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Are Algorithms Engineering Your Predictability?
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Stuart Russell's AI textbook — considered the canonical reference — has been translated into 100 languages, reflecting his authority on algorithmic behavior and the bidirectional relationship between algorithms and human preferences.
The algorithm has two levers: serve you content you want to click, or nudge your preferences to make them easier to predict. Most people assume it's the first. The terrifying truth, per AI textbook author Stuart Russell, is that it's doing both simultaneously — and over time, you become more predictable, not just more extreme.
The most powerful manipulation tool isn't a script — it's a context shift. Change someone's Perception of the situation, reframe the Context, and grant them Permission, and virtually any behaviour becomes automatic. The Milgram experiment didn't use magic words. It just engineered the right conditions.
