AI Can Be Used for Cognitive Warfare
How AI Can Be Used for Cognitive WarfareA new technology utilizing an old psychological technique.The Carrier WaveSep 14, 2026ShareThe People’s Republic of China (PRC) has publicly reflected on its fear that hostile forces can use AI for ‘cognitive warfare’. The fear used to be that generative AI could create deep fakes of fake events, permanently compromising our ability to discuss verified, real events online.These fears remain unrealized, as even convincing fake imagery and video still lack the extra 1 or 2% of quality and credibility to fool people en masse. Generative AI multimedia is largely a storytelling tool for memes, jokes, and political attacks.
- ▪How AI Can Be Used for Cognitive WarfareA new technology utilizing an old psychological technique.The Carrier WaveSep 14, 2026ShareThe People’s Republic of China (PRC) has publicly reflected on its fear that hostile forces can use AI for ‘c
- ▪The fear used to be that generative AI could create deep fakes of fake events, permanently compromising our ability to discuss verified, real events online.These fears remain unrealized, as even convincing fake imagery and video still lack
- ▪Generative AI multimedia is largely a storytelling tool for memes, jokes, and political attacks.
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How AI Can Be Used for Cognitive WarfareA new technology utilizing an old psychological technique.The Carrier WaveSep 14, 2026ShareThe People’s Republic of China (PRC) has publicly reflected on its fear that hostile forces can use AI for ‘cognitive warfare’. Previous concerns in the PRC relate to the idea that AI can constitute a rival power faction within the country, threatening the Chinese Communist Party’s hold on power.The PRC has admitted that it fears AI-powered cognitive warfare for the same reason it fears artificial general intelligence (AGI), both can potentially threaten its monopoly over Chinese society:“Hostile forces and people with ulterior motives are abusing generative AI technologies such as deepfake audio and video, AI-generated text and images, and ‘intelligent troll…
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