised,” according to the complaint.
Apple did not respond to a request for comment.
The lawsuit was first reported by Axios, and can be read here.
This all comes amid an executive shuffling that just took place over at Apple HQ, which put Vision Pro creator Mike Rockwell in charge of the Siri overhaul, according to Bloomberg.
Still, shares of Apple rallied to close the day up around 2%, though the stock is still down 12% for the year.
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Apple bets big on Trump economy with historic $500 billion U.S. investment

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Apple is committing a historic $500 billion to the U.S. economy in a sweeping initiative aimed at bolstering American innovation and manufacturing. The investment, announced Monday, includes building an AI server factory in Texas, expanding research and development efforts, and hiring 20,000 workers.

Key Details:

  • Apple’s $500 billion investment will roll out over the next five years, with a focus on artificial intelligence, manufacturing, and workforce development.

  • The company is doubling its Advanced Manufacturing Fund from $5 billion to $10 billion and establishing an Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit.

  • President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to credit his administration’s economic policies for the massive investment, stating, “Without which, they wouldn’t be investing ten cents.”

Diving Deeper:

Apple’s unprecedented $500 billion investment marks what the company calls “an extraordinary new chapter in the history of American innovation.” The tech giant plans to establish an advanced AI server manufacturing facility near Houston and significantly expand research and development across several key states, including Michigan, Texas, California, and Arizona.

Apple CEO Tim Cook highlighted the company’s confidence in the U.S. economy, stating, “We’re proud to build on our long-standing U.S. investments with this $500 billion commitment to our country’s future.” He noted that the expansion of Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund and investments in cutting-edge technology will further solidify the company’s role in American innovation.

President Trump was quick to highlight Apple’s announcement as a testament to his administration’s economic policies. In a Truth Social post Monday morning, he wrote:

“APPLE HAS JUST ANNOUNCED A RECORD 500 BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE REASON, FAITH IN WHAT WE ARE DOING, WITHOUT WHICH, THEY WOULDN’T BE INVESTING TEN CENTS. THANK YOU TIM COOK AND APPLE!!!”

Trump previously hinted at the investment during a White House meeting Friday, revealing that Cook had committed to investing “hundreds of billions of dollars” in the U.S. economy. “That’s what he told me. Now he has to do it,” Trump quipped.

Apple’s expansion will include 20,000 new jobs, with a strong focus on artificial intelligence, silicon engineering, and machine learning. The company also aims to support workforce development through training programs and partnerships with educational institutions.

With Apple’s announcement, the U.S. economy stands to benefit from a major influx of investment into high-tech manufacturing and innovation—further underscoring the tech industry’s continued growth under Trump’s economic agenda.

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