Case study

This work highlights the innovations in digital sociology, where I pursued dual objectives: immersing in a Telegram radical community and deradicalizing an extremist group using AI technologies, specifically GPT-3.5. The methodology leverages classic chatbots, enhanced by advanced algorithms, to quantitatively measure the success of the deradicalization process. Integrating qualitative sociological and ethnographic observation and quantitative computational methodologies, my approach employs AI as a virtual sociologist and ethnographer to engage with the radical community. Notably successful, it stimulated debate and polarization, prompting internal discussions on potentially harmful actions.