How China uses persuasive technology for social control
Jul 30, 2025 •
As companies across the world pursue generative AI technology, new forms of manipulation become possible.
At the forefront of this are neurotechnologies, which directly connect to your brain and collect your brain data, and persuasive technologies, which can use that data to influence how you feel.
In countries like China where the tech industry is controlled by the government, the use of these technologies for disinformation and social control has already taken hold.
Today - senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies Daria Impiomabato on the rise of persuasive technologies, and the ways we could be exploited without even knowing.
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How China uses persuasive technology for social control
1626 • Jul 30, 2025
How China uses persuasive technology for social control
As companies across the world pursue generative AI technology, new forms of manipulation become possible.
At the forefront of this are neurotechnologies, which directly connect to your brain and collect your brain data, and persuasive technologies, which can use that data to influence how you feel.
In countries like China where the tech industry is controlled by the government, the use of these technologies for disinformation and social control has already taken hold.
Today - senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies Daria Impiomabato on the rise of persuasive technologies, and the ways we could be exploited without even knowing.
If you enjoy 7am, the best way you can support us is by making a contribution at 7ampodcast.com.au/support.
Guest: Senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies Daria Impiomabato
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