Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users

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

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>A team of researchers who say they are from the University of Zurich ran an “unauthorized,” large-scale experiment in which they secretly deployed AI-powered bots into a popular debate subreddit called r/changemyview in an attempt to research whether AI could be used to change people’s minds about contentious topics.

Yeah, This is illegal. Just saying. It's not just against TOS. It is outright ILLEGAL. That has never stopped anyone though. Facebook tried to see if they could make you suicidal based on what they showed you and no one went to jail. Archive: https://archive.today/QXTlz From the post: >>A team of researchers who say they are from the University of Zurich ran an “unauthorized,” large-scale experiment in which they secretly deployed AI-powered bots into a popular debate subreddit called r/changemyview in an attempt to research whether AI could be used to change people’s minds about contentious topics.

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Reddit is bots talking to bots with a shill in the middle. Just the way those faggots like it, being in the middle of a getting fucked sandwich.

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[–] • 3 pts

Reddit is a Socialist/Communist Dead internet theory honeypot.

Most of it is fake.

All of it is gay.

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[–] • 3 pts

I’ve noticed communities dot win is trying for second place in that category.

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[–] • 2 pts

is that thing still going? should I make an account?

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