AI and the Ethics of Influence: Exploring Synthetic Respondents & Decision-Making with Avi Yashchin of Subconscious AI

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Could AI be the ultimate tool for mass manipulation? In this episode, host Deep Dhillon sits down with Avi Yashchin, founder and CEO of Subconscious.ai. Avi, a former product manager at IBM Watson Research, shares insights into how AI is reshaping our understanding of human decision-making. They dive into the fascinating world of synthetic respondents—AI models that simulate human feedback with remarkable accuracy. Avi explains how Subconscious.ai aims to democratize causal thinking, allowing anyone to understand why humans make choices. Deep and Avi explore whether technologists have a responsibility to police their AI tools and discuss unintended consequences when innovation outpaces ethical considerations. Will synthetic respondents empower us to make better decisions, or could they open the door to unprecedented manipulation?
Learn more about Avi here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aviyashchin/
and about Subconscious.ai here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/subconscious-ai/
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