Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we take a look at what appears to be a pretty unethical experiment where a University launched AI bots on r/changemyview. These bots attempted to change minds and pretended to be humans and no one knew until it was all done and over with. Thanks for watching!
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1783 cases, 137 of which with a changed view after interaction.
ESPECIALLY when you consider that the results are skewed to the point of uselessness by the fact that it’s against the subreddit’s rules to accuse anyone of arguing in bad faith and/or being a bot.
It’s almost the equivalent of a study concluding that there’s no LGBTQ+ people in Uganda or Russia because they couldn’t get anyone to publicly identify as such in a country where it’s illegal for LGBTQ+ people to exist.
137 out of 1783 doesn’t sound conclusive at all.
ESPECIALLY when you consider that the results are skewed to the point of uselessness by the fact that it’s against the subreddit’s rules to accuse anyone of arguing in bad faith and/or being a bot.
It’s almost the equivalent of a study concluding that there’s no LGBTQ+ people in Uganda or Russia because they couldn’t get anyone to publicly identify as such in a country where it’s illegal for LGBTQ+ people to exist.