AI, changing minds on Reddit

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(that's the "cold sweat" emoji)

AI researchers ran a secret experiment on Reddit users to see if they could change their minds — and the results are creepy

University of Zurich researchers secretly unleashed an army of manipulative chatbots on the r/changemyview subreddit — and they were more persuasive than humans at getting people to change their minds.

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-researchers-ran-a-secret-experiment-on-reddit-users-to-see-if-they-could-change-their-minds-and-the-results-are-creepy?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472