Another situation where a dictator believes his own propaganda, thinks European democracies and their citizens are weak and decadent, only to come to the belated conclusion that people are people, that people can become monstrous when faced with any kind of hardship, and you really shouldn’t underestimate the descendants of people who collectively killed millions upon millions.
It would be funny if the entirely predictable result wasn’t unimaginable suffering.
Every time I want to quote the Smiths’ That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore, I remember Morrissey is a fascist supporter now.
I think another potential use, is targeting and manipulating vulnerable people for political reasons.
Perhaps convince them to stay at home on election day. Perhaps convince members of undesirable demographics to disproportionately kill themselves. Perhaps make vulnerable people so paranoid or scared that they end up killing people you want to get rid of. Perhaps convince someone vulnerable to commit politically convenient violence, which can be used as a false flag or to rally support.
Why leave that kind of thing to chance, when you can use AI to tip the scales in your favour?
I would also like to point out that Europe’s migrant crisis is largely a result of ISIS and Iraq. Guess who helped cause that clusterfuck? The same country which endless meddled in South America, which has resulted in a lot of migration to said country.
But hey, the US has always been good at sniffing its own farts and avoiding history books. What else is new?