That is the idea behind Theil and company, to render politicians obsolete by fueling influence through social media manipulation.

To further this end via personal data such that they personally tweek you during your screen time.

AI is already influenced to bias answers on various topics per owner preference. That’s currently being mass tested now.

Social science data on retractions of bad or erroneous headlines, going back decades, shows retractions don’t work. The initial information blast holds sway. It sticks, for better or worse. Outliers exist, we’re talking middle of the bell curve.

You may already have an opinion, but many more do not and will thus be swayed.