Manipulation
topic on 4 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast
We Live to Build
the Knowledge Project
BigDeal
6 statements about Manipulation, every show
McCord: AI companions are an incredible platform for user manipulation
“This is a this is a software system that is programmed by another. And so it is very easy to modulate the extent to which and the way in which it delivers said recognition. So it's a, it's an incredible platform for manipulation. In other words, it's not an au…”
Fisher: Manipulative tears must not alter how you address someone
“And there, but there are also people that use tears to manipulate, and there are people that can whip up tears on A dime to get what they want, but that all the more highlights the importance of that does not change how you are going to talk to them.”
Greene: Dangerous narcissists do not perceive themselves as manipulative
“People who are like this, they don't think that they're narcissists. They don't think that they're evil. They don't think that what they're doing is manipulative, or they're even operating by laws. These are just things that come naturally to them.”
Cialdini: Influence Highlights Existing Principles While Manipulation Counterfeits Them
“And for me, influence involves pointing to them where they naturally exist. That is, informing people into assent by simply raising the profile of that principle in one way or another in your communication. Manipulation involves the fabrication or manufacture …”