SECRET REDDIT EXPERIMENT USING AI PERSONAS SPARKS ETHICS SCANDAL IN ACADEMIA
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✍️ Researchers at the University of Zurich secretly deployed AI bots on Reddit to test their ability to change people's minds on controversial topics, sparking outrage and debate.
👉 AI bots responded to over 1,000 posts on the r/ChangeMyView subreddit 👉 The bots received 137 deltas, or changes in opinion 👉 Researchers used a separate AI to analyze users' posting history and craft more persuasive responses 👉 The experiment has generated significant debate over its ethics and methods
-- #Apprehensive_Song490 #BenLee #CaseyFiesler #VitalikButerin #UniversityofZurich #Reddit #r/ChangeMyView #technology
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