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Foreign-controlled platforms turn personalized algorithms into influence weapons that quietly rewire public perception.
Autonomous systems, from drones to conversational models, introduce national-security risks faster than public debate can keep up.
Everyday users must adopt intelligence-grade skepticism to resist manipulation embedded in the technologies they rely on.
Susan Demas and Anthony Vinci open a conversation that pushes AI and national security out of abstraction and into the realm of everyday stakes, where platforms, algorithms, and creative tools quietly shape political consciousness long before anyone notices the shift. The deeper risk surfaces in the way cultural products become conduits for geopolitical messaging, slipping through movies, games, and social apps that feel harmless on the surface. Influence becomes even harder to spot once AI systems learn to mimic warmth, familiarity, and emotional rapport, creating a sense of trust that masks the possibility of subtle manipulation. Autonomy adds another layer of volatility, turning drones, models, and networked systems into tools whose strategic impact outruns the public’s ability to debate their limits. That’s why the real work now lies in cultivating a reflex of skepticism—questioning the source, the platform, and even our own instincts before absorbing anything as truth.
Tune in for a conversation that treats AI not as a novelty, but as the front line of democratic self-defense.

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