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Scientists Use AI to Prove People Can Be Talked Out of Conspiracy Theories (www.extremetech.com)

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This chatbot experiment reveals that, contrary to popular belief, many conspiracy thinkers aren't 'too far gone' to reconsider their convictions and change their minds.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

No one said at all that AI used "reason" to talk people out of a conspiracy theory. In fact I would assume it's incredibly unlikely since AI in general is not reasonable.