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Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users (www.404media.co)

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The researchers' bots generated identities as a sexual assault survivor, a trauma counselor, and a Black man opposed to Black Lives Matter.

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[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 50 points 1 day ago (15 children)

So the issue here is it was AI this time?

There have been effort by individuals and coordinated groups doing this kind of thing forever. It’s a reminder that you should not fully form your opinion on comments/posts on social media alone.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

The study showed that the AI bots were between 3 and 6 times more persuasive than humans. And the study also mentioned that their bots were not recognized as AI, ever. Not once.

We are now at the point where the side with the most AI wins elections.

Guess which side has the most AI.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 6 points 19 hours ago

Democrats can start winning whenever they choose. They just choose wealthy donors over messaging that would win elections. Bots would be irrelevant.

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