Stephen Miller

And we want to talk today about the topic of your dissertation research, which is titled Defending the Security of the Mind, a Male Survey of Thought Reform Literacy in South Dakota. And all I can say is I was very excited to learn about your doctoral research. I know you approached me to be on your committee, which I unfortunately was overcommitted in other ways.

I couldn't serve, but my dear friend and colleague John Atack did serve. John is an ex-Scientologist and a brilliant mind. unto himself. And it sounds like you're really doing cutting edge work. So I wanted to interview you, hear more about what you were interested in, how you got interested in this, its applications, and get more people, especially young people, interested in this topic.

I couldn't serve, but my dear friend and colleague John Atack did serve. John is an ex-Scientologist and a brilliant mind. unto himself. And it sounds like you're really doing cutting edge work. So I wanted to interview you, hear more about what you were interested in, how you got interested in this, its applications, and get more people, especially young people, interested in this topic.

I couldn't serve, but my dear friend and colleague John Atack did serve. John is an ex-Scientologist and a brilliant mind. unto himself. And it sounds like you're really doing cutting edge work. So I wanted to interview you, hear more about what you were interested in, how you got interested in this, its applications, and get more people, especially young people, interested in this topic.

So Dustin, Dr. Dustin, welcome to the Influence Continuum.

So Dustin, Dr. Dustin, welcome to the Influence Continuum.

So Dustin, Dr. Dustin, welcome to the Influence Continuum.

So may I interrupt you, Dustin, and just for my listeners who may need a refresher on Cambridge Analytica, and I know I think Christopher Wiley wrote a book about it. Tell our listeners just a bit about what that was about. Sure.

So may I interrupt you, Dustin, and just for my listeners who may need a refresher on Cambridge Analytica, and I know I think Christopher Wiley wrote a book about it. Tell our listeners just a bit about what that was about. Sure.

So may I interrupt you, Dustin, and just for my listeners who may need a refresher on Cambridge Analytica, and I know I think Christopher Wiley wrote a book about it. Tell our listeners just a bit about what that was about. Sure.

If I may add, there was a documentary, I believe, called The Great Hack for people who want more details about it. And my recollection, if I may add, is just that they got into Facebook and were doing questionnaires. and used the questionnaires to get to all the friends of the people who responded. I was in that hack.

If I may add, there was a documentary, I believe, called The Great Hack for people who want more details about it. And my recollection, if I may add, is just that they got into Facebook and were doing questionnaires. and used the questionnaires to get to all the friends of the people who responded. I was in that hack.

If I may add, there was a documentary, I believe, called The Great Hack for people who want more details about it. And my recollection, if I may add, is just that they got into Facebook and were doing questionnaires. and used the questionnaires to get to all the friends of the people who responded. I was in that hack.

I got a notification from Facebook that my data was scraped and all of my followers. So I was very displeased. So thanks for sharing that. So that happened and you were like, wow.

I got a notification from Facebook that my data was scraped and all of my followers. So I was very displeased. So thanks for sharing that. So that happened and you were like, wow.

I got a notification from Facebook that my data was scraped and all of my followers. So I was very displeased. So thanks for sharing that. So that happened and you were like, wow.

based on false information. And it's very, very nefarious and harmful and painful. And forgive me for adding one more thing, but just recently there was a young boy who fell in love with a chatbot on Character AI and killed himself because he wanted to be with this chatbot for eternity. Yeah, I saw that story in the news recently as well. Yeah. So let's go back to you.

based on false information. And it's very, very nefarious and harmful and painful. And forgive me for adding one more thing, but just recently there was a young boy who fell in love with a chatbot on Character AI and killed himself because he wanted to be with this chatbot for eternity. Yeah, I saw that story in the news recently as well. Yeah. So let's go back to you.

based on false information. And it's very, very nefarious and harmful and painful. And forgive me for adding one more thing, but just recently there was a young boy who fell in love with a chatbot on Character AI and killed himself because he wanted to be with this chatbot for eternity. Yeah, I saw that story in the news recently as well. Yeah. So let's go back to you.

So there you were, the brain is a computer, it can be hacked, Cambridge Analytica, and you're at Cornell going, okay, what do I want to do with my life?