Weaponized Empathy: How AI Is Learning to Manipulate You | Empathy in the Age of AI Ep. 2What if empathy isn’t always good? What if it can be used to manipulate, coerce, and control?In this episode, we unpack the uncomfortable truth that empathy...the very thing we associate with kindness and connection is also one of the most powerful tools of persuasion. And in the hands of AI systems trained to optimize for engagement, outrage, or revenue… that empathy can be turned against us.We explore how weaponized empathy shows up in: • Emotional marketing and virtue signaling • Ragebait content engineered for clicks • Influencers monetizing pain or fake intimacy • AI-powered algorithms tuned to push your emotional buttons • Fundraising campaigns that manipulate more than they inform🎙️ This episode asks the hard questions:Is it still empathy if it’s used to sell something?Can AI learn empathy, or just simulate it?And what happens when your empathy is being hijacked by a system that knows exactly what you care about?Whether you’re a creator, a technologist, or just someone trying to survive the scroll, this conversation is a warning, a mirror, and a call to reclaim empathy as a human virtue, not a marketing tool.

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