Student Makes Tool That Identifies ‘Radicals’ on Reddit, Deploys AI Bots to Engage With Them

Student Makes Tool That Identifies ‘Radicals’ on Reddit, Deploys AI Bots to Engage With Them

The tool scans for users writing certain keywords on Reddit and assigns those users a so-called “radical score,” before deploying an AI-powered bot to automatically engage with the users to de-radicalize them.

Ideological warfare: Student builds AI tool to de-radicalize extremists on Reddit

With AI's influence under scrutiny, a tool has emerged that attempts to de-radicalize radical Reddit users, raising red flags about who decides what 'radical' actually means. Read more...