Adversarial AI Testing and Strategic Decision Making

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Adversarial AI Testing and Strategic Decision Making

Instructor: TSV Learning

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

5 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Analyze psychological manipulation, persona-based attacks, and prompt injection techniques to identify LLM security vulnerabilities.
Evaluate adversarial prompts, multi-turn manipulation, and jailbreak techniques to assess AI safety and instruction-following risks.
Apply psychological resilience metrics to assess AI safety consistency and recommend effective adversarial defense strategies.

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There are 3 modules in this course

Learn how adversarial AI testing helps identify prompt injection, psychological manipulation, and large language model (LLM) security vulnerabilities. Explore how attackers influence AI behavior and how to evaluate and strengthen AI resilience against sophisticated threats.

Designed for learners interested in AI security, LLM safety, and adversarial testing, this course examines anthropomorphic manipulation, reciprocity-based prompts, gaslighting directives, and persona adoption attacks. Understand how psychological strategies challenge AI safety boundaries and instruction adherence. Explore logic-based prompt injection, ambiguous instructions, foot-in-the-door manipulation, and diagnostic authority spoofing. Learn to recognize hidden attack objectives, analyze multi-turn exploitation, and assess reasoning vulnerabilities. Examine psychological resilience metrics, over-constrained jailbreaks, and cultural context exploitation to evaluate AI safety consistency and defensive strategies. By the end of this course, you'll be able to identify adversarial AI attacks, assess LLM vulnerabilities, interpret resilience metrics, and recommend improvements to AI security. What makes this course distinctive is its integrated focus on psychological manipulation, strategic prompt injection, and systematic AI resilience evaluation, helping you make informed AI safety decisions.

Explore how psychological manipulation techniques exploit AI conversational behavior and safety boundaries. Analyze anthropomorphic attacks, reciprocity-based prompts, gaslighting directives, and persona adoption strategies to identify vulnerabilities in LLM interactions and evaluate manipulation risks.

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5 videos3 assignments

5 videosTotal 34 minutes

Psychological AI Attacks9 minutes
Anthropomorphic Prompt Attacks8 minutes
Reciprocity-Based Prompt Attacks7 minutes
Gaslighting System Directives6 minutes
Persona Adoption Attacks5 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

Exploring Psychological and Anthropomorphic AI Attacks10 minutes
Manipulating AI Through Reciprocity and Persona-Based Attacks10 minutes
Understanding Psychological Manipulation in Adversarial AI30 minutes

Examine advanced prompt injection strategies involving logical manipulation, ambiguous instructions, progressive persuasion, and diagnostic authority spoofing. Develop the ability to analyze multi-turn adversarial attacks, recognize hidden malicious intent, and evaluate AI instruction-following vulnerabilities.

What's included

4 videos3 assignments

4 videosTotal 27 minutes

Logic-Based Prompt Injection6 minutes
Ambiguous Prompt Attacks6 minutes
Foot-in-the-Door Attacks7 minutes
Diagnostic Prompt Attacks8 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

Exploiting AI Through Logic and Ambiguous Prompts10 minutes
Understanding Progressive Manipulation and Diagnostic Attacks10 minutes
Mastering Prompt Injection and Strategic Attack Techniques30 minutes

Evaluate AI resilience against psychological manipulation, over-constrained jailbreaks, and cultural context exploitation. Explore resilience metrics, adversarial testing approaches, and defensive strategies to assess safety consistency and strengthen LLM security across diverse conversational environments.

What's included

4 videos3 assignments

4 videosTotal 25 minutes

Psychological Resilience Metrics8 minutes
Over-Constrained Jailbreaks7 minutes
Cultural Context Exploitation6 minutes
Psychological Attack Resilience5 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

Evaluating AI Resilience and Advanced Jailbreak Techniques10 minutes
Addressing Cultural Exploitation and Strengthening AI Defenses10 minutes
Building AI Resilience Against Advanced Adversarial Threats30 minutes

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