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From the article:

This chatbot experiment reveals that, contrary to popular belief, many conspiracy thinkers aren't 'too far gone' to reconsider their convictions and change their minds.

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[-] Zexks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That doesn’t follow with the “if you didnt reason your way into a believe you can’t reason your way out” line. Considering religious ferver I’m more inclined to believe this line than yours.

[-] Azzu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

No one said at all that AI used "reason" to talk people out of a conspiracy theory. In fact I would assume it's incredibly unlikely since AI in general is not reasonable.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Why? It works as a corollary - there's no logic involved in any of the stages described.

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