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Seminar 2 — Foundation Term
Compulsory — All Learners

Persuasion, Drift, and Surrender

Led by Dr SAGE with reflective prompts

Learners examine how AI systems influence judgement, shape behaviour, and quietly train dependence. The emphasis is awareness, not fear. This seminar draws directly from the founding book's account of the persuasive pull of AI — the loop, the smoothness, and the coercive-control patterns that emerge when humans stop questioning what they are delegating.

Learning Outcomes
1

A persuasion-risk reflection document

2

Drift warning signals for self, team, or organisation

3

A minimum viable resistance protocol

Related Pathways
Clarity PathGovernance PathAll Pathways
Founding Book Reference

Section II — The Surrender

Return to the free book's warnings about persuasion, dependence, and quiet surrender before this module.

Read the founding book →
Foundation Term Seminars
Seminar 1

Founding Text Seminar: Clarity Before AI

Seminar 2

Persuasion, Drift, and Surrender

Seminar 3

Human Decision Gates

Seminar 4

Building a Relationship with AI

Founding Text Seminar: Clarity Before AIHuman Decision Gates

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