Through compelling demonstrations, examples, and an accessible look at emerging capabilities, Perry explores how deepfakes, voice cloning, AI agents, and other tools are changing the way scams and social engineering attacks happen.

Why do smart people get fooled? The answer has surprisingly little to do with intelligence and a great deal to do with how the human mind makes sense of an incomplete, noisy, and fast-moving world.

The tools of deception have changed dramatically. However, many of the tricks have been working for centuries. Drawing from cognitive science, classic confidence schemes, deepfakes, and generative AI, Perry reveals how old methods are being amplified by powerful new tools.