‘Toxic’ obedience in Age of AI: Where are our vulnerabilities?

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As Africans, the utility of raising young people to embrace their intrinsic scepticism has always been in question. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

In an amazing heist, thieves in Hong Kong used AI to convince a man to transfer millions of dollars to them from the company he worked at.

They did this by posing as his superior, using not only audio but also visual deep fakes to present themselves to him electronically. As a result, his company has taken quite the hit and this man has the unfortunate distinction of being one of the very first victims of such a madcap adventure.