Volume 9, Issue 4 Smart technologies Mireille Hildebrandt, Vrije Universiteit Brussel PUBLISHED ON: 17 Dec 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1531 Smart technologies are capable of responding to feedback in ways that range from clever to mind-boggling. The point is how they affect human agency. KEYWORDS: Artificial intelligence, Cybernetics, Manipulation, Nudge theory, Machine learning