"Artificial intelligence, he says, should stop trying to persuade us and start giving us more room to think. Koralus calls for a kind of Socratic AI, one that asks clarifying questions instead of expectorating rapid answers. At its core lies what he terms the "agency-autonomy dilemma." As we increasingly delegate decisions to machines, we risk losing two of the most essential human capacities: the ability to act wisely under complexity (agency) and the ability to remain self-directed while doing so (autonomy)."
"Koralus begins with the concept of the nudge. Nudges are small, well-intentioned design cues that help steer human behavior. But scaled through AI, nudges become more of a global infrastructure of influence. When algorithms shape what billions of people see, then believe, and then choose, persuasion turns into a form of cognitive architecture. He calls this emerging reality digital rhetoric, an invisible persuasion engine disguised as personalization."
Artificial intelligence should stop pushing answers and instead foster space for human reflection by asking clarifying, Socratic questions. The agency-autonomy dilemma describes how delegating decisions to machines can erode the capacity to act wisely under complexity and the capacity to remain self-directed. Scaled nudges transform into a global infrastructure of influence when algorithms shape what billions see, believe, and choose. This digital rhetoric operates as an invisible persuasion engine disguised as personalization. Fluent, coherent machine language can mimic understanding while lacking it, and that fluency can seduce cognition, subtly eroding human judgment and intellectual autonomy.
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