Comment on How Elites Could Shape Mass Preferences as AI Reduces Persuasion Costs

Fusselwurm@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• beetus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Who are those with “a lot of money to throw at it” that are not the elites?

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  • Fusselwurm@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Some people with a lot of money who want to change politics in a given country do NOT belong to that country’s elites. To name some of the most prominent examples – think (dis)information campaigns by individuals like Mohammed bin Salman, Vladimir Putin or Rupert Murdoch.

    Conversely, member of cultural elites can often be quite poor (journalists, artists).

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    • beetus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      We are operating with different definitions, I guess. Vladimir Putin absolutely is a Russian “elite” under my world view.

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      • Fusselwurm@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        oh, right. - i was under the impression we were talking about the elites among their respective societies.

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