On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
* > I suspect that the fact that the participants could in most cases tell > they were arguing with an AI is very significant. * > *The only way they could tell is by noting that they were talking with something that was smarter, more knowledgeable and had a much much quicker mind than any human being. And nothing is more difficult than trying to convince somebody that their silly conspiracy theory is untrue, yet the AI was often able to do it. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* r#$ : > *An article in the May 19 2025 issue of the journal Nature reports that if > GPT-4 knows just a few facts about the person it is talking to then it is > 64% better than a human with similar information at convincing another > person that their conspiracy theory is wrong, and to do that the AI had to > use more than just logic because the conspiracy theory was not originally > caused by logic. * > > > *"The results showed that when neither debater — human nor AI — had access > to background information on their opponent, GPT-4 and people were about > equally persuasive. But if the basic demographic information from the > initial surveys was given to the opponents before the debate, GPT-4 > out-argued humans 64% of the time. When provided with even just this very > minimal information, GPT-4 was significantly more persuasive than > humans. It was quite simple stuff that normally can also be found online in > social-media profiles.”* > > *AI is more persuasive than people in online debates > <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01599-7?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=a8e5894ccb-nature-briefing-daily-20250520&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-a8e5894ccb-50169436>* > > > > mpt > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3EJ1pCzAn_PJO6SSrc3Yoq13W2Bs51_kzfXEOpvcUuMw%40mail.gmail.com.
