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AI can debunk conspiracy theories. Can it help your uncle?
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Archived 1 year ago from DW (English)
AI can debunk conspiracy theories. Can it help your uncle?

Astronauts walked on the moon.There aresome people who don’t believe that. This and other conspiracy theories are very real, important and hard-to-shake beliefs for the people who swear by them. But people might budge on these beliefs, at least according to a new study from American psychologists …

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AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans
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Archived 2 years ago from Ars Technica
AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans

Then it was time for the one-on-one dialogues with the chatbot, which the team programmed to be as persuasive as possible. The chatbot had also been fed the open-ended responses of the participants, which made it better to tailor its counter-arguments individually. For example, if someone thought …

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This AI chatbot got conspiracy theorists to question their convictions
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Archived 2 years ago from Nature
This AI chatbot got conspiracy theorists to question their convictions

Conspiracy theories and disinformation spread rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: Hollie Adams/Getty Researchers have shown that artificial intelligence (AI) could be a valuable tool in the fight against conspiracy theories, by designing a chatbot that can debunk false information and get …

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Talking to a chatbot may weaken someone’s belief in conspiracy theories
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Archived 2 years ago from Science News Magazine
Talking to a chatbot may weaken someone’s belief in conspiracy theories

Know someone convinced that the moon landing was faked or the COVID-19 pandemic was a hoax? Debating with a sympathetic chatbot may help pluck people who believe in those and other conspiracy theories out of the rabbit hole, researchers report in the Sept. 13 Science. Across multiple experiments …

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QAnon crowd thinks they spotted Harris’ secret pearl earring earpiece last night
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Archived 2 years ago from The Daily Dot
QAnon crowd thinks they spotted Harris’ secret pearl earring earpiece last night

Conspiracy theorists are claiming Vice President Kamala Harris wore pearl earrings with secret built-in speakers to cheat during last night’s debate with former President Donald Trump. The unfounded allegation was especially popular among followers of QAnon, the long-running conspiracy theory that …

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Donald Trump Brought a 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist to a 9/11 Memorial Event
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Archived 2 years ago from Mother Jones
Donald Trump Brought a 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist to a 9/11 Memorial Event

Trump is baselessly blaming diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for Wednesday night’s tragic plane crash in DC.Andrew Leyden/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. President Trump’s baseless claims that diversity, …

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Bill Gates concedes there’s one problem he can’t solve: ‘misinformation’
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Archived 2 years ago from American Thinker
Bill Gates concedes there’s one problem he can’t solve: ‘misinformation’

Mind you, this is a story from CNBC, not The Babylon Bee, but Bill Gates has reportedly conceded there’s one major problem he can’t solve, instead “punting” it to the “younger generation” to remediate, and that is… “misinformation.”While I would certainly agree that “misinformation, or even …

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No Evidence Haitian Immigrants Are Eating Ducks, Geese or Pets in Springfield, Ohio
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Archived 2 years ago from Snopes Fact Checks
No Evidence Haitian Immigrants Are Eating Ducks, Geese or Pets in Springfield, Ohio

Claim: In August 2024, Haitian immigrants were killing and eating pet cats and park ducks in Springfield, Ohio. In early September 2024, a series of claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, went viral. Most significant among these claims were the assertion that a Haitian immigrant had …

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