AIs might be able to persuade us to alter our views
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AI chatbots are a lot better than humans at convincing us to agree with one facet of a debate – even when individuals realise they’re conversing with a machine.
Manoel Horta Ribeiro at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and his colleagues requested 820 volunteers to fill out a quick questionnaire together with private details about themselves. The individuals had been break up into 4 teams: two that debated with a human and two that debated with a chatbot powered by…