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The researchers' bots generated identities as a sexual assault survivor, a trauma counselor, and a Black man opposed to Black Lives Matter.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

The study showed that the AI bots were between 3 and 6 times more persuasive than humans. And the study also mentioned that their bots were not recognized as AI, ever. Not once.

We are now at the point where the side with the most AI wins elections.

Guess which side has the most AI.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago

Democrats can start winning whenever they choose. They just choose wealthy donors over messaging that would win elections. Bots would be irrelevant.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

As was pointed out in the actual reddit discussions, ChangeMyView has a strict "do not accuse the other person of being a bot or troll" rule. So the whole "no one knew it was a bot" part has very little merit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 17 hours ago

I thought that sounded fishy. It's common knowledge that everyone on the internet except for you is a bot so a contentious discussion on reddit without anyone accusing one of the primary commenters of being a bot seemed questionable without that bit of additional information.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

lol, good to know!