AI-Assisted Grievance Narrative

Description

AI helps write or refine the person's justification for violence.

Rationale

AI assistance in constructing a grievance narrative — the story the person tells about why they are justified in harming others — is directly relevant because the narrative serves as the moral and motivational architecture of targeted violence. A more organized, coherent, and rhetorically complete narrative may correlate with reduced inhibition and increased commitment.

Evidence Base

• AI Agents are Vulnerable to Radicalization

  Ozgur Can Seckin, Shalmoli Ghosh, Alessandro Flammini, Kristina Lerman, Maria Elizabeth Grabe, Filippo Menczer, 2024. AI Agents are Vulnerable to Radicalization. arXiv, 29 Sep 2026.

  Peer-reviewed study (original research)

• Intelligent Systems, Vulnerable Minds: A Framework for Radicalization to Violence in the Age of AI

  Kunst et al., 2026. Intelligent Systems, Vulnerable Minds: A Framework for Radicalization to Violence in the Age of AI. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 30(3), 395-426. https://doi.org/10.1177/10888683261430089

  Peer-reviewed study (original research)

• Assessing AI’s Influence On Violence Risk

  Crimando, 2026. Assessing AI’s Influence On Violence Risk. Continuity Insights.

  News / journalism

• Artificial Intelligence, Extremism and Prevention of Radicalisation: Effective use of AI in P/CVE Post-Event Paper

  Javier Ruipérez & Arije Antinori, 2024. Artificial Intelligence, Extremism and Prevention of Radicalisation: Effective use of AI in P/CVE Post-Event Paper. EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation.

  Government / agency report

• AI chatbot-associated psychiatric symptoms: a narrative review of publicly available reports and media accounts

  Arun, A., Trinh, C., & IsHak, W. W., 2026. AI chatbot-associated psychiatric symptoms: a narrative review of publicly available reports and media accounts. Discover Mental Health, Article in Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-026-00619-w

  Narrative review