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Over 30% shift stance on ethical dilemmas after AI rebuttal, Japan study shows
(www.japantimes.co.jp)
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2026
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The train switch dilemma is just a mental exercise with absurd situations.
Of course it's highly unlikely that any human would have their hands on a train switch with the Hobson's choice between sending a speeding train headed towards 5 tied down racoons or Mr Beast
The point is that an automated persuasion machine was demonstrated to be effective to a degree that could sway public opinion, and ultimately democratic voting to the whims of whomever controls, or can afford to rent, these persuasion machines.
And yes, it's the same phenomenon all over again every time a new paradigm for communication rolls around, as you say.
But this time this new paradigm is very much controlled by the wealthiest of the wealthy.
Thanks for your comment. They demonstrated something and I didn't mean to dismiss that out of hand. It can be one data point hopefully among many.
I think that was true with the socials to a point as well, all aflush with venture capital and people like Peter Thiel dicking about there as well. I think radio and television needed capital as well to get going. And the printing press wasn't cheap either and Gutenberg needed investors. So I think it's a retread at scale as well.
We don't believe everything we read, hear, see, and come across on social media either. The resistance to so-called AI is already building up. People who don't use it at all, people who try to avoid it, and businesses are regretting letting a lot of people go for this crap. We'll find a way to filter out the bullshit as well. Nobody jumps out of their seat when a train comes out of the tunnel on the silver screen any more. Consider that image as apocryphal and metaphorical in this context.