Initiative for Responsible AI in Medicine
Artificial Authority: How AI Shapes What We See, Say, and Believe
Mon, Jan 25
|Online (Zoom)
Session 2 of "Identity in the Age of AI". Speaker: Prof. Lior Zalmanson, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University. Monday, 25 January 2027, 18:15 Tel Aviv time (16:15 London · 11:15 New York), on Zoom. Registration via the Zoom link.
Time & Location
Jan 25, 2027, 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM
Online (Zoom)
About the event
Identity in the Age of AI – 2026–27 Webinar Series | Initiative for Responsible AI in Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Monday, January 25, 2027 | 18:15 Tel Aviv · 16:15 London · 11:15 New York | Zoom
Speaker: Prof. Lior Zalmanson, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University
Over the past seven years, I have studied a seemingly simple question: when, and why, do people allow artificial intelligence to become an authority over their own judgment?
In this talk, I bring together a series of experiments involving more than 7,000 participants to explore how AI shapes what we see, say, and believe. I begin by showing how expectations to comply with algorithmic recommendations can lead people to override their own correct judgments. I then turn to AI-mediated communication, demonstrating how biased writing assistants can subtly reshape not only how people express their opinions, but also the attitudes they come to…