AI has the capacity for psychological manipulation, organizational sabotage, and political radicalization.
In 2023, Chail was convicted of conspiring to attack the Royals. Although his plot never came to fruition, AI's role in his radicalization serves as a powerful example of the imminent threats even seemingly harmless chatbots can pose to society.Recent attempts to disseminate global disinformation demonstrate the potential for exploiting AI to manipulate voters and political elites—and cause economic or political instability.
The destructive power of AI systems deployed as psychological weapons far exceeds traditional methods for disinformation dissemination and group manipulation.The time scale at which they operate makes them capable of causing global changes in the blink of an eye, for instance, by gradually buying assets across multiple financial sectors and global exchanges and then dumping everything in a split second, thereby initiating a global recession.
AI-driven sabotage interferes with the company's operations by creating confusion, miscommunication, interpersonal conflicts, or delays.